United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno announced that his company will bite the bullet and fly Cert-2 without a customer payload.
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ULA and SpaceX are both already in the NSSL program, but any time they bring a new rocket to market, Space Force requires that specific ULA was planning to fly Sierra Space's inaugural cargo Dream Chaser spaceplane on Cert-2, but Bruno said the latter company's CEO Tom Vice "felt that he was putting a little too much schedule risk against my needs." Dream Chaser is stepping aside, to be replaced by an "inert payload," also known as a "mass simulator" , so that Cert-2 can launch by September.
The Chang'e 6 capsule touched down carrying 2 kilograms of lunar material, the first brought back from the moon's far side. – The company, awarded $97 million so far for development of new spacewalking suits, is ending its role in the program. –European Space Agency director of space transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen contended that Arianespace's long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket is "perfect for the job" of launching satellites, unlike Starship which "is designed to fly people to the moon and Mars.
, which the U.S. telecom giant notes marks "the first major network provider" to work with SpaceX's satellite internet service. Financial terms and service timing were not disclosed. –beginning in 2026, that will see the startup company's Otter spacecraft dock with and maneuver a retired Intelsat satellite in geostationary graveyard orbit.
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