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Two of the German military’s new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit
  • There are so many stories in the history of spaceflight of deployables not deploying, so it's completely believable that they didn't work. There are stories of astronauts kicking them, satellite operators jostling and gimbling and heating them, limited performance from partial failures...

    Bigger cheaper rockets should hopefully mean less JWST Rube Goldberg style satellites because the extra volume and mass can be put to use. But it probably just means even bigger deployables...

  • Mere days before its debut, the Ariane 6 rocket loses a key customer to SpaceX
  • I think the value proposition is more about national pride and security, so they can keep launching things if they have a falling out with other countries. Like when Russia decided to start a war and take Oneweb satellites hostage. Imagine a world where the US elected a crazy nationalist who wanted out of NATO...

  • MDA Space receives contract for next phase of lunar Gateway robotic arm development
  • I wonder what its main purpose is. I'm pretty sure all Gateway modules and visiting vehicles dock together, so they don't need an arm to help berth them the way ISS modules, Cygnus, and Dreamchaser do. So this is mainly for moving external payloads around? And holding astronauts during EVAs?

  • Volkswagen ID.UNYX all-electric SUV will launch in mid-July in China
  • compact coupe SUV

    I hate these. It's a big vehicle without better storage space. Or better visibility, because of how huge the hood is and how small the windows are. It's just big for the sake of being big.

  • ULA will launch its second Vulcan rocket without a real payload
  • Underrated shout-out to the DOD for getting satellites built and ready faster than Amazon and Sierra Space?

    ULA's manufacturing pictures of Atlas and Vulcan have been cool to see. "It's in the high tens of millions" isn't great, but hopefully that comes down.

  • NASA Selects SpaceX to develop the International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle
  • Part of why the commercial stations won't be ready is because the ISS won't commit to a deorbit date, so they can't predict the market!

    2030 should be the absolute latest, or the leaks on the Russian side will take the whole thing down.

  • Starlab commercial space station to launch on Starship
    spacenews.com Starlab commercial space station to launch on Starship

    Starlab Space, the joint venture developing the Starlab commercial space station, has selected SpaceX’s Starship to launch the station on a single flight.

    Starlab commercial space station to launch on Starship
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    Musk not eager to take Starlink public
    spacenews.com Musk not eager to take Starlink public

    SpaceX CEO Elon Musk again appeared to rule out any near-term plans for spinning out his company’s Starlink broadband satellite business going public.

    Musk not eager to take Starlink public
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    $ASTR quarterly earnings
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    SpaceX Files its Starship Mishap Report to the FAA
    payloadspace.com SpaceX Files its Starship Mishap Report to the FAA

    SpaceX has filed a final mishap investigation report to the FAA for its April 20 Starship integrated flight test, the FAA told Payload on Tuesday.  Submitting the report is an important regulatory step toward SpaceX launching Starship on its second orbital test flight, a milestone that will req...

    SpaceX Files its Starship Mishap Report to the FAA
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    SpaceX to offer mid-inclination smallsat rideshare launches
    spacenews.com SpaceX to offer mid-inclination smallsat rideshare launches

    SpaceX is offering a second class of rideshare missions on its Falcon 9 rocket to serve customers seeking to go to mid-inclination orbits.

    SpaceX to offer mid-inclination smallsat rideshare launches
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    NASA is considering alternate mission profiles for Artemis III
    arstechnica.com NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship

    NASA's Orion spacecraft is taking a bit longer to prepare for its first crew flight.

    NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship

    From the last section of the article:

    >If the Artemis III landing mission moves to 2026 or later, it doesn't make much difference whether Artemis II flies in late 2024 or 2025. There's just no big rush. In fact, Free acknowledged on Tuesday that NASA is considering alternate mission profiles for Artemis III in case of significant delays to Starship and the Axiom spacesuits. > >SpaceX first needs to get the Starship rocket into orbit. Another Starship test launch could happen in the next couple of months. Then there will need to be many more test flights, including a Starship refueling demonstration in orbit, a capability without which Starship can't reach the Moon. Finally, SpaceX plans to fly a Starship test mission to land on the Moon without astronauts before committing to a crew landing. > >Free said NASA officials recently met with SpaceX's team at the Starship development site in South Texas. SpaceX provided NASA with an updated schedule of milestones to get to the Artemis III landing, but Free declined to discuss specifics of the timeline. > >"I think we’ll look at that and update around that in the near future, after we have some time to digest it," Free said. "But we’re holding all the contractors to that December of ’25 date (for Artemis III). > >"We may end up flying a different mission," Free said. "If we’re having these big slips, we’ve looked at can we do other missions, if the possibility exists there. Right now, we’re still taking a look at their schedule. The spacesuits are having a CDR (Critical Design Review) in October, so that’s obviously another piece of hardware that’s on the critical path for that mission.”

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