Freelance writer, @SpaceNews_Inc Email: [email protected] and Debra Werner 1-415-412-5819 on Signal

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Joined April 2009
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NASA extends work with Boeing on Starliner spacenews.com/nasa-extends-w…
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Aerospacelab to supply satellite platforms to Lockheed Martin spacenews.com/aerospacelab-t…
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Seems one or more of them will get there, but pricing, cadence, and reliability are the big questions in the interim. Timing from first successful flight to remotely meaningful cadence is >2 years for every modern launch vehicle, and most customers aren't particularly eager to jump on flight 2 (or 3) - which are effectively uninsurable. Bigger rockets + totally new rockets (ie: not derived from an earlier variant) are even slower. ChatGPT made two terrible graphics for me to illustrate this. I also don't see Starship for external customers (other than the USG) being particularly interesting to SpaceX for quite a while, if ever. But that's just like, my opinion, man.
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Tonight, @isaraerospace successfully reached orbit with their Spectrum launcher, lifting off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Congratulations to all the teams involved 👏🚀 📸 @isaraerospace esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
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We’re in orbit! And just made European history: This is the first time a privately developed rocket reached orbit from continental Europe; and a testament to the dedication, expertise, and teamwork of everyone involved.
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DiskSat Update: 9 months post-launch, the initial mission results are in and now we're heading to vLEO to complete additional objectives. Debra Werner (@spacereportr) covers the findings from the DiskSat mission, including the necessary redesigns and modifications due to the unique flat form factor, in her @SpaceNews_Inc article. 🔗 spacenews.com/aerospace-demo…
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In the August issue of SpaceNews, out today: ⬇️ What comes down must first go up: SpaceX’s Starfall presents both validation and competition for reentry startups. 🛰️ Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressures: Rapidly-growing space companies are opening or expanding their California presence. 🌱 Three companies building the tech to grow crops on the moon: Surviving off world will require food grown far from Earth. Subscribe today to read these stories before they're online later this week: bit.ly/3MEpJ1S
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Swift reboost mission encounters attitude control problems spacenews.com/swift-reboost-…
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NASA now says the Swift reboost mission launch on a Pegasus XL is now scheduled for June 30 at 6:23 am EDT. (It was June 27.) science.nasa.gov/missions/sw…
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🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I am so excited to share that SOLAR-1 has finally completed its provisional testing and has been cleared by NOAA NESDIS for release! SWPC will begin publishing the real-time solar wind data along with IMAP data TODAY! There is still one more thing to workout for CCOR-2, but that will be coming soon! I can't say enough what a freakin honor it has been to work with the NOAA wide SOLAR-1 teams the past few months to get everything ready to go for everyone. Seeing the test and validation work put in and how it compares to ACE and DSCOVR is truly incredible. 🥹 Stay tuned for more details! noaa.gov/news-release/noaas-…
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Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome spacenews.com/northrop-grumm…
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New Glenn rocket explodes on Cape Canaveral pad spacenews.com/new-glenn-rock…
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At the NASA Moon Base event, NASA announced it selected Astrolab and Lunar Outpost for LTV (lunar rover) awards and Blue Origin to deliver those rovers to the Moon on its Blue Moon lander.
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Cowboy Space has filed plans with the FCC for Stampede, a proposed 20,000-satellite orbital data center constellation. It’s smaller than the million-satellite system proposed by SpaceX, though still massive by historical standards: spacenews.com/cowboy-files-p…
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Rocket Lab joins Raytheon on space interceptor program for Golden Dome spacenews.com/rocket-lab-joi…
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Proud to partner on this groundbreaking mission.
At 09:00 Swedish time, the Swedish Armed Forces' first military reconnaissance satellite was launched into space. The satellite means Sweden's defence is now operational in the space domain and gives it a sovereign national capability to detect and analyse threats globally.
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You heard it from @Will4Planet first: we’ve successfully made contact with all three Pelicans!
First launch of 2026 complete! 🚀 We’ve successfully launched & made contact with all three Pelicans in orbit! Delighted to have started delivering Sweden a first high resolution optical satellite in space just 4 months after signing our contract in January! 🇸🇪🚀🛰️ 🛰️🛰️🛰️ Big thank you to @SpaceX for the ride. investors.planet.com/news/ne…
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🚨Science Committee Democratic staff have learned from multiple sources that President Trump has fired the entirety of the National Science Board (NSB). The purpose of the @NSF_NSB is to advise Congress and the President on the activities of the @NSF.
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