Plus: OSC defends new mission authorization scheme
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OUR TOP STORY
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By Jeff Foust The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a “whole-of-government” approach for space in the country.
Speaking at the Spacetide conference in Tokyo last week, Rebecca Evernden, director of the U.K. Space Agency, said the strategy, set for release “in the coming weeks,” would provide guidance for civil, commercial and national security space activities.
“That strategy will be framed around two outcomes, which are economic growth and national security,” she said. “Everything that we will do will be aligned with those two outcomes.”
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CIVIL
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The Office of Space Commerce defended its proposal for a mission authorization scheme for novel space activities, arguing it would provide certainty for companies while limiting regulatory burdens.
Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project.
Poland will host the first European Space Agency center located in an eastern flank member state, one that will be focused on civil security and resilience.
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LAUNCH
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SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite. Flight 13 is the second flight of Starship V3, the upgraded version of the vehicle that SpaceX intends to use for future orbital missions. The rescheduled flight, like Flight 12 on May 22, will be a suborbital test flight.
A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on July 14 on a Soyuz-2.1a launch witnessed in person by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
The Japanese government wants to sharply increase the number of launches despite struggles with both current and new launch vehicles. The country is targeting 30 launches per year by the early 2030s. |
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COMMERCIAL
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Voyager Technologies has completed its acquisition of lunar infrastructure company Astrobotic Technology, weeks after Astrobotic won two NASA lunar lander missions.
Swissto12 said it has completed a Series C round in which it raised $70 million to keep up with growing demand for its small geostationary satellite manufacturing business.
The Federal Communications Commission has given its approval for a satellite that will test the ability to reflect sunlight into nighttime regions, a project sharply criticized by astronomers and environmentalists. |
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