Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-06 04:28
Astroscale started trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market at 850 yen ($5.46) per share. Company announced plans May 1 to go public, offering 20.8 million shares. Astroscale developing systems to extend the life of satellites, remove debris. Company reported 1.79 billion yen in revenue in fiscal year that ended in April 2023.
Webinar: U.S. – Japan Perspectives on Space Sustainability
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 20:06
Join us for an engaging session to explore how both the United States and Japanese space agencies and industry are approaching the challenges of space sustainability. Why do both countries feel it is a priority? How have the government and space agencies taken action to support solutions? What innovations is the industry pursuing and why? What more could be done to collaborate?
Uncontrolled reentry of space debris poses a real and growing threat
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 13:00
A small piece of space debris from the International Space Station crashed into a Florida home in March. The object was a piece of a discarded, multi-ton pallet from the ISS. The pallet was loaded with nickel-hydrogen batteries that were meant to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.
Pale Blue gets additional funds for water vapor thrusters
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 11:52
Japanese small satellite thruster developer raises $8.5 million in venture capital. Funding is on top of $7.5 million the four-year-old University of Tokyo spin-off raised in October. Pale Blue's Resistojet thrusters are designed for satellites weighing less than 10 kilograms.
Slingshot unveils AI that spots satellite anomalies and potential bad actors
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 11:00
Slingshot Aerospace developed an artificial intelligence system that monitors the behavior of satellites. The system, called Agatha, identifies anomalous spacecraft within large constellations. Slingshot won a DARPA contract of undisclosed value after submitting a white paper. The company is in discussions with a number of U.S. Government and allied organizations.
Hubble goes to single-gyro operating mode as NASA passes on private servicing mission
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 00:22
NASA will switch to a mode where the spacecraft operates on a single gyroscope. The agency announced June 4 that one of three remaining gyros had failed. The telescope had been out of service since that gyro failed May 24. Officials were optimistic that going to a single-gyro mode will preserve Hubble to the mid-2030s.
SpaceX Starship still GO for June 6 – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 00:00
The fourth flight test of Starship is still targeted to launch Thursday, June 6 from Starbase in Texas. The 120-minute test window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.
ULA launches Boeing Starliner with NASA’s astronauts, finally – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 00:00
NASA and Boeing set for June 5 Crew Flight Test launch attempt. All systems are flight ready ahead of the next Crew Flight Test (CFT) launch attempt on Wednesday, June 5, at 10:52 a.m. ET. NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday the company’s Starliner spacecraft, ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, and ground support equipment are healthy and ready for the next launch attempt.
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-06 00:00
Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit. This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25.
Iridium awarded 5 year contract by USSF’s SSC – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-06 00:00
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has been awarded a new five year contract by the U.S. Space Force. The value of the contract is approximately $94 million with a potential total value of $103 million, based on future surge requirements. The contract is for Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) capabilities and security sustainment services (ECS3)
DARPA harnesses AI to keep tabs on space weapons, spy satellites on orbit – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 00:00
Slingshot Aerospace has partnered with DARPA to create AI-enabled system. Agatha uses inverse reinforcement learning techniques to evaluate an object’s behavior and identify its intentions. The technology comes as both commercial and government organizations around the world plan to launch large satellites constellations into space.
BlackSky awarded NRO contract – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 00:00
BlackSky Technology Inc. Has been awarded a one year extension contract from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) BlackSky delivers time-diverse imagery and analytics up to 15 times per day, dawn-to-dusk, providing decision-quality data directly to those who need it most.
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NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles
The PREFIRE mission will help understand the balance between incoming heat energy from the Sun and the outgoing heat given off at Earth’s poles. The Arctic and Antarctica act something like the radiator in a car’s engine, shedding much of the heat initially absorbed at the tropics back into space. The majority of that heat is emitted as far-infrared radiation.
Boeing’s Starliner CFT launches on third attempt
Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 01:00
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule has flown its first crew into space on the 100th flight of an Atlas V launch vehicle. The Crew Flight Test (CFT) sent Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams on a trajectory to rendezvous with the International Space Station. Launch was initially scheduled for May 6, but was scrubbed just under two hours before the flight due to an issue with an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur upper stage. Liftoff was then scheduled for June 1 at 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC) On this second attempt, the rocket entered a hold at approximately T-3:50 due to a fault in the ground support equipment that controls the launch vehicle’s countdown.