Space Business News
April 18, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX reschedules Starship test flight for Thursday



Starbase, United States (AFP) April 17, 2023
SpaceX has rescheduled for Thursday the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, after a technical glitch forced a halt to the countdown. A planned liftoff Monday of the gigantic rocket was called off less than 10 minutes ahead of the scheduled launch because of a pressurization issue in the first-stage booster, SpaceX said. The private space company continued with the countdown in what it called a "wet dress re ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Orbit Fab closes Series A funding for $28.5 Million
Lafayette CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Orbit Fab, the leading provider of on-orbit refueling services, has completed a successful Series A round of $28.5 million in funding during an up-round that will allow the company to accelerate fue ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou XV mission crew members set China record
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023
The Shenzhou XV mission crew members carried out their fourth spacewalk on Saturday, topping previous crews, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release on Su ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Spacewalks become 'routine' after 12th mission
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023
Shenzhou XV mission members conducted their fourth spacewalk on Saturday, surpassing previous crews, according to China Manned Space Agency. In a news release on Sunday afternoon, the agency s ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's space station achieves 100 pct regeneration of oxygen resources
Beijing (XNA) Apr 16, 2023
China's space station, with the Shenzhou-15 crew now in orbit, can produce 100 percent of its oxygen supply through its onboard regeneration system, according to a space technology conference in Har ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
China, France join hands in space
Beijing (XNA) Apr 16, 2023
There are solid reasons that China and France should join hands in space exploration and development, industry observers said. Pang Zhihao, a space analyst in China, said on Wednesday that bot ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO)
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Each year, thousands of wildfires release large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and burn roughly 1.5 million acres of forests and grasslands throughout the country, acco ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Southern Launch to partner with Koonibba aboriginal community to develop spaceport
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation will begin work on permanent world-class space facilities after the Federal Government awarded almost $4.5 million in funding to the ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Rocket that will carry Tianzhou ship to space arrives at launch center
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023
The Long March 7 carrier rocket tasked with lifting the Tianzhou 6 cargo spaceship has recently been transported to the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, according to China Manned Spa ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space seeds take root in Inner Mongolia
Beijing (XNA) Apr 16, 2023
Eighteen kinds of plants bred in space have entered the ground stage in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. All the experimental plants were sent to Earth by the Chang'e-5, Shenzhou-13 and S ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Mission Ax-2 set to launch stem cells to space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produc ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Stuttgart students launch self-built rocket into space
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Elon Musk forms X.AI artificial intelligence company
San Francisco (AFP) April 15, 2023
Elon Musk has formed an X.AI artificial intelligence corporation based in the US state of Nevada, according to business documents that surfaced on Friday. ... more

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SPACE TRAVEL
Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system installed on ISS
Cerritos CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Calnetix Technologies has announced that their Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system was successfully installed by NASA on the International Space Station (ISS). The magn ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Blue Canyon Technologies to provide microsatellites for INCUS Mission to JPL
Lafayette CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, will design and manufacture three microsatellites to support NASA ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
AAC Clyde Space SDaaS satellite successfully launched by SpaceX
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
EPICHyper-1, a 6U AAC Clyde Space EPIC VIEW satellite, was successfully launched on the SpaceX Transporter 7 mission on April 15, 2023. The satellite will deliver Earth observation data to Canadian ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
ispace Mission 1 completing key milestones after launch
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
ispace reports that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander has completed all planned orbital control maneuvers, completing Success 8 of the Mission 1 Milestones. The Mission 1 Lander performed th ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
TrustPoint launches first commercially-funded, purpose-built PNT microsat
Leesburg VA (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
TrustPoint, an aerospace startup providing next-generation GNSS products and services, has reported the launch of its first satellite. The satellite, named "It's About Time", will allow TrustPoint t ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
DEWA launches DEWA SAT-2 to better manage UAE utilities
Dubai UAE (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has successfully launched its second nanosatellite DEWA SAT-2 aboard the Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. T ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Kenya launches first operational satellite into orbit
Nairobi (AFP) April 15, 2023
Kenya's first operational satellite was launched into orbit on Saturday by a SpaceX rocket that took off from California, USA, according to images from the US space company. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
SFL announces launch of nine satellites supporting four microspace missions
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced the launch and successful deployment of nine satellites at 06:48 am UTC on 15 April 2023 (11:48 pm PDT, 14 April 2023). Launched from Vandenberg Space For ... more

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