Speculation surrounds launches planned at Cape Canaveral this week. SpaceX readies Starship for a second launch but is still waiting for the green light from the FAA. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch the H2-A rocket with JAXA payloads XRISM and SLIM on board, and more.
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Selected Reading
Three launches set this week from the Cape. Is one a DoD hypersonic missile weapons test?- Florida Today
SpaceX stacks Starship for another launch attempt, but no date released yet- Click Orlando
Japan's delayed H2A rocket carrying lunar lander to launch on Sept. 7- Kyodo News
Voyager Space Celebrates Successful Installation of Gambit Payload on the Bishop Airlock- PR Newswire
SES Space & Defense Awarded U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Contract to Support DEUCSI Program- Press Release
Terran Orbital Unveils New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses- Business Wire
Wyvern and Loft Orbital Join Forces to Expand Dragonette Satellite Constellation- Press Release
Fuelled-up dress rehearsal for Ariane 6- ESA
China's commercial CERES-1 rocket succeeds in first sea launch- CGTN
Astrobotic Commences Two Nasa Contracts To Investigate Rocket Plumes And Their Interaction With The Lunar Surface- Press Release
Solstar Space Awarded Over $1.2 Million U.S. Space Force AFWERX/AFVENTURES Phase II SBIR Contract for Deke Space Communicator- Press Release
The Space Force needs a brand-new culture of its own- Defense One
It’s Not About Where U.S. Space Command Goes But Whether It Should Exist At All- War on the Rocks
SSC Rapid Reaction Branch receives Air Force Electronic Warfare Award for crisis response support for Commander, U.S. Space Command; named Outstanding Level II Electromagnetic Warfare Unit of the Year
4.6 billion-year-old meteorite could reveal how Earth formed different layers- Space.com
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