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August 09, 2024

Dawn Aerospace Gets Approval for Unlimited Speed Supersonic Flight

Mk-II Aurora Rocketplane Gets Its License to Speed

The Mk-II Aurora, Dawn Aerospace's supersonic rocketplane, got a license for unlimited speed by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, allowing it to go as fast as it pleases up to 80,000 feet. The Mk-II Aurora first flew in July 2021, and has since flown at increasing speeds and altitudes as the team pushes its limits. The Aurora can fly 100 kilometers up, provide a suitable environment to play with microgravity, high-speed research, and near-space tech. Of course, the Aurora's natural abilities will have plenty of applications in the defense sphere too, a fact that isn't at all lost on Dawn Aerospace. Now, it's on to the fun part: Pushing the limits of their rocket-powered UAV.

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Who Knows What's Going on With Starliner?

A "Three Hour Tour" Stretches Into Months for Gilligan & Co - Or, Wilmore & Williams

After about two months of delays, space enthusiasts have begun wondering just how functional the Boeing Starliner is, after apparently stranding Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on the ISS. Initially, the problematic Starliner was slated for a quick 'out-n-back' mission that would serve as its official entry into crewed launches, taking Wilmore and Williams to the ISS and back. On its outbound leg, Starliner suffered a number of thruster malfunctions, which Boeing had downplayed as an issue ahead of the return flight. Now, a couple months later, it's looking like NASA may have to look to SpaceX for a plan B...

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Astroscale Checks Out Floating Orbital Debris

Successful Mission Intercepts Space Junk for a Scouting Mission

Astroscale Japan Inc got some beautiful shots of orbital debris after the first successful flight of their Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite. Their unit made a flyby of a floating remainder of a Japanese upper stage rocket body, taking a series of pictures of the spinning junk as it circled the Earth. It's great news for space enthusiasts, since the space race and its new commercial age has tended to leave a good deal of material orphaned in orbit. That's quickly becoming a danger to satellite and space station options, eliminating orbital tracks from consideration in order to avoid high-speed impact damage. 

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