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Airbus announced on the 11th of May that it has selected the National Satellite Test Facility (NSFT) at Hartwell in Oxfordshire to carry out the comprehensive test campaign on the UK Ministry of Defence’s next generation secure communications satellite SKYNET 6A.

New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has awarded the Spaceport America Master Plan Project to the RS&H team, with Populous and Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants, respectively, leading key aspects of the future visioning and environmental stewardship critical to the project. Furthermore, Spaceport America and NMSA will partner with the team to identify the current and future market opportunities that will drive the success of Spaceport America.

In the Tenth episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Dr. Shimrit Maman. Well, there are many things that people don't know about me. I don't know how many people know about me at all. I have to be completely honest, and this is very personal. I rarely update my LinkedIn page. Recently we had this great conference at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, we have a new student community called Space Gurion. And we had astronaut Eitan Stibbe over to speak.

In this episode, join Dr. Shawna Pandya, a physician, citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, and Director of Medical Research at Orbital Assembly Construction, as she delves into her multi-faceted career, her passion for space medicine, and her vision for the future of space exploration.

Science Applications International Corp and GomSpace North America have announced an exclusive agreement.

Rivada Space Networks (RSN) and Network Innovations (NI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to bring innovative connectivity solutions to the Government and enterprise markets.

Rocket Lab successfully completed the first of two dedicated Electron launches on the 8th of May to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA reports Business Wire. 

OroraTech, a German aerospace company, announced they are partnering with Spire Global.

On day 3 of the 14th IAA Symposium in Berlin, Torsten Kriening interviewed Niklas Aksteiner from DLR Bremen about their work and the connection the the small satellite community

On day 3 at the 14th IAA Symposium, Torsten Kriening interviewed Thomas Terzidaschian of the DLR Berlin about altitude control and the work the institutes contributes to the small satellite community.