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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 17, 2022

VOL. 282 NO. 34 November 17, 2022
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Operations

SLS Launch
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SLS Lifts Off To Begin New Chapter In U.S. Space Program

Nov 16, 2022
The most powerful rocket NASA has ever built lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16, ending years of delays in the debut of the Artemis Moon program.
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Air Defense Missile Likely Caused Explosion In Poland, President Duda Says

Nov 16, 2022
The statement is the first official acknowledgment that the strike near the Polish village of Przewodow on Nov. 15 was not an errant or intentional attack by Russia.
NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada on spacewalk
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NASA Spacewalks Resume With ISS Solar Power Upgrade Activities

Nov 15, 2022
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio resumed the agency’s efforts to upgrade the International Space Station’s solar power-generation system, with a 7-hr. spacewalk.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

XPeng "flying car"
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Chinese Banks Back Carmaker XPeng’s Fly/Drive eVTOL

Nov 16, 2022
Boosting funding support for China’s emerging advanced air mobility industry, four of the country leading state-controlled banks have jointly extended $846 million in credit to XPeng AeroHT.

Programs

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U.S. Air Force F-15E Fleet Faces Retirement Threat

Nov 16, 2022
U.S. Air Force plans include keeping Boeing F-15Es with higher-thrust engines for the long-term, leaving the majority of the fleet vulnerable to retirement.
German Air Force Eurofighter
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Germans Envisage Stepped Development For EA Eurofighter

Nov 16, 2022
Germany is planning a stepped approach to the development of an electronic attack variant of the Eurofighter.
SpaceX Starship
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NASA Selects SpaceX For Second Human Lunar Landing

Nov 16, 2022
SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System is to support the second and first NASA Artemis-era missions to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon under a $1.15 billion contract modification.
Japanese destroyer
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Japan Looks To Space As It Rejiggers Aegis Warship Plan

Nov 16, 2022
Japan is mulling a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites to help it track modern hypersonic ballistic missiles, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun has reported.

Funding & Policy

U.S. Air Force A-29 Super Tucano
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Light Attack Aircraft Seen Helping Solve Ukraine’s Drone Problem

Nov 16, 2022
Turboprop light attack aircraft could be a partial alternative answer to Ukraine’s air-defense needs as the country battles a growing threat of low-cost Iranian-made loitering munitions.
Electro Ka satellite
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Russia To Double Its Earth-Observation Constellation

Nov 16, 2022
Russia plans to more than double its government-owned constellation of Earth-observation satellites in 2023-25.
747
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UK Regulator Grants First Spaceport License

Nov 16, 2022
The approvals help pave the way for the first planned orbital launch from the UK mainland for Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission using its air-launched LauncherOne space vehicle that will be carried by its modified Boeing 747.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
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Allied Meeting For Ukraine Military Aid Focuses On Air, Missile Defenses

Nov 16, 2022
Representatives of almost 50 nations have pledged to continue helping Ukraine strengthen its air- and defense-missile systems during a Pentagon-led meeting.

Technology

UH2 Module loading
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Daily Memo: Moving To The Practicalities Of Hydrogen Propulsion

Nov 10, 2022
As a vast swath of aviation is turning to hydrogen as a central path to a sustainable future, some efforts are beginning to crystallize into concrete advancemen