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Viasat says ‘cyber event’ disrupting satellite internet service
A Viasat Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Viasat said Monday that it believes “a cyber event” disrupted its satellite internet service in…
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Satellite imagery shows Russian attack on Ukraine from space
Satellite imagery of the Chuhuiv Airbase outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb. 21, 2022. Planet Labs PBC Satellite imagery gives another perspective on the developing situation in Ukraine, as Russian troops move into the country…
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Chamath Palihapitiya steps down from Virgin Galactic board
Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic In a statement, Palihapitiya said he is leaving “to focus…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX to split its private stock 10-for-1
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft ahead of the Inspiration4 mission in Merritt Island, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk’s SpaceX is…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin building more space tourism rockets, CEO says
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six, including Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of the first American in space Alan Shepard, for whom the spacecraft is named, from Launch…
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Japanese billionaire Yusakua Maezawa arrives at ISS
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa arrives at the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2021 after launching on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. NASA TV Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday,…
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Space company Loft Orbital raises $140 million from BlackRock
The company’s YAM-2 spacecraft during integration for launch. Loft Orbital Loft Orbital, a space infrastructure start-up, raised $140 million in a new round of funding was led by investment behemoth BlackRock. The San Francisco-based company…
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SpaceX starts construction of Starship launchpad in Florida
An aerial view of Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shows where SpaceX had previously started work on a Starship launchpad (bottom right corner), captured during a flyover by the Inspiration4 crew on…
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NASA private space station contracts: Blue Origin, Nanoracks, Northrop
Concept art of a “Starlab” space station Nanoracks NASA awarded a trio of companies with contracts to develop private space stations, as the agency prepares for the retirement of the International Space Station. Jeff Bezos’…
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Not reusing rockets is ‘a dead-end product’
A look at the company’s production floor shows a series of Electron boosters, with the typical black carbon fiber rockets in the foreground and a metallic-looking reusable booster in the center. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab…