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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 20, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 11 July 20, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: New Upgrade Proposal Emerges For F-35 Engine

Jul 19, 2021
A lot has happened in the aircraft propulsion industry since May 2002, when a Pratt & Whitney preliminary design review outlined the configuration of…

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Rocket Lab Modifies Ignition System After May Failure

Jul 19, 2021
Rocket Lab has modified the design and manufacture of the igniter for the Rutherford engine after a fault in this system was identified as the root cause of the company’s Electron launch vehicle failure on May 15.
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Boeing Starliner Moved To Launchpad

Jul 19, 2021
A Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was transported to its launchpad at Cape Canaveral and mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in preparation for liftoff on July 30.
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Sukhoi Checkmate Fighter Model Breaks Cover Before MAKS

Jul 18, 2021
A video has leaked showing the Sukhoi Checkmate fighter design two days before its scheduled reveal at the MAKS air show. The video confirms the…
CASC
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China Completes Test Flight Of ‘Reusable Suborbital Vehicle’

Jul 19, 2021
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said the spacecraft blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and landed “horizontally” in Inner Mongolia.

Operations

crew
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Blue Origin Clears New Shepard For First Crewed Flight

Jul 19, 2021
Jeff Bezos and three other passengers are set to launch on the company’s first human mission on July 20.
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AFRL Ends Satellite Mission Studying MEO Challenges

Jul 19, 2021
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory ended a mission on May 31 that was studying advanced spacecraft control techniques and the challenges of flight in medium Earth orbit.
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Hubble Resumes Science Operations

Jul 19, 2021
The Hubble Space Telescope, now 31 years old, resumed science operations over the weekend following a June 13 interruption eventually traced to the observatory’s Primary Payload Computer.

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