NASA, RUSSIA STRESS THAT SPACE PARTNERSHIP REMAINS STRONG AFTER NAUKA INCIDENT AT SPACE STATION - Following a serious incident at the International Space Station last Thursday (July 29), Russia and the U.S. have reaffirmed their partnership and shared next steps to move forward. On Thursday, Russia's long-awaited Nauka research module docked with the orbiting lab. But the new module soon hit troubles as, just a few hours after docking, its thrusters began to fire unexpectedly, pulling the module away from the station and causing the space station to lose what engineers call "attitude control," spinning out of its normal orientation.    More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 8)

GALILEO G2 NAVIGATION PAYLOADS BEGIN TESTING - Testing on Galileo’s second-generation hardware has begun. Test versions of the satellites’ navigation payloads is undergoing evaluation by Airbus Defence and Space at its Ottobrunn facility in Germany and by Thales Alenia Space at the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands. Known as the Galileo Payload Testbeds (GPLTBs), these are development models of the navigation payloads intended for the Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites.   More
(Source: GPS World magazine - Aug 8)

SPACEX AND A CANADIAN STARTUP PLAN TO LAUNCH A SATELLITE THAT WILL BEAM ADVERTS INTO SPACE. ANYONE CAN BUY PIXELS ON THE SATELLITE'S SCREEN WITH DOGECOIN. - It's not just rockets, satellites, and billionaires that are flying to space — advertising is too. Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC), a Canadian startup that provides technology services, exclusively told Insider that it's making space advertising possible with the help of SpaceX.    More
(Source: Business Insider - Aug 8)

NASA IS COUNTING DOWN TO THE NEXT ROCKET LAUNCH FROM WALLOPS ISLAND. HERE'S WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPOT IT. - If the weather cooperates, eastern Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic coast will see another Antares rocket streak into space on Tuesday. The launch from Wallops Island will carry an uncrewed cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. When is it taking off? The target time for launch is 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, according to NASA. The backup time is Wednesday at 5:33 p.m., and if delayed further the launch window could run to Saturday, Aug. 14.   More
(Source: Richmond.com - Aug 8)

KEEPING UP BUSY LAUNCH SCHEDULE, CHINA LAUNCHES MILITARY TELECOM SATELLITE - China launched a communications satellite likely designed for use by the Chinese military Thursday, keeping up a busy schedule of space missions with the country’s fourth orbital launch attempt in barely a week. The launch Thursday occurred at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT), marking China’s 28th orbital launch attempt of the year. Nine of those missions have launched since July 1.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 8)

ROCKET STARTUP ASTRA TO LAUNCH SATELLITE FOR US SPACE FORCE THIS MONTH - The small-launch startup Astra will get a satellite to orbit for the first time this month, if all goes according to plan. The U.S. Space Force has booked two missions with Astra, the Bay Area company announced today (Aug. 5). The first flight will launch a test payload for the Department of Defense's Space Test Program from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, during a window that runs from Aug. 27 through Sept. 11.   More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 6)

NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CARGO LAUNCH - NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting 5:56 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 10, for the company’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage of the launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website beginning at 5:30 p.m. NASA also will hold a prelaunch news briefing Monday, Aug. 9.   More
(Source: NASA - Aug 5)

STARBASE SURGE SEES SPACEX SPEED AHEAD WITH BOOSTER 4 AND SHIP 20 - In a marked increase to the already-impressive production cadence at SpaceX Starbase, it’s all hands on deck with Booster 4 and Ship 20 preparations ahead of the duo meeting at the launch site. Booster 4 was stacked on Sunday, with all 29 Raptors installed by Monday morning. It then rolled to the launch site on Tuesday and was installed on the Orbital Launch Mount on Wednesday. Ship 20 has since moved into the vacated High Bay for nosecone mating, which was completed ahead of Wednesday morning.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Aug 5)

GOES-17 SATELLITE BOUNCES BACK FROM GLITCH WHILE MONITORING CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES - A weather satellite has recovered from a brief anomaly and is back to studying Earth and its ongoing wildfires. GOES-17 (Geostationary Orbital Environmental Satellite 17), an Earth-monitoring satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), suffered an anomaly on July 22, according to a NOAA statement. The anomaly, thought to be the result of a computer malfunction, caused the satellite to enter a "safe mode"...   More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 4)

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