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BlackSky Holdings, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a multi-year Indefinite-Delivery/ Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to monitor global economic activity. Competitively procured, the contract carries a maximum estimated value of US$30 million.

The Fengyun 3E weather satellite has captured its first test pictures of the Sun, offering improved assistance in predicting solar activities and their impact on Earth and space weather.

Major elements of the Ariane 5 rocket to launch the James Webb Space Telescope arrived safely in Kourou, French Guiana from Europe on 3 September 2021.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Gaofen-5 02; Date: 7 September 2021, 0301 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a Sun-synchronous 680 km x 692 km x 98.28 degrees orbit.

India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon, and imaging and scientific instruments onboard have been providing excellent data, officials said.

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Pomerantz LLP said is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Astra Space, Inc. The investigation concerns whether Astra Space and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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Firefly Aerospace has released some details regarding the company’s Alpha rocket’s failed inaugural launch. It confirmed that the root cause was a first stage engine failure.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has successfully resumed observations after recovery from a problem involving one of its science instruments, the Low Energy Transmission Grating (LETG). The LETG is used to measure the intensity of X-rays at different energies.

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