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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 26, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 38 August 26, 2021
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Programs

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Begins New SLS Engine Production

Aug 25, 2021
Production of the first all-new and modernized RS-25 engines for NASA’s Space Launch System has begun in Aerojet Rocketdyne’s newly expanded Los Angeles manufacturing facility.
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Firefly On Track For Alpha Rocket Debut

Aug 25, 2021
Startup Firefly Aerospace says plans remain on schedule to attempt the first launch of its two-stage Alpha rocket from Vandenburg SFB, California, on Sept. 2 following a successful static fire test in mid-August.
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Astroscale Completes First Phase of Orbital Debris Demo

Aug 25, 2021
Startup Astroscale’s ELSA-d orbital debris removal demonstration has accomplished its first key goal, with the servicer satellite showing how it would capture a defunct spacecraft.
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Asteroid Psyche Like No Place NASA Has Ever Been

Aug 20, 2021
Unlike some planetary destinations, the asteroid Psyche was never the target of a spacecraft flyby before becoming an orbital destination for a $1 billion NASA probe, which is adding to the challenge as the Psyche mission team prepares for a planned launch one year from now.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

SpaceX
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LOX Shortage Impacting SpaceX Launch Plans

Aug 25, 2021
SpaceX is encountering shortfalls of liquid oxygen due to increased demand for oxygen by hospitals caring for COVID-19 patients.
DJI Matrice 200-series quadcopter.
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Canadian Safety Board Probes Drone Collision

Aug 24, 2021
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating a second midair collision involving a police drone and an aircraft in the last 18 months.
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North Carolina Healthcare System Delivering Vaccine By Drone

Aug 25, 2021
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and UPS have started delivering COVID-19 vaccine by drone at the health care system’s medical complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Funding & Policy

Kendall
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USAF Secretary Starts Planning SDA Move To Space Force

Aug 25, 2021
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall plans to begin working now to incorporate the Space Development Agency (SDA) into the U.S. Space Force, a bureaucratic transition not scheduled until Oct. 1, 2022.
Dickinson
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U.S. Space Command Open For Initial Operations

Aug 25, 2021
U.S. Space Command will now turn its focus to becoming fully operational and establishing a fully staffed and permanent headquarters.

Technology

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Masten Developing Point-to-Point Space Payload Transportation

Aug 25, 2021
With support from a NASA Tipping Point technology development award, Mojave, California-based Masten is developing a suborbital aerospace testbed with an option for point-to-point payload transportation.
Hydrogen
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UK’s Costain To Study Hydrogen Aircraft Ground Support

Aug 25, 2021
Costain will assess the conditions required for storing hydrogen and the impact of its use on aircraft turnaround times at airports.

Business

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Commercial Helo Market Downturn Prompts Sikorsky To Close Facility

Aug 25, 2021
Sikorsky has blamed the ongoing downturn in the commercial helicopter market for the closure of its commercial helicopter final assembly line in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

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