FAA to complete orbital debris upper stage regulations in 2025
09 Sep
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FAA to complete orbital debris upper stage regulations in 2025

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Top Stories Tamfitronics A Centaur upper stage being prepared for launch. Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ahead with efforts to develop rules for the disposal of upper stages as another Centaur upper stage breaks apart in orbit.Slingshot Aerospace, which operates a network of telescopes to track objects in orbit, said Sept. 6 that a Centaur upper stage left in a geostationary transfer orbit from the March 2018 Atlas 5 launch of the GOES 18 weather satellite had broken up. The company noted that the stage appeared intact in one image taken at 1:16 a.m. Eastern that day but another taken 16 minutes later showed a debris cloud.🚨 Slingshot Orbital Alert 🚨 (Post 2/2)The Slingshot Global Sensor Network is currently tracking 40+ objects related to the breakup of an ATLAS...
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In the shadow of war, diplomats and experts seek to ban weapons from space
09 Sep
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In the shadow of war, diplomats and experts seek to ban weapons from space

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Image of anti-satellite weaponry generated via DALL-E.Even as the community of nations on Earth fractures further into rival blocs, an effort to build greater cohesion in space is gathering momentum. The extent to which this succeeds, or not, may set the course of global peace and security for the foreseeable future.Diplomats along with military, industry, civil and academic experts are gathering in Geneva this week for the annualOuter Space Security Conferencehosted by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Driving the agenda: how to build cooperation across the international community as it works to Prevent an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS).The timing of the meeting is critical. Diplomatic efforts on PAROS have been on a rocket to nowhere for the past four decades, buffeted bycompeting aims.Some states want to ban...
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Slow Burn: How Starliner’s crewed test flight went awry
09 Sep
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Slow Burn: How Starliner’s crewed test flight went awry

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Top Stories Tamfitronics When NASA and Boeing officials walked into the briefing room at the Kennedy Space Center on June 5, they were all smiles. After years of development setbacks, weeks of delays because of a spacecraft helium leak and a final four-day slip caused by a problem with a ground computer, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft had finally reached orbit with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board.Well, most of them were smiling. “I’m smiling, believe me,” said a straight-faced Mark Nappi, Boeing vice president and commercial crew program manager, at the briefing.However, he was as relieved as anyone that Starliner’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission was underway, given the program’s checkered history. “I can’t tell you how good that feels for our Starliner team,” he said.However, that would be the...
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‘He needed’: Trent Alexander-Arnold sent Anthony Gordon message after Liverpool ace star’s for England
09 Sep
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‘He needed’: Trent Alexander-Arnold sent Anthony Gordon message after Liverpool ace star’s for England

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Trent Alexander-Arnold and Anthony Gordon could have been Liverpool teammates this summer.But Gordon stayed put at Newcastle United despite the outside transfer news linking him back to Merseyside, with the duo in action for England on Saturday.England beat Ireland in their UEFA Nations League encounter, with the duo putting in strong performances after being handed a rare start.At Euro 2024, Gordon only played five minutes under Gareth Southgate and Alexander-Arnold was used in England’s midfield, which in the end, crashed and burned pretty much straight away.But with Gareth Southgate leaving and Lee Carsley now in interim charge of England, he started Liverpool’s creative brain in his usual right-back role for the first time in four years and Gordon was selected out of the left.Declan Rice opened the scoring for England...
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