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Air Force Secretary: We’re worried about Russia but China is a bigger strategic threat

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Air Force Secretary: We’re worried about Russia but China is a bigger strategic threat

Space News March 3, 2022

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall speaks at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium March 3, 2022....

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U.S. Air Force sees no impact from Russia’s decision to cut off supply of rocket engines

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U.S. Air Force sees no impact from Russia’s decision to cut off supply of rocket engines

Space News March 3, 2022

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall: ‘Our launch needs will be met’ ORLANDO, Fla. — Air Force Secretary...

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Kendall: Space ‘order of battle’ a top priority in U.S. defense budget and strategy

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Kendall: Space ‘order of battle’ a top priority in U.S. defense budget and strategy

Space News March 3, 2022

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks at the Air Force Association Warfare Symposium March 3,...

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CesiumAstro raises $60 million in Series B funding round

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• Commercial

CesiumAstro raises $60 million in Series B funding round

Space News March 2, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO – CesiumAstro Inc. raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Airbus...

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Rogozin puts poison-pill conditions on OneWeb Soyuz launch

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Rogozin puts poison-pill conditions on OneWeb Soyuz launch

Space News March 2, 2022

TAMPA, Fla. — This week’s Soyuz launch of a set of OneWeb satellites has been thrown into...

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Moon impact: Chinese rocket stage still in space says U.S. Space Command

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• Policy & Politics

Moon impact: Chinese rocket stage still in space says U.S. Space Command

Space News March 2, 2022

The far side of the moon and distant Earth imaged by the Chang’e-5 T1 mission service module...

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Satellite images show Russia’s troop movements but can they reveal intent?

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• Military

Satellite images show Russia’s troop movements but can they reveal intent?

Space News March 2, 2022

Satellite image collected by BlackSky over Vasylkiv Air Base, Ukraine, Feb. 28. Credit: BlackSky Kari Bingen: Commercial...

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OneWeb leaves Baikonur Cosmodrome after Roscosmos ultimatum

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OneWeb leaves Baikonur Cosmodrome after Roscosmos ultimatum

Space News March 2, 2022

Update: OneWeb announced March 3 that its board voted to “suspend all launches from Baikonur.” Statement: The...

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Skycorp to test “USB for space” cable outside ISS

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Skycorp to test “USB for space” cable outside ISS

Space News March 2, 2022

Skycorp’s Intelligent Space Systems Interface Flight Qualification Experiment traveled to the International Space Station in February on...

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Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite

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Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite

Space News March 1, 2022

WASHINGTON — An Atlas 5 successfully launched the latest in a series of geostationary weather satellites March...

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