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Rogozin puts poison-pill conditions on OneWeb Soyuz launch

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• Launch

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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• Launch

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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• Military

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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• Launch

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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General Atomics and Orion Space win contracts for military weather satellites

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• Commercial

General Atomics and Orion Space win contracts for military weather satellites

Space News March 1, 2022

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will develop a 400-kilogram satellite projected to launch in 2024 0r 2025 for...

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Lockheed Martin plots U.K. satellite manufacturing base

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• Commercial

Lockheed Martin plots U.K. satellite manufacturing base

Space News March 1, 2022

TAMPA, Fla. — Lockheed Martin is looking to set up a satellite manufacturing base in the United...

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Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman select payload providers for Space Force missile-warning satellites

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• Military

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman select payload providers for Space Force missile-warning satellites

Space News March 1, 2022

Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) geosynchronous Block 0 early missile warning satellite. Credit: Lockheed...

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