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Chamath Palihapitiya and Richard Branson are being sued over allegedly covering up flaws in Virgin Galactic’s spaceships and pocketing millions by dumping shares

March 3, 2022

By Shalini Nagarajan, Published by Business Insider, 3 March 2022 Chamath Palihapitiya and Richard Branson have been sued for allegedly concealing flaws in Virgin Galactic’s spacecrafts.An investor lawsuit alleges they dumped shares while aware of that non-public information, making millions of dollars.They took advantage of an “artificially inflated” stock price

OneWeb: UK rejects Russian demand to sell share in satellite firm

March 2, 2022

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| OneWeb, Russia, UK, Ukraine

By Jonathan Amos, Published by BBC, 2 March 2022 The UK has rejected Russian demands for it to sell its share in internet firm OneWeb to allow a satellite launch. A Soyuz rocket carrying 36 OneWeb satellites is on the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia's space agency

Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace to develop new missile warning system sensor

March 2, 2022

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| Missile Defense, Satellites, Spending

By Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 2 March 2022 Los Angeles (SPX) - Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace will design and develop the two mission payloads for the U.S. Space Force's Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program. "NGP combines Northrop Grumman's proven experience in missile warning and

Congress presses NASA for more details on Artemis costs and schedules

March 2, 2022

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| Artemis, Moon missions, Spending

By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 2 March 2022 WASHINGTON — Members of Congress, concerned about growing costs and slipping schedules, pressed NASA for more details about the management and overall strategy of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plan. At a March 1 hearing by the House Science Committee’s space

Satellite images show Russia’s troop movements but can they reveal intent?

March 2, 2022

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| Dual and Commercial Use, Satellites, Surveillance, Ukraine

By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 2 March 2022 Kari Bingen: Commercial imagery is 'a competitive advantage we have vis-a-vis Russia and China' WASHINGTON — A steady stream of imagery from commercial spy satellites provides extraordinary intelligence about Russian troop advances in Ukraine and attacks on Ukrainian cities. But as

Keep looking up: Australia’s next steps in space surveillance

March 2, 2022

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| Australia, Surveillance

By Malcolm Davis, Published by The Strategist, 2 March 2022 Australia’s role in critical space domain awareness (SDA) is becoming a major mission for the defence force. Australia has long provided a ‘suitable piece of real estate’ as part of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing community and through the 2014 Combined

Russian space agency says hacking satellites is an act of war

March 2, 2022

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| ASATs, Russia, Satellites

By Seriu Gatlan, Published by Bleeping Computer, 2 March 2022 Russia will consider any cyberattacks targeting Russian satellite infrastructure an act of war, as the country's space agency director said in a TV interview. Dmitry Rogozin, the current head of the Russian Roscosmos State Space Corporation, added that such attempts

SpaceX awarded three more NASA astronaut launch contracts

March 1, 2022

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| ISS, SpaceX, Spending

By Eric Ralph, Published by Teslarati, 1 March 2022 Three months after announcing its intent, NASA has procured three more Crew Dragon astronaut launches from SpaceX, raising the total number of operational missions the company is contracted to perform from six to nine. NASA announced its plans to award additional

Author: Dave Webb

Chamath Palihapitiya and Richard Branson are being sued over allegedly covering up flaws in Virgin Galactic’s spaceships and pocketing millions by dumping shares

OneWeb: UK rejects Russian demand to sell share in satellite firm

Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace to develop new missile warning system sensor

Congress presses NASA for more details on Artemis costs and schedules

Satellite images show Russia’s troop movements but can they reveal intent?

Keep looking up: Australia’s next steps in space surveillance

Russian space agency says hacking satellites is an act of war

SpaceX awarded three more NASA astronaut launch contracts

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