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Starliner RCS Helium Leak Delays Crew Flight Test a Few More Days

Today Boeing announced another delay for the Starliner Crew Flight Test. The United Launch Alliance has fixed the faulty rocket valve that scrubbed the launch on May 6, but now […].

OneWeb coverage target held up by India regulatory delays

Regulatory delays in India have knocked Eutelsat off course for reaching 90% of the world with its OneWeb low Earth orbit broadband constellation by summer, the French satellite operator said May 14..

Tomorrow.io gets DoD contract to launch two microwave weather sensor satellites

The company was selected a year ago to receive funding through the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program.

Helium leak delays Starliner crewed test flight

The launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first crewed flight has slipped at least four days because of a helium leak in the spacecraft..

China Continues Growth of ILRS Project

On Friday, May 10 2024, Serbia became the most recent partner on China’s International Lunar Research Station, a multinational effort to support permanent science and research at the lunar South Pole. This project, consisting of China, Russia and several other smaller nations, has arisen largely in response to the United States-led Artemis Accords, a 39 nation coalition acting in support of the ongoing Moon to Mars program. With this announcement, it is abundantly clear that China is not slowing its rapid expansion of their own coalition, presenting the opposing Artemis Coalition with a second highly skilled group of players on the lunar surface..

Weekly Space Recap: May 5 – May 11

Here are some of the stories you may have missed in the past week. The week, of course, featured a few Starlink....

Carnival Corporation Equips Entire Fleet with Starlink Internet

Carnival Corporation Equips Entire Fleet with Starlink Internet.

NASA Selects Four Earth Science Mission Proposals for Further Study

NASA Selects Four Earth Science Mission Proposals for Further Study.

Lockheed Martin Contracts Terran Orbital for 18 Satellite Buses

Lockheed Martin Contracts Terran Orbital for 18 Satellite Buses.

India Shares Update On Chandrayaan-4 Lunar Sample Return Mission

India Shares Update On Chandrayaan-4 Lunar Sample Return Mission.