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Space infrastructure, like its terrestrial counterpart, is an invisible backbone for services used by people all over the world. Like terrestrial infrastructure, space infrastructure is increasingly relied upon for convenience, services, and national security/defense. If there was an emerging trend, it is that space infrastructure is increasingly stressed while benefiting from the sources of that stress: commercially driven services and technologies.
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Rivals Launch Military Satellites Amid U.S.-led Space Defense Drills
A flurry of military and intelligence satellite launches by rival…
Solving Space Junk Problem Could Net Federal Prize
A grand prize could be in the offing for inventors…
Aug. 4 Sets Record for Most Launches in One Day
The beginning of August saw a flurry of launch activity…
Space Matters: Experts Call for More Governance in LEO
The Wild West regulatory environment in low Earth orbit was…
ESA Sending Heroic, Fictional Sheep Aboard Artemis I
NASA says its Artemis I flight set to launch as…
2022 Sets Record for Launch Success Through June 30 Amid Busy Commercial Payload Pace
The first six months of 2022 saw a record pace…
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SLS Test Fire: Igniting the Booster that Will Fuel Artemis Missions
The July 21 static test of the Flight Support Booster-2…
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Commercial Space Revenue Climbs More Than 6%, Edging Toward $400 Billion Annually
Commercial space activity refers to efforts undertaken by private industry…
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Partisan Fight Threatens to Delay Pentagon, Space Force Budget
Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee sent warning signals on…
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James Webb Space Telescope Revelations Explore Time’s Dawn, Black Holes, and Earth-like Worlds
With the capability to peer at the faint glow of…
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Advances in Nuclear Reactors Could Power NASA Missions on Moon, Mars
After a decades-long hibernation, nuclear fission power has come back…
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Strikes in Ukraine Spotlight U.S., European Deficits in Hypersonic Arms Race
Russia’s use of hypersonic weapons in Ukraine is the latest…
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Launch Log, 2022
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New Launch Vehicles Expected to Make 2022 Maiden Flights
Sixteen new launch vehicles were expected to debut this year.…
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Record Number of New Launch Vehicles Set for 2022 Debut
With 15 new launch vehicles expected to make maiden flights…
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2022 TSRQ1 – As Launches Climb, Concerns Rise About Capacity of U.S. Spaceport Infrastructure
While global launch activity has ebbed and flowed over the…
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