Day: January 31, 2023

Orbital Sidekick raises $10 million from customers and existing investors

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• Commercial

Orbital Sidekick raises $10 million from customers and existing investors

Space News January 31, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO – Hyperspectral imaging startup Orbital Sidekick raised $10 million in an investment round led by...

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China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility

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• Launch

China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility

Space News January 31, 2023

HELSINKI — A Chinese space launch company has outlined its plans for a series of solid and...

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Capella Space establishes new subsidiary focused on U.S. defense market

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• Military

Capella Space establishes new subsidiary focused on U.S. defense market

Space News January 31, 2023

Satellite imagery captured by Capella Space shows traffic near Belgorod, Russia, near the border with Ukraine, the...

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Capella Space establishes Capella Federal

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• Satellites

Capella Space establishes Capella Federal

Sat News January 31, 2023

Capella Space has formed Capella Federal, a wholly-owned subsidiary that enables the company to further support the...

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Space Force chief: Satellites are under threat, ‘we have to be ready’

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• Military

Space Force chief: Satellites are under threat, ‘we have to be ready’

Space News January 31, 2023

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. chief of space operations (center) during a Jan. 2023 visit to Ottawa,...

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Monitoring an ‘anti-greenhouse’ gas: Dimethyl sulfide in Arctic air

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• Satellites

Monitoring an ‘anti-greenhouse’ gas: Dimethyl sulfide in Arctic air

Phys.org January 31, 2023

Monthly methane sulfonic acid flux from 1960–1971 (light gray bars), 1972–2001 (dark gray bars), and 2002–2014 (black...

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House passes commercial remote sensing bill

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• Policy & Politics

House passes commercial remote sensing bill

Space News January 31, 2023

Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), new chairman of the House Science Committee, speaks on the House floor Jan....

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‘Blue marble’: How a half-century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

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• Satellites

‘Blue marble’: How a half-century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

Phys.org January 31, 2023

NASA’s new ‘Blue Marble’ photograph, taken on December 8, 2022. Credit: DSCOVR/NASA In December 1972, NASA’s final...

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Final flight of HAWC Program screams through the sky

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• Military

Final flight of HAWC Program screams through the sky

Space war January 31, 2023

The joint DARPA and U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) completed yet another successful flight...

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Lockheed Martin to launch first demo of new mid-size bus

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• Military

Lockheed Martin to launch first demo of new mid-size bus

Space News January 31, 2023

Lockheed Martin’s first LM 400 mid-sized satellite bus is being assembled in Denver, Colorado. Credit: Lockheed Martin...

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