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Lockheed Martin to acquire Terran Orbital - SpaceNews
WEBJeff Foust August 15, 2024. Click to share on Clipboard (Opens in new window) WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin is buying smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital, months after the company dropped ...
Acquisition of Orbital ATK approved, company renamed
WEBJan 23, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced it has cleared Northrop Grumman’s $7.8 billion purchase of defense and space contractor Orbital ATK. Orbital ATK will become ...
AST SpaceMobile fully funds first five commercial direct-to-device ...
WEBAST SpaceMobile has fully funded its first five commercial satellites slated to launch with SpaceX early next year after raising $115 million in debt, the low Earth orbit direct-to-device startup ...
Fifth helium leak detected on Starliner - SpaceNews
WEBIn a June 11 statement to SpaceNews, NASA spokesperson Josh Finch said the fifth leak was detected around the time of that post-docking briefing. “The leak is considerably smaller than the ...
SpaceX kicks off 2022 with Starlink launch - SpaceNews
WEBJan 23, 2023 · WASHINGTON — After setting a record for launch activity in 2021, SpaceX started 2022 with the Falcon 9 launch of a set of Starlink satellites Jan. 6. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex ...
Green propellant successfully demonstrated on NASA mission
WEBJan 23, 2023 · Credit: NASA. WASHINGTON — A recent NASA mission successfully demonstrated the performance of a non-toxic “green” propellant, creating opportunities for its use in a wide range of future ...
SNC scaling up its fleet of radio-frequency monitoring satellites
WEBAug 16, 2024 · SNC is now gearing up for a significant expansion, with plans to deploy a network of 20 satellites over the next five years. Chris Morgan, SNC’s vice president, told SpaceNews the company sees a ...
Long March 5B rocket stage makes fiery uncontrolled reentry
WEBJul 30, 2022 · Credit: CNSA/Ourspace. HELSINKI — Wreckage from a Chinese Long March 5B rocket first stage made a fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere over Southeast Asia Saturday, six days after launching a ...
SpaceX vs. the world - SpaceNews
WEBDec 18, 2021 · P erhaps Elon Musk decided his appearance before the National Academies needed an X factor. When it was time for the SpaceX founder and chief executive to speak at a virtual meeting of the Space ...
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