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Spaceleaks daily: Mar 16, 2021
Worldwide:
- City under pressure to invest into UK space industry
- US astronaut launching next month may spend year in space
- Paraguay’s first satellite enters Earth orbit
- ISRO to offload most activities to industry, enhance focus on advanced research
- Canadian Space Agency release new lunar letter of interest solicitation
Business:
- Maxar Technologies announces launch of common stock offering of $400 million
- SEAKR Engineering wins $60.5 million DARPA contract for Blackjack Program
- Relativity Space wins responsive launch contract
- Kratos provides sounding rocket systems, avionics for Space Force experiment
- Air Force enlists Viasat to help integrate commercial and military satellite networks
- British startup FocalPoint raises €7 million to accelerate roll-out of high accuracy satellite positioning software
- Calian chosen by MDA to provide satellite flight operations support to the Canadian Space Agency
- Stefanie Tompkins appointed 23rd DARPA director
Technology:
- Omnispace demonstrates 5G satellite capability with U.S. Navy & Marine Corps
- Skoltech and MIT researchers identify optimal human landing system architectures to land on the Moon
- NASA partners with companies to test satellite fixtures for robotic grappling
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Education:
The ASCEND 16 March Summit: Next-Generation Workforce will be today 1000 – 1400 hrs ET USA.
NASA will host a virtual symposium exploring rise of commercial space Wednesday, March 17, through Friday, March 19, with a final session Thursday, March 25.
This is a letter from House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Rep. Babin to NASA Administrator Jurczyk regarding Europa Clipper and SLS launch issues.