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Stanford spinoff EraDrive claims $1 million NASA contract

SAN FRANCISCO – EraDrive, a Stanford spinoff, won a $1 million NASA contract to detect, identify and track space objects. It was the first contract for the Palo Alto, California, startup founded earlier this year by Space Rendezvous Laboratory (SLAB) director Simone D’Amico, Justin Kruger, SLAB postdoctoral fellow, and Sumant Sharma, a SLAB alum and

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Sleepwalking into risk: managing traffic above 60,000 feet

The stratosphere is no longer empty. High-altitude platform and suborbital spaceplane operations are booming, yet our management of “near-space” remains stuck in the last century. We cannot afford to postpone solutions until after a catastrophe. Instead, we must embed new approaches now! High-altitude platforms (HAPs), like stratospheric balloons, solar-powered drones and airships and suborbital space

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China adds new satellites to Guowang constellation, eyes accelerated launch rate

China launched new Guowang satellites Sunday, expanding its LEO broadband network as part of a growing effort to build a sovereign space internet. The post China adds new satellites to Guowang constellation, eyes accelerated launch rate appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Navigating the shift to commercial space stations 

In this bonus edition of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Robyn Gatens, NASA’s Director for the International Space Station, live at the AIAA Ascend conference in Las Vegas on the status of the International Space Station, its planned decommissioning by 2030 and the expected follow-on commercial space stations. The post Navigating the shift

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