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US Space Force plans space radar to ‘identify emerging threats’ in distant Earth orbit

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 20:11

The United States, United Kingdom and Australia signed an agreement to develop a deep space radar capability to keep an eye on what’s happening in geosynchronous orbit.

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Why is there so much military interest in the moon?

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 18:11

The United States’ use of military agencies such as DARPA to develop emerging technologies for the moon could be sending a wrong message.

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SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites from California early Dec. 8

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 10:11

SpaceX is set to launch 22 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California early on Friday morning (Dec. 8).

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Crossed wires caused parachute problem during OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample delivery, NASA says

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 08:11

Crossed wires likely prevented OSIRIS-REx’s return capsule from deploying its drogue parachute during its descent through Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 24, NASA officials say.

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Chinese startup Galactic Energy bounces back with successful satellite launch

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 05:11

Chinese startup Galactic Energy is flying high again after a successful satellite launch on Monday (Dec. 4).

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SpaceX, US Space Force set to launch secretive X-37B space plane on Dec. 10

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 04:11

Final preparations are underway for a Dec. 10 launch opportunity, which will mark the first time the X-37B has lifted off atop SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Scientists study violent ‘superflares’ on stars thousands of times brighter than the sun

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 03:11

Scientists have used solar flares from the sun to determine the physics driving powerful and violent ‘superflares’ on massive stellar bodies that are up to 10,000 times brighter than our star.

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Private cargo spacecraft named for shuttle-era astronaut who died of plane crash injuries

Submit on Friday, December 8th, 2023 02:11

NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard ‘Patty’ Robertson, who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash, is Northrop Grumman’s chosen namesake for its first Cygnus to launch atop a SpaceX rocket.

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