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GLOBAL PUSH FOR COOPERATION AS SPACE TRAFFIC CROWDS EARTH ORBIT GLOBAL PUSH FOR COOPERATION AS SPACE TRAFFIC CROWDS EARTH ORBIT - The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate and share the data needed to manage that most accessible region of space, experts and industry insiders said. A United Nations panel on space traffic coordination in late October determined that urgent action was necessary and called for a comprehensive shared database of orbital objects as well as an international framework to track and manage them.   More
(Source: Reuters - Dec 2)


ROSKOSMOS LAUNCHES KONDOR-FKA2 RADAR IMAGER ROSKOSMOS LAUNCHES KONDOR-FKA2 RADAR IMAGER - A Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome on Nov. 30, 2023, carrying the Kondor FKA No. 2 radar satellite. It was the fifth mission to orbit an all-weather, day-and-night imaging spacecraft from the Kondor family, counting one previous FKA variant, one classified military version, known as Neitron, and two original Kondors.    More
(Source: RussianSpaceWeb.com - Dec 1)


LANDMARK SPACE MISSION SET TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL SOLAR ECLIPSES USING SATELLITES LANDMARK SPACE MISSION SET TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL SOLAR ECLIPSES USING SATELLITES - Two satellites in Proba-3 mission expected to be launched on Wednesday in India and will work in tandem to study sun’s corona. Final preparations have begun for a landmark space mission that will use satellites flying in close formation to create artificial solar eclipses high above the Earth. The Proba-3 mission is the European Space Agency’s first attempt at precise formation flying in orbit and calls for two spacecraft to loop around the planet in an arrangement that never deviates by more than a millimetre, about the thickness of a human fingernail.   More
(Source: The Guardian - Dec 1)


CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST LONG MARCH 12 FROM NEW COMMERCIAL SPACEPORT IN BOOST FOR COUNTRY’S LUNAR PLANS CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST LONG MARCH 12 FROM NEW COMMERCIAL SPACEPORT IN BOOST FOR COUNTRY’S LUNAR PLANS - China launched its first Long March 12 rocket Saturday, marking an advance in its crewed moon plans and the debut of a new spaceport that will boost the country’s access to space. The two-stage, 62-meter-tall Long March 12 lifted off at 9:25 a.m. Eastern (1425 UTC) Nov. 30 from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site. The rocket climbed into the night sky above the coastal spaceport, with amateur live streams from the area capturing the event.    More
(Source: SpaceNews - Dec 1)


SPACEX LAUNCHES COMBINATION OF NRO STARSHIELD AND STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 FLIGHT SPACEX LAUNCHES COMBINATION OF NRO STARSHIELD AND STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 FLIGHT - SpaceX launched a mission early Saturday that blends national security satellites with those supporting its non-governmental Starlink satellite network. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, occurred at 12:10 a.m. PST (3:10 a.m. EST, 0810 UTC) on Saturday, Nov. 30, hours after the successful launch of the Starlink 6-65 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 1)


SPACEX LAUNCHES 24 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACEX LAUNCHES 24 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX completed the first of its two final Falcon 9 launches of November, using launch pads in both Florida and California. The Starlink 6-65 mission, which will add another 24 Starlink satellites to the company’s rapidly growing mega-constellation, lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at midnight (0500 UTC) on Nov. 30.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 1)


HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM SPACE! WHAT TURKEY DAY DINNER LOOKS LIKE FOR NASA ASTRONAUTS ON ISS HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM SPACE! WHAT TURKEY DAY DINNER LOOKS LIKE FOR NASA ASTRONAUTS ON ISS - The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station (ISS) just wished all of us all a happy Thanksgiving. Nick Hague, Don Pettit, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have beamed home a Turkey Day message from their orbital perch, which NASA released on Wednesday (Nov. 27).   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 30)


YOU CAN TAKE A SELFIE WITH THE EARTH USING THIS YOUTUBER’S SATELLITE YOU CAN TAKE A SELFIE WITH THE EARTH USING THIS YOUTUBER’S SATELLITE - The stunt escalation on YouTube may have reached new heights with Mark Rober’s offer to snap anyone’s selfie with the planet Earth using a satellite he’s launching into orbit with the help of Google and T-Mobile. Rober is a former NASA engineer who made a name for himself on YouTube by glitter bombing porch pirates, creating the world’s largest Super Soaker, and building an obstacle course for squirrels. Now he’s merging his interests with the launch of a satellite that can take photos of anyone’s portrait displayed on a Google Pixel with the Earth — yes, Planet Earth — in the background.    More
(Source: The Verge - Nov 30)


SPACEX LAUNCHING 24 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM FLORIDA EARLY NOV. 30 SPACEX LAUNCHING 24 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM FLORIDA EARLY NOV. 30 - SpaceX plans to launch 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Saturday morning (Nov. 30). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday during a four-hour window that opens at 12:00 a.m. EST (0500 GMT). SpaceX will webcast the action via its X account, with the livestream beginning about five minutes before launch.   More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 30)


CHINA TO LAUNCH NEXT-GENERATION BEIDOU SATELLITES IN 2027 CHINA TO LAUNCH NEXT-GENERATION BEIDOU SATELLITES IN 2027 - China has announced a strategic roadmap for advancing its Beidou positioning and navigation system by 2035, in a move which could have global implications. The country plans to complete key technology research for the next-generation Beidou system by 2025 and launch three test satellites around 2027, according to the “Beidou Satellite Navigation System Development Plan before 2035,” released by the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office (CNSO) Nov. 28.   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Nov 29)

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