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Low Earth Orbit

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NASA selects Axiom Space for fifth private mission to ISS, targeted Jan 2027 — Nasa.gov

NASA selects Axiom Space for fifth private mission to ISS, targeted Jan 2027

NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is

NASA to validate commercial satellite communications for science missions — Nasa.gov

NASA to validate commercial satellite communications for science missions

NASA plans to validate a variety of commercial communications services for science missions, ranging from near-instant delivery of high-rate science data over optical networks to support for launch operations and exchanges of telemetry, tracking and command information. For over forty years, spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit have relied on

NASA selects Katalyst to raise Swift observatory’s orbit and extend mission life — Nasa.gov

NASA selects Katalyst to raise Swift observatory’s orbit and extend mission life

NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and raise it to a higher altitude using a robotic servicing spacecraft, extending the mission’s science lifetime. Swift, launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy phenomena, has