A file photo of Miura-1. Spanish company PLD Space has carried out Europe’s first private rocket launch. Photograph: Pld Space/Reuters

Spanish company launches reusable rocket in breakthrough for European space ambitions

A file photo of Miura-1. Spanish company PLD Space has carried out Europe’s first private rocket launch. Photograph: Pld Space/Reuters Published by The Guardian, 7 October 2023 Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit Spanish company PLD Space

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Protesters say spaceports could cause environmental harm in Scotland (Image: NQ)

Protesters call on Scottish Government to withdraw spaceport support

Protesters say spaceports could cause environmental harm in Scotland (Image: NQ) By Ross Hunter, Published by The National, 3 October 2023 CAMPAIGNERS are calling on the Scottish Government to withdraw support for new spaceports in Scotland. Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and Drone Wars UK appeared outside Holyrood

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An image of the BlueWalker 3 satellite. (Image credit: Michael Tzukran)

The BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of the brightest objects in the sky

An image of the BlueWalker 3 satellite. (Image credit: Michael Tzukran) By Monisha Ravisetti, Published by Space.com, 2 October 2023 "It is unacceptably bright for many sky observers around the world." On Monday (Oct. 2), scientists with the International Astronomical Union announced that one of the brightest objects visible in

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AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite is 693 square feet in size. Image: AST Mobile via Business Wire

This giant, next-generation satellite is now one of the brightest objects in the night sky

AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite is 693 square feet in size.Image: AST Mobile via Business Wire By Justine Calma, Published by The Verge, 2 October 2023 The enormous, next-generation communications satellite BlueWalker 3 has become one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky, according to new research

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Over 5,000 Starlink satellites have been deployed by CEO of SpaceX and billionaire Elon Musk - only 4,000 less than the amount of visible stars in the sky

Elon Musk’s satellites litter the heavens as astonishing video shows how 5,000 Starlink aircraft are whizzing around the Earth and ‘will soon outnumber the stars’

By Martha Williams, Published by Daily Mail, 29 September 2023 Elon Musk's 5,000 Starlink satellites are on track to surpass the number of visible stars in the sky, around 9,000 A fascinating video showed the staggering number floating around in space   Scientists fear for the future of astronomy as Musk's

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