Space Business News
August 15, 2023
ROBO SPACE
Epson bolsters space robotics through GITAI investment



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 15, 2023
In a move emblematic of the burgeoning space industry's trajectory, Epson has announced a fresh investment into GITAI, a startup focused on creating versatile robotic solutions for space-based applications. GITAI's mission centers around supplying safe and cost-effective labor for myriad tasks in space, ranging from operations within space stations orbiting Earth to more ambitious endeavors on the Moon and Mars. The escalating pace of space exploration, underscored by projects targeting lunar reso ... read more

MICROSAT BLITZ
Communications achieved for NASA's 4 Starling CubeSats
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Mission managers have established command communications with all four of NASA's Starling CubeSats! The spacecraft are progressing through payload and propulsion tests, the final stage of a pre-oper ... more
GPS NEWS
Present and future of satellite navigation
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Aug 15, 2023
The 14th ESA/JRC International Summer School on GNSS, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), took place in July in Kiruna, Sweden. The Summer School, spons ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
RTX provides Blue Canyon Satellites for NASA Swarm test launch
Lafayette CO (SPX) Aug 15, 2023
RTX's (NYSE: RTX) small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), announces successful launch and initial contact with CubeSats for the NASA Starling missi ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China's Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches five new satellites
Beijing (XNA) Aug 15, 2023
China launched a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket on Monday afternoon at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, placing five communication satellites in space, according to the China Aer ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE


Musk says cage fight with Zuckerberg will be in Italy

ROCKET SCIENCE
Pulsar Fusion forms partnership with University of Michigan for electric propulsion
London, UK (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Electric propulsion, with a specific focus on Hall effect thrusters, has long been recognized as a foundational technology for space missions. Recognizing its potential, the UK Space Agency has rece ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
ICEYE US receives first NASA commercial smallsat data task order
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
ICEYE US Inc, renowned for its persistent Earth monitoring through radar imaging satellites, has secured its inaugural Task Order as a part of a previously announced Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Virgin Galactic rockets its first tourist passengers into space
Washington (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China's commercial CERES-1 Y7 rocket launches 7 satellites
Jiuquan (XNA) Aug 11, 2023
China on Thursday launched the CERES-1 Y7 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending seven satellites into a planned orbit. The commercial rocket blast ... more
ROBO SPACE
DARPA taps RTX to attune AI decisions to human values
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
RTX's BBN division received a contract award to support DARPA's "In The Moment" program. ITM aims to develop the foundations needed for algorithms that are trusted to independently make decisions in ... more

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MICROSAT BLITZ


RTX and Blue Canyon unveil new high-capacity XB16 CubeSat

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
RTX to develop platform agnostic, beyond-line-of-sight, satcoms
McKinney TX (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic, Beyond-Line-Of-Sig ... more
MILTECH
A revolution in stand-off jamming
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
The U.S. military is entering into an unprecedented era of competitive Electronic Warfare (EW) environments against peer and near-peer adversaries alike. Threats have evolved considerably over the y ... more
AEROSPACE
Northrop Grumman boosts B-2 digital communications
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
In an innovative stride, Northrop Grumman Corporation, together with the U.S. Air Force, has successfully carried out an integrated airborne mission transfer (IAMT) demonstration using the B-2 Spiri ... more
AEROSPACE
UK scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers north of Scotland
London (AFP) Aug 14, 2023
UK jets were scrambled Monday morning to respond to two Russian bombers flying north of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, Britain's defence ministry said in a statement. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Ukraine missiles shot down over Crimea bridge: pro-Russia official
Moscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2023
Russia air defence forces shot down two Ukrainian missiles over a bridge connecting Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland, an official said on Saturday. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE


Lockheed Martin's NGI program completes all subsystem PDRs

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
At least 25 missing after Myanmar jade mine landslide
Yangon (AFP) Aug 14, 2023
At least 25 people are missing after a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote region of Myanmar, rescue workers said Monday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Both sides in Colombian peace talks call for humanitarian aid
Caracas (AFP) Aug 14, 2023
The Colombian government and ELN guerillas began a fresh round of peace talks in Venezuela Monday, with both sides calling for humanitarian assistance for violence-hit areas. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Moroccan navy rescues 60 migrants in Atlantic
Rabat (AFP) Aug 11, 2023
Morocco's navy rescued more than 60 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa when their boat got into difficulties in the Atlantic off Tarfaya, the official MAP news agency reported on Friday. ... more
TRADE WARS
China stops releasing youth jobs data as economic figures disappoint
Beijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2023
China stopped publishing data on its rising youth unemployment rate on Tuesday, as it released a raft of disappointing figures that stoked concerns over the state of the world's second largest economy. ... more
ENERGY TECH
DoE announces $112 million for research on computational projects in fusion energy sciences
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 15, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science (SC), announced $112 million in funding for 12 projects that focus on collaborations among fusion scientists, applied mathematicians, a ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Embracing the future we need
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2023
When you picture MIT doctoral students taking small PhD courses together, you probably don't imagine them going on class field trips. But it does happen, sometimes, and one of those trips changed An ... more
TRADE WARS
Argentina devalues peso after shock primary election result
Buenos Aires (AFP) Aug 14, 2023
Argentine monetary authorities on Monday devalued the peso by around 20 percent as the country reeled from the strong showing of far-right politician Javier Milei in a presidential primary election. ... more
TRADE WARS
Asian markets mixed on US tech rally, weak China data
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 15, 2023
Asian markets were mixed Tuesday as a US tech rally buoyed sentiment while a batch of disappointing data from China stoked concerns over the state of the world's second-largest economy. ... more
TRADE WARS
Cambodia's next leader, Chinese FM pledge to boost ties
Phnom Penh (AFP) Aug 13, 2023
Cambodia's next leader Hun Manet said he met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the capital Phnom Penh on Sunday and they pledged to boost ties between the two countries. ... more
TRADE WARS
Chinese property giant Country Garden's shares sink on default fears
Beijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2023
Shares in Chinese property giant Country Garden plunged on Monday after it missed bond payments and warned of billions of dollars in losses, deepening fears about the country's heavily indebted real estate sector. ... more
TRADE WARS
Biden calls China 'ticking time bomb' over economic woes
Salt Lake City, United States (AFP) Aug 11, 2023
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that China's mounting economic problems make the country a "ticking time bomb." ... more
AEROSPACE
Military-run Mexican airline to take off in December
Mexico City (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Mexico will launch a new military-run, low-cost airline in December after buying the brand of a carrier that went bankrupt 13 years ago, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Thursday. ... more
TRADE WARS
China resumes group tours to US, UK, Japan and Australia
Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Beijing on Thursday lifted a Covid-era ban on outbound group tours to dozens of countries including the United States and Japan, a move that could see crowds of Chinese tourists return to destinations around the world. ... more
TRADE WARS
Markets drop again as US inflation fails to soothe rate fears
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 11, 2023
Equity markets mostly fell Friday as a below-forecast US inflation reading boosted hopes the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates next month but did little to dispel fears it could hike later in the year. ... more
TRADE WARS
Nervous investors trade cautiously ahead of US inflation report
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Asian markets were mixed Thursday ahead of much-anticipated US inflation data, which comes against a backdrop of renewed concerns that the Federal Reserve could announce another interest rate hike before the end of the year. ... more
TRADE WARS
Chinese FM begins SE Asia tour as South China Sea tensions flare
Singapore (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Singapore Thursday at the start of a three-nation regional tour, Beijing's embassy in the city-state said, as tensions flare with the Philippines in the South China Sea. ... more
TRADE WARS
China says US investment policy 'severely disrupts' global supply chains
Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Beijing on Thursday vowed to "safeguard" its interests against a new US policy to restrict investment in Chinese technology, accusing Washington of disrupting global supply chains. ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA's ComPair Balloon mission readies for flight
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
A team in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is preparing to fly a balloon-borne science instrument called ComPair, which will test new technologies for detecting gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Russian cosmonauts perform spacewalk to attach debris shields to space station
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 9, 2023
Two Russian Cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk Wednesday to upgrade systems on the International Space Station. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Impulse Space secures $45M in Series A Funding Round
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
Impulse Space, Inc. - a leader in the development of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system - has secured $45 million in its Series A funding round. The round is led by RTX Vent ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Little warning and 'huge' losses, say China flood victims
Zhuozhou, China (AFP) Aug 9, 2023
Villagers in northeastern China told AFP that the losses from recent flooding were "huge", a week after the heaviest rains Beijing has ever seen triggered widespread flooding in the region. ... more
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