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US Space Force Successfully Launches L3Harris-Built NTS-3 Satellite
The L3Harris-built (NYSE: LHX) advanced Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket. NTS-3 is the Department of Defense’s first experimental navigation satellite system in nearly 50 years. It is also the first fully reprogrammable Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) satellite that will provide warfighters with responsive and flexible…
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Astrobotic Peregrine Fueled & Ready for Lunar Mission
Astrobotic announced today their Peregrine lunar lander successfully completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on November 16, 2023. After a 3-week campaign to fuel and complete final checkouts, the Peregrine spacecraft is ready to launch a historic mission to the Moon on January 8, 2024. “I have high praise for the professionalism,…
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NASA to Talk Science Highlights of First Artemis Robotic Moon Landing
NASA will host a What’s on Board media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 29, to discuss the science payloads flying aboard the first commercial robotic flight to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative under the Artemis program. Carrying NASA and commercial payloads to the Moon, Astrobotic Technologies will launch its Peregrine lander…
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RSVP to Virtually Watch Peregrine’s Launch
Watch Peregrine Virtually!Join NASA to participate online in the launch of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission 1, part of NASA’s CLPS initiative, aboard United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket.Register to Watch Online >Check out our Mission Packet for more information about the Peregrine spacecraft, tips for watching the launch in Florida, and more!
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NASA, Blue Origin Agreement Signals Rocketing Growth of Commercial Space
Officials from NASA and the private space company Blue Origin have signed an agreement that grants the company use of a historic test stand as the agency focuses on returning to the Moon and on to Mars, and America’s commercial space industry continues to grow. Under a Commercial Space Launch Act agreement, Blue Origin will upgrade and refurbish Test Stand 4670, at…
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