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Astroscale Ltd., the U.K. and European subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced that the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Astroscale Ltd., to lead a collision avoidance study that’s part of the Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mitigation (CREAM) activities in ESA’s Space Safety Program.

Virgin Orbit and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space Forge have announced an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer 2022.

Satellogic Inc. announced it has shipped five satellites to be launched in early Q2 from Cape Canaveral. The launch will be part of SpaceX’s Transporter-4 mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket under SpaceX’s rideshare programme.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. reports that its next-generation solar cell technology is transitioning into qualification. The cell is the next product from SolAero’s patented Inverted MetaMorphic (IMM) solar cell technology, dubbed IMM-ss, that is expected to exhibit a conversion efficiency of ~33.3% in volume production. IMM-ss is the fourth generation IMM product created by SolAero Technologies Inc. (SolAero), a space solar power company acquired by Rocket Lab in January 2022.

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Sidus Space, Inc., a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection announced the successful completion of the LizzieSat (LS) Preliminary Design Review (PDR).

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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) plans to launch a technology demonstration satellite in the coming months, according to a senior researcher overseeing the project.

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The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket carrying the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has been delayed due to a customer request.

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Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 48 Starlink satellites (Starlink 4-10); Date: 9 March 2022, 1345 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, USA.

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