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Archive for September, 2020

Watch live today: NASA test fires Space Launch System rocket booster

September 2nd, 2020 by

NASA and Northrop Grumman will test a solid rocket booster for the Space Launch System megarocket today, Sept. 2. You can watch it live here.

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SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink satellites Thursday. Here’s how to watch live.

September 2nd, 2020 by

SpaceX plans to launch another 60 of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Sept. 3), and you can watch the action live.

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Could the universe collapse into a singularity? New study explains how.

September 2nd, 2020 by

All you need is some string.

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Half the atoms in the planet could be digital data by 2245

September 2nd, 2020 by

A scientist predicts looming crises based on the growth of digital content

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Typhoon causes yet another delay for first Vega SSMS flight

September 1st, 2020 by

The storm track of Typhoon Maysak over South Korea – which requires that the Jeju telemetry station be protected – has led to the postponement of final preparatory operations for Vega’s Flight VV16 launch, which was scheduled for 2 September (UTC).

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Russia to launch six Gonets telecoms satellites in 2020

September 1st, 2020 by

Russia will launch six Gonets telecoms satellites in 2020 instead of three as was reported earlier, General Director of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company, Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying.

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L3Harris to build reflector antenna for Thuraya 4-NGS

September 1st, 2020 by

L3Harris Technologies has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space to build a space reflector antenna for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite which will provide mobile telecommunication services throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Central Asia.

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Lockheed, York receive contracts for new military satellite network

September 1st, 2020 by

The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two contracts — totalling US$281.6 million — to develop two sets of satellites that are to serve as the communications backbone for a network designed to enable a range of advanced command and control systems.

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