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| Date | Publication | Author | Title | Link | Tags | Green Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2019 | ARS Technica | Sean Gallagher | Bringing in the big gun: Army paves way for “strategic cannon” | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/army-aims-to-test-extreme-long-range-strategic-cannon/ | No | |
| October 8, 2019 | United Press International | Brooks Hays | ICON satellite to study boundary between Earth's atmosphere, space | https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/10/08/ICON-satellite-to-study-boundary-between-Earths-atmosphere-space/9651570491431/?mpst=2 | Smallsats, sounding rockets | No |
| September 30, 2019 | NY Times | Kenneth Chang | SpaceX Unveils Silvery Vision to Mars: ‘It’s Basically an I.C.B.M. That Lands’ | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/science/elon-musk-spacex-starship.html | SpaceX | No |
| September 28, 2019 | SpaceX | SpaceX | Sharship Update | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOpMrVnjYeY&feature=youtu.be | SpaceX | No |
| September 18, 2019 | Planetary Radio | Planetary Society | How to Build a Starship: The 2019 Starship Congress | https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0918-2019-2019-starship-congress.html | John Hunter | Yes |
| September 17, 2019 | SpaceNews | Sandra Erwin | Raymond: U.S. Space Command needs satellites to be built fast, to be survivable | https://spacenews.com/raymond-u-s-space-command-needs-satellites-to-be-built-fast-to-be-survivable/ | Military, smallsats | No |
| August 8, 2019 | SpaceNews | Jeff Foust | Virgin Orbit offers vision of responsive smallsat constellation launch | https://spacenews.com/virgin-orbit-offers-vision-of-responsive-smallsat-constellation-launch/ | Smallsats, constellation, altlaunch | No |
| July 31, 2019 | ARS Technica | Eric Berger | NASA agrees to work with SpaceX on orbital refueling technology | https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/nasa-agrees-to-work-with-spacex-on-orbital-refueling-technology/ | SpaceX, NASA | No |
| January 9, 2019 | National Interest | David Axe | Mach 7.3 'Bullets': The U.S. Navy Tested a "Hypervelocity Cannon Round" | https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/mach-73-bullets-us-navy-tested-hypervelocity-cannon-round-41022 | China, Railgun, Hypervelocity Cannon Round, U.S. Navy, Hypervelocity Cannon | No |
| November 3, 2015 | Spaceflight Now | Stephen Clark | Hawaii’s first satellite launch set for Tuesday | https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/11/03/hawaiis-first-satellite-launch-set-for-tuesday/ | Sounding Rockets, Barking Sands | No |
| September 9, 2019 | SpaceNews | Sandra Erwin | Vector relinquishes Air Force launch contract, mission re-awarded to Aevum | https://spacenews.com/vector-relinquishes-air-force-launch-contract-mission-re-awarded-to-aevum/ | Smallsats | No |
| October 10, 2019 | SpaceNews | Sandra Erwin | Air Force selects eight launch providers to compete for $986 million worth of orders | https://spacenews.com/air-force-selects-eight-launch-providers-to-compete-for-986-million-worth-of-orders/ | Air Force, Smallsats | No |
| October 30, 2019 | SpaceNews | Sandra Erwin | Space companies to compete for $40 million pot at Air Force live pitch event | https://spacenews.com/space-startups-small-businesses-to-compete-for-40-million-pot-at-air-force-live-pitch-event/ | Air Force | No |