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Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an end-to-end space capability for the country.
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Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an end-to-end space capability for the country. Isar Aerospace announced July 2 it signed a contract with Planet Labs Germany for the launch of a Pelican high-resolution imaging satellite on a Spectrum rocket. The launch will take place in the next year, perhaps as soon as late 2026, from Andøya Spaceport in Norway.
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Final Atlas 5 Amazon Leo mission launches

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
An Atlas 5 lifted off July 2 carrying a set of Amazon Leo satellites in the final launch by that vehicle to carry a satellite payload.
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Final Atlas 5 Amazon Leo mission launches

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — An Atlas 5 lifted off July 2 carrying a set of Amazon Leo satellites in the final launch by that vehicle to carry a satellite payload. The Atlas 5 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:30 a.m. Eastern. The rocket carried 29 Amazon Leo satellites that were deployed starting 21 minutes after liftoff. The deployments were completed 16 minutes later. With this launch, Amazon Leo has more than 390 satellites in orbit.
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Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination of overconfidence, unrealistic schedules and NASA’s lack of insight into the vehicle.
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Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination of overconfidence, unrealistic schedules and NASA’s lack of insight into the vehicle. The report by NASA’s Office of Inspector General, released June 30, adds to the uncertainty about when Starliner will be approved for crewed missions to the International Space Station despite optimism from Boeing’s chief executive.
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Latitude plans to conduct first launch from Oman

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
French startup Latitude intends to perform the first launch of its small launch vehicle from a spaceport in Oman in late 2027.
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Latitude plans to conduct first launch from Oman

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — French startup Latitude intends to perform the first launch of its small launch vehicle from a spaceport in Oman in late 2027. The company announced July 1 that it signed a letter of intent with Etlaq Spaceport to use that launch site in Oman for an “experimental” first launch of its rocket. The announcement was tied to the visit of Oman’s leader, Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said, to France to meet with President Emmanuel Macron.
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Blue Origin outlines new launch pad approach as it pushes to return New Glenn to flight

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
A month after a devastating pad explosion, Blue Origin reiterated plans to return its New Glenn vehicle to flight from a rebuilt launch pad by the end of the year.
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Blue Origin outlines new launch pad approach as it pushes to return New Glenn to flight

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — A month after a devastating pad explosion, Blue Origin reiterated its plans to return its New Glenn vehicle to flight from a rebuilt launch pad by the end of the year. In a June 30 update, the company outlined the alternative approach, called a concept of operations, or CONOPS, it intends to use to transport the launch vehicle to the pad, replacing the transporter/erector destroyed in the May 28 explosion.
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NASA awards nearly $600 million in lunar lander missions

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
NASA selected three companies to fly four lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million as part of its lunar base ambitions, as it weighs also launching a spare Mars rover.
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NASA awards nearly $600 million in lunar lander missions

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected three companies to fly four robotic lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million as part of its lunar base ambitions, as the agency weighs sending a spare Mars rover to the moon. During a June 30 online presentation, NASA officials announced they selected Astrobotic Technology, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines for lander missions scheduled for late 2028 with a combined value of $590.4 million.
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Vast names Isakowitz as a senior adviser

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
as an adviser while the company awaits the next phase of a NASA program. Commercial space station developer Vast named the former president and chief executive of The Aerospace Corp.
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Vast names Isakowitz as a senior adviser

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Commercial space station developer Vast has named the former president and chief executive of The Aerospace Corp. as an adviser while the company awaits the next phase of a key NASA program. Vast announced June 30 that Steve Isakowitz has joined the company as an adviser. Isakowitz retired from The Aerospace Corp. last year after nine years as its leader.
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Study argues bigger launch vehicles may not always be better

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
As SpaceX and others pursue the development of very large launch vehicles, a new study suggests that there may be such a thing as a rocket that is too large. Study argues bigger launch vehicles may not always be better
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Study argues bigger launch vehicles may not always be better

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — As SpaceX and others pursue the development of very large launch vehicles, a new study suggests that there may be such a thing as a rocket that is too large. A report released June 29 by The Aerospace Corp. said that while super heavy lift, or SHL, rockets promise economies of scale, there may be a point where increased size may cause launch prices, on a per-kilogram basis, to go up rather than down. “SHLs can achieve lower cost per payload by maximizing total mass to orbit.
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Beck: Iridium acquisition the “logical next step” for Rocket Lab

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Rocket Lab’s chief executive says the company’s acquisition of Iridium was the “logical next step” in his ambitions to tap into the lucrative space services market.
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Beck: Iridium acquisition the “logical next step” for Rocket Lab

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab’s chief executive says the company’s acquisition of Iridium was the “logical next step” in his ambitions to tap into the lucrative space services market. Rocket Lab announced June 29 it reached an agreement with Iridium to acquire the company for $54 per share in cash and stock, valuing Iridium at $8 billion. The deal is expected to close in mid-2027 after regulatory approvals.
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Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite telecommunications company Iridium for $8 billion as part of its effort to become an end-to-end space company.
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Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite telecommunications company Iridium for $8 billion as part of its effort to become an end-to-end space company. The companies announced an agreement June 29 under which Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium for $54 a share in cash and stock, valuing Iridium at $8 billion. That is a 24% premium over the closing price of Iridium’s shares June 26. The deal is projected to close in mid-2027 pending regulatory and other approvals.
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A swift effort to boost the prospects for satellite servicing

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| The Space Review Verified
Northrop Grumman’s L-1011 aircraft, Stargazer, takes off from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia June 18 carrying a Pegasus XL spacecraft with the Link servicing spacecraft. (credit: NASA/Jeanette Kazmierczak) On Tuesday evening local time, the last operational L-1011 aircraft will take off from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. After flying to the south, the plane will enter a racetrack pattern and, on a southeastern leg, release a Pegasus XL rocket.
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Rocket Lab launches 10th Synspective satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Rocket Lab launched a radar-imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on June 26, a flight delayed by a responsive space mission.
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Rocket Lab launches 10th Synspective satellite Original

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a radar-imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on June 26, a flight delayed by a responsive space mission. The Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 1:43 p.m. Eastern on a mission called “10 Owl of 10” by the company. The payload, a StriX satellite, separated from the rocket’s kick stage 56 minutes later into a 552-kilometer orbit inclined at 42 degrees.
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ISS repair spacewalk highlights concerns about station health

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are preparing for a spacewalk to repair a robotic arm as advisers raise concerns about the long-term health of the station and spacesuits.
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ISS repair spacewalk highlights concerns about station health

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are preparing for a spacewalk to repair a robotic arm as safety advisers raise concerns about the long-term health of the station and spacesuits. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams are scheduled to perform a spacewalk June 30 in which they will replace a joint in the Canadarm2 robotic arm. That work will be the sole task of the spacewalk, scheduled to last six and a half hours.
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"This was a daytime bolide that produced a meteorite fall right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay. This fall into water is technically called a 'fishy squisher' in uber-serious scientific terms."

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| bluelena.io
By Jeff Foust In today's edition: Voyager to acquire lunar lander developer Astrobotic, Northrop and Apex team up on space-based interceptors, Vast signs agreements for flying French and British astronauts and more. If someone forwarded you this edition, sign up to receive it in your inbox every weekday. Have thoughts or feedback? You can hit reply to let me know.
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Rocket Lab wins NASA award for three Electron launches

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of science missions on three Electron rockets in 2027.
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Rocket Lab wins NASA award for three Electron launches

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of science missions on three Electron rockets in 2027. NASA announced June 25 it selected Rocket Lab to launch its Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer, or PolSIR, and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2, or TSIS-2, missions on Electron rockets.
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Rocket Lab wins NASA award for three Electron launches

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Gear Open
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of science missions on three Electron rockets in 2027. NASA announced June 25 it selected Rocket Lab to launch its Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer, or PolSIR, and Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2, or TSIS-2, missions on Electron rockets.
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Botswana signs the Artemis Accords

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
The African nation of Botswana is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for space exploration. The post Botswana signs the Artemis Accords appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Botswana signs the Artemis Accords Original

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — The African nation of Botswana is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for space exploration. David Tshere, Botswana’s minister of communications and innovation, signed the Accords on behalf of the country during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters on June 25. Botswana is the 68th country to sign the Accords since they were rolled out in 2020 and the ninth to do so this year.
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Canceled NASA exploration projects suffered billions of dollars in overruns

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Four NASA exploration projects that the agency stopped earlier this year had suffered overruns that saw their costs more than double, with more than $1 billion in additional increases expected.
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Canceled NASA exploration projects suffered billions of dollars in overruns

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Four NASA exploration projects that the agency stopped earlier this year as part of changes to its Artemis lunar exploration campaign had suffered overruns that saw their costs more than double, with more than $1 billion in additional increases expected.
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MDA Space wins contract for Radarsat replenishment satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government studies options for a next-generation satellite system.
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MDA Space wins contract for Radarsat replenishment satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government studies options for a next-generation satellite system. MDA Space announced June 24 it received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency worth 688 million Canadian dollars ($483.3 million) to build a replenishment spacecraft for the Radarsat Constellation Mission, or RCM.
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MDA Space wins contract for Radarsat replenishment satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| EIN News
MDA Space will use the spacecraft design it developed for MDA Chorus for the Radarsat Constellation Mission replenishment satellite. Credit: MDA Space WASHINGTON — MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government studies options for a next-generation satellite system.
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MDA Space wins contract for Radarsat replenishment satellite

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Gear Open
WASHINGTON — MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government studies options for a next-generation satellite system. MDA Space announced June 24 it received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency worth 688 million Canadian dollars ($483.3 million) to build a replenishment spacecraft for the Radarsat Constellation Mission, or RCM.
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Vast signs additional partners for commercial space station microgravity research

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Commercial space station company Vast announced June 24 the addition of several companies and organizations to its network of partners for microgravity research and manufacturing.
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Vast signs additional partners for commercial space station microgravity research

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Commercial space station company Vast announced June 24 the addition of several companies and organizations to its network of partners for microgravity research and manufacturing. Vast said it signed memoranda of understanding with the Sanford Stem Cell Institute at the University of California San Diego, Auxilium Biotechnologies, LambdaVision and BioOrbit.
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Vast signs additional partners for commercial space station microgravity research

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Gear Open
WASHINGTON — Commercial space station company Vast announced June 24 the addition of several companies and organizations to its network of partners for microgravity research and manufacturing. Vast said it signed memoranda of understanding with the Sanford Stem Cell Institute at the University of California San Diego, Auxilium Biotechnologies, LambdaVision and BioOrbit.
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SpaceX launches secretive Starfall reentry demo mission

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the program itself.
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SpaceX launches secretive Starfall reentry demo mission

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the program itself. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:53 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on what SpaceX called its Starfall Demo mission. The launch was the first time SpaceX publicly discussed Starfall, an effort to develop vehicles for in-space manufacturing and point-to-point cargo delivery.
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SpaceX launches secretive Starfall reentry demo mission

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Gear Open
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the program itself. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:53 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on what SpaceX called its Starfall Demo mission. The launch was the first time SpaceX publicly discussed Starfall, an effort to develop vehicles for in-space manufacturing and point-to-point cargo delivery.
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OHB raises funding for expansion, acquisitions

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
German space company OHB will raise about half a billion euros through a stock sale to allow the company to expand facilities and pursue potential acquisitions.
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OHB raises funding for expansion, acquisitions

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — German space company OHB will raise about half a billion euros through a stock sale to allow the company to expand facilities and pursue potential acquisitions. The company, based in Bremen, Germany, announced June 22 plans to sell about 1.7 million shares at 300 euros per share. The sale would net OHB 490.2 million euros ($557.6 million) after expenses.
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NASA’s inspector general warns launch sites nearing capacity

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
A report by NASA’s inspector general is the latest to highlight the problems that the increasing number of launches is posing to spaceports.
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NASA’s inspector general warns launch sites nearing capacity Original

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — A report by NASA’s inspector general is the latest to highlight the problems that the increasing number of launches is posing to spaceports. NASA’s Office of Inspector General released a report June 22 on NASA launch infrastructure at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It concluded that those spaceports are not equipped to handle the growing demand for government and commercial launches.
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Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Copernical.com
Loft Orbital is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test the use of artificial intelligence on spacecraft to improve Earth science monitoring.
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Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| SpaceNews Verified
WASHINGTON — Loft Orbital is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test the use of artificial intelligence on spacecraft to improve Earth science monitoring. Loft Orbital announced June 23 it has an agreement with JPL to test the lab’s AI software on Loft spacecraft as part of a NASA-funded project called Federated Autonomous Measurement, or FAME. The tests started this month using a Loft Orbital spacecraft whose onboard computers are running the JPL software.
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Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation

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By Jeff Foust Verified
| Gear Open
WASHINGTON — Loft Orbital is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test the use of artificial intelligence on spacecraft to improve Earth science monitoring. Loft Orbital announced June 23 it has an agreement with JPL to test the lab’s AI software on Loft spacecraft as part of a NASA-funded project called Federated Autonomous Measurement, or FAME. The tests started this month using a Loft Orbital spacecraft whose onboard computers are running the JPL software.
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