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NASA Letter To FCC Regarding SpaceX Starlink Gen 2 System

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) submits this letter in response to the amendment (SAT-AMD-20210818-00105) filed by Space Exploration Holdings, LLC (SpaceX) for a ...
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Portuguese Government Authorizes €9.25 Million in Funding for New Space Agency

The Portuguese government has authorized annual funding of €9.25 million ($10.25 million) for the Portuguese Space Agency (PSA), spanning between 2023 and 2027, according to a resolution of the ...
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Like a G60 — What’s China Planning with its Other NGSO?

Rendering of “G60 Starlink” Industrial Base. Image credit: ChinaNews.com / Yangtse. For some time, we have been hearing public statements from Chinese decision-makers regarding the country’s LEO ...
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Economic Opportunity Created Through Sustained Lunar Habitation by 2040

NASA illustration of a future lunar outpost. Image credit: NASA. The concept of lunar habitation holds profound implications for scientific exploration, resource utilization, and the expansion of ...
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NASA Requests Funding for $1 Billion ‘Space Tug’ to Deorbit the ISS

The ISS is too large to entirely burn up in the atmosphere. Image credit: NASA. NASA is developing a plan to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of its lifetime, currently ...
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Thailand’s Space Ambitions Illustrate Southeast Asia’s Rising Space Sector

Pakorn Apaphant and Blaine Curcio speak at ASBW on June 7. Image credit: ASBW. In a region overshadowed by space industry powerhouses such as China and Japan, it has historically been easy to overlook ...
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Memorandum of Understanding Between The National Aeronautics And Space Administration and The United States Space Force

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Space Force (USSF), through this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), affirm a strong interest in continuing their ...
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ESA Ministerial Meeting Leads to European Shift to Launcher Competition

The ESA Inter-Ministerial Conference held earlier this month showed that member states have developed a new focus on resolving Europe’s domestic launcher deficit, as well as using space to address ...
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Sierra Space Working with NASA on Crewed Dream Chaser

Dream Chaser shuttle during taxi tests at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Test Center in California. Image credit: Sierra Space. Sierra Space is working with NASA to develop a crewed version of its Dream ...
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The Rising Space Sector in China’s Silicon Valley

Shenzhen is a city that holds a special place in my heart. Having spent around six years of my life in Mainland China, around five of them were in the southern metropolis just across the border from ...
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NASA Hosts Unveiling of Plans for New Silicon Valley Innovation Hub

A new campus, called Berkeley Space Center, aims to offer lab, office, and educational spaces along with student and faculty housing, a conference center, and retail space on 36 acres within the NASA ...
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(Text) The Artemis Accords Principles For Cooperation In The Exploration And Use Of The Moon, Mars, Comets, And Asteroids For Peaceful Purposes

RECOGNIZING their mutual interest in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, and UNDERSCORING the continuing importance of existing bilateral space cooperation agreements; NOTING ...