Canadian government backs 2024 space accelerator in Southern California
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-07 04:38
Canadian space entrepreneurs are invited to join the 2024 SoCal-Canadian Space Accelerator. The two-month virtual accelerator is backed by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. In February and March, Canadian entrepreneurs will be introduced to potential industry, government partners. The accelerator will culminate in April with two in-person pitch events.
ESA to start commercial cargo program
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-07 03:02
European Space Agency to start competition to develop commercial vehicles. Effort patterned on NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Details about the competition have yet to be worked out. ESA members also backed plans to provide support for Europe’s struggling launch.
LeoLabs data shows on-orbit maneuvers by Russian satellites
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-06 23:44
Space tracking firm tracked two Russian satellites performing rendezvous and proximity operations. Resurs-P3 and Cosmos-2562 conducted maneuvers that offer a glimpse of potential hazards. The company applied machine learning techniques to detect and characterize the satellites’ maneuvers. The findings come at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and the West over space security.
Astra secures interim financing deal
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-06 23:33
Astra Space says it has secured interim financing from two investors. Astra Space had defaulted on the terms of the loan agreement last week. New investors agree to waive the default terms on both the loan they purchased. Astra has prioritized its propulsion business, moving personnel to it.
Dish Network CEO makes early exit
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-06 22:47
Dish Network says its CEO Erik Carlson is resigning Nov. 12 ahead of merger with EchoStar. Company says net pay-TV subscribers fell by about 64,000 in the three months to Sept. 30. EchoStar reported a 17% year-on-year fall in revenues for the three months to September.
Charting the Course: A Blueprint to Continued U.S. Leadership in Space
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-06 18:08
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin is the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Babin: The country that leads the way in space exploration sets the standards for how we operate there. More than one in ten U.S. Space industry jobs are located in Texas.
Unveiling the Civil Space Achievement of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards
Original Publication Date: 2023-11-06 14:31
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission reached the lunar surface intact. OSIRIS-REx completed its seven-year, $1.2 billion mission with a touchdown in the Utah desert Sept. 24. NASA’s Psyche mission to the metallic main-belt asteroid of the same name is back on track.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
The left camera’s filter wheel has been stuck between filter positions since Sept. 19. If unable to nudge it back all the way, the mission would rely on the higher resolution right Mastcam. The right camera needs to take nine times more images than the left to cover the same area.