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The White House on Oct. 7 released ‘The National Strategy for the Arctic Region’ WASHINGTON — An updated U.S. strategy for the Arctic the Biden administration released Oct. 7 predicts greater power competition in that part of the world, fueled by climate change and growing military activities.  The strategy updates the 2013 version, and lays

TAMPA, Fla. — Viasat’s $7.3 billion Inmarsat takeover could lead to more expensive and poorer quality Wi-Fi for plane passengers, the U.K.’s competition watchdog said Oct. 6 as it prepared to launch a full-scale probe of the deal. The satellite operators have until Oct. 13 to offer a solution to allay the Competition and Markets

TAMPA, Fla. — India expects to conduct the first launch of OneWeb satellites in eight months during the second half of October, Indian space agency ISRO said Oct. 5. ISRO said 36 satellites for the British broadband startup will be integrated with the upper stage of India’s GSLV Mark 3 medium-lift rocket in “the coming

WASHINGTON — Engineers have restored normal attitude control of a cubesat bound for the moon nearly a month after suffering a problem during a maneuver. Advanced Space, the company that owns the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft, said Oct. 7 that it was able to restore normal three-axis attitude

WASHINGTON — ArianeGroup has started static-fire tests of the upper stage of the Ariane 6 rocket, a key step in the development of the vehicle whose first launch remains uncertain. ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency announced Oct. 6 that they started a campaign of hot-fire tests of the Ariane 6 upper stage and its

This episode is brought to you by the song Like This — Patrick Olsen’s new single. It’s available now on all streaming services.https://streamlink.to/like-this Dr. Emmett Chappelle developed a test to find living microbes on other planets, and while it hasn’t yet been used to find life amongst the stars, we’ve found many applications for it

WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a satellite Oct. 7 carrying a payload for U.S. and French government agencies that will track wildlife and collect other sensor data. The Electron lifted off from Pad B at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 1:09 p.m. Eastern. The two-stage rocket deployed a kick stage

WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit says it is technically ready for its next LauncherOne mission, and the first orbital launch from the United Kingdom, but is still waiting on a launch license from the British government. Virgin Orbit announced Oct. 5 that it completed a launch rehearsal for the mission, including fueling of the rocket, three

It might feel like it was only yesterday that the Curiosity rover touched down on Mars, but in August, the rover celebrated its fifth birthday! For a kindergartener, it’s made some really impressive discoveries. Host: Reid Reimers ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ———- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon

Space Force would use the cyber training range to practice defending satellites using actual spacecraft in orbit WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to use experimental cubesats to create a training environment for cybersecurity exercises focused on the space domain.   The AFRL Information Directorate is looking to build a cyber range for the

The company won a contract for the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) program WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a contract worth up to $200 million to build and operate 12 satellites with experimental military communications payloads. The contract was awarded on Sept. 30 and announced Oct. 6. SDA,

Firefly and Northrop Grumman will develop a new medium-lift launch vehicle that could compete for national security missions WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle reached orbit for the first time Oct. 1, just hours after the U.S. Space Force announced it awarded the company a $17.6 million contract for a 2023 mission to demonstrate

Start building your ideal daily routine with Fabulous. The first 100 people who click on the link will get a FREE week trial and 25% OFF Fabulous Premium: http://thefab.co/scishowspace Voyager 1 may be out of our solar system (and 40+ years old) but we’re still getting plenty of new data from our interstellar space probe.

SAN FRANCISCO – The launch of the next U.S. weather satellite is coming just in time to ensure the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has two healthy spacecraft making observations from polar orbit. NOAA is preparing to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 on Nov. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite,

WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with four people on board is on its way to the International Space Station after a successful launch Oct. 5. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 12 p.m. Eastern after a routine countdown. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance

The satellites, projected to launch in 2024 and 2025, are part of the agency’s NExT program WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Oct. 4 it awarded Ball Aerospace a $176 million contract to build, operate and secure launch services for 10 experimental satellites.  The satellites, projected to launch in 2024 and 2025, are part