An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the 3rd 'imminent impactor' of 2024. NewsBreak.com article. Pull quote: “This asteroid, designated 2024 UQ, was first discovered on Oct. 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii, a network of four telescopes that scan the sky for moving objects that might be space rocks on a collision course with Earth. Two hours later, the asteroid burned up over the Pacific Ocean near California, making it an "imminent impactor."”
Sierra Space expands spaceplane fleet with in-house mission control. SpaceNews.com article. Pull quote: “The inaugural flight will send the spaceplane Tenacity to the International Space Station atop a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur expendable rocket. Tenacity is now at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Sierra Space spokesperson Alex Walker shared the new May 2025 estimate and said work on Reverence, also known as DC-102, will resume once the team returns to Colorado — but declined to clarify when that would happen. At that point, Walker said, it will likely be another 18 months before the second spaceplane is complete. In addition to the fleet of cargo-carrying craft, Sierra Space is also working on a crewed variant of the vessel, labeled the DC-200 series, and a national security DC-300 variant.”
Gilmour Space secures license for first orbital launch.
Spacenews.com article.
Pull quote: “The license was the final major milestone for the launch. “With
this green light, we will soon attempt the first orbital test flight of an
Australian-made rocket from Australian soil,” Adam Gilmour, chief executive of
Gilmour Space, said in a statement.”
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