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December 11, 2022
ROCKET SCIENCE
PSLV-XL rocket motor made by industry passes test: ISRO



Chennai, India (IANS) Dec 09, 2022
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the performance of the booster motor made by Economic Explosives Limited for its PSLV-XL rocket was satisfactory. The Indian space agency tested the booster motor called PSOM-XL at its rocket port in Sriharikota on Wednesday. According to the ISRO, with this test, the private industry's capability to produce the stage for PSLV has been established. This is the first step in the end-to-end production of PSLV through the industry. ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
AFRL, CNM Ingenuity shift innovation to next level at Hyperdrive Space Summit
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, partnered with CNM Ingenuity, or CNMI, the economic development arm of Central New Mexico Community College, to hold the 2022 Hyperdrive Space Summit in A ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China launches Long March 2D carrier rocket
Beijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2022
China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket early on Friday morning to transport an Earth-observation satellite into space, according to the China National Space Administration. The rocket b ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Collins Aerospace to deliver new spacesuits to NASA for International Space Station missions
Cedar Rapids IA (SPX) Dec 09, 2022
Building on more than 50 years of experience developing spacesuits for NASA, Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, along with its partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering, was a ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Precious Payload partners with Maritime Launch
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Dec 09, 2022
Precious Payload is excited to announce a partnership with Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF), the owner and operator of Canada's first orbital launch complex, to market satelli ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
These freeze-drying algae can awaken from cryostasis, could help spaceflights go farther
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 09, 2022
Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys contain some of Earth's coldest and driest deserts. The environment there is so extreme that the Dry Valleys have been used as Mars analogs to test prototype equipme ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Can plasma instability in fact be the savior for magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
A research group has demonstrated that spontaneously excited plasma waves may be the solution to a long-associated problem with magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters, turning conventional thinking on its ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA taps Collins Aerospace to develop new spacesuits for Space Station
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 09, 2022
NASA has awarded a task order to Collins Aerospace to deliver a spacewalking system for potential use outside the International Space Station. This award - the second under NASA's Exploration EVA Se ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Colgate-Palmolive and NASA sign Space Act Agreement to boost off planet hygiene
New York NY (SPX) Dec 09, 2022
Colgate-Palmolive Company has signed an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to explore innovative solutions to advance oral health, personal care and skin health ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Launches secured for five Sentinel satellites
Paris (ESA) Dec 08, 2022
A contract signed between ESA and Arianespace has ensured rides into orbit for five Copernicus Sentinels: Sentinel-1D, Sentinel-2C, Sentinel-3C, and the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide-A and ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NSF-funded solicitation seeks physical science proposals to utilize ISS National Lab
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
For the eighth year, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS) and U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have partnered to solicit transport phenomena and fluid dynamics rese ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Southern Launch and ATSpace return to launch up to two Kestrel I rockets before the end of the year
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
by Kurtis Eichler for The Lead After a severe electrical storm damaged an ATSpace rocket on the launch pad in November, the company has announced that repairs have been completed and they will atte ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Absolut Sensing selects NanoAvionics to build demonstration satellite to be launched first half of 2024
Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
Absolut Sensing, a subsidiary of the Absolut Group specialized in the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions, has achieved a significant milestone with the selection of satellite manufacturer Kongs ... more

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MICROSAT BLITZ
The future market for small satellites
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
The German federal government has launched the Small Satellite Initiative with the aim of consolidating the German space industry and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
From Shetlands to Azores, Europe's space race takes off
Paris (AFP) Dec 8, 2022
Projects to develop space centres that can launch satellites into Earth's orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the commercialisation of space. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA advances Artemis Moon rocket production for future missions
New Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
NASA is moving forward with Space Launch System (SLS) production and assembly activities for future Artemis missions. The agency is optimizing manufacturing capabilities by enabling SLS core s ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launches
Esrange Space Centre, Sweden (AFP) Dec 8, 2022
As the mercury drops to minus 20 Celsius, a research rocket lifts off from one of the world's northernmost space centres, its burner aglow in the twilight of Sweden's snowy Arctic forests. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
New rocket successfully takes to outer space
Beijing (XNA) Dec 08, 2022
Kuaizhou 11, the newest model of carrier rocket developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, carried out its first successful flight on Wednesday morning, lifting an experimental satellit ... more
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AEROSPACE
Japan, UK, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet
London (AFP) Dec 9, 2022
Britain, Italy and Japan said Friday they will jointly develop a future fighter jet in a project that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said would guarantee national security and safeguard thousands of jobs. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
ICEYE announces a framework contract with European Maritime Safety Agency
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
ICEYE, the global leader in satellite persistent monitoring of the planet and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the European ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Nations step up space cooperation
Beijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2022
Scientists from Saudi Arabia will soon have the opportunity to carry out an experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station that is expected to help with the design and production of high-efficienc ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Northrop Grumman performs full-scale propellant mix for next-generation interceptor motor
Magna UT (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed the first full-scale mix of the solid rocket motor propellant for its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). This successf ... more
MISSILE NEWS
NSTIC OTA delivers accelerated hypersonic weapons testing
Summerville SC (SPX) Dec 08, 2022
Pentagon leadership has sent a clear signal that the Department of Defense (DoD) must accelerate hypersonic weapon system development activities to counter rapid expansion of hypersonic capabilities ... more
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