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Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 9, 2023

VOL. 283 NO. 5 January 08, 2023

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Programs

NASA Casts Wider Net For Possible Hubble Reboost Options

Jan 06, 2023

Potential partners have until Jan. 24 to respond to NASA.

Raytheon To Develop MEO Missile Tracking System Prototype

Jan 05, 2023

Raytheon has won a prime contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a prototype for a Medium Earth Orbit Missile Track Custody system.

Impulse Space Plans First Space Tug Mission In 2023

Jan 05, 2023

Impulse Space plans to launch its first space tug mission, LEO Express-1, in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Gama Launches First Solar Sail-Powered CubeSat Demo Mission

Jan 06, 2023

The Gama Alpha mission aims to test the deployment and control of the 73.3-sq. 2 (789 ft. 2) sail in low Earth orbit.

Aska Unveils Drive/Fly eVTOL Prototype

Jan 05, 2023

U.S. startup Aska has debuted a full-scale prototype of its A5 drive-and-fly electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

Pentagon To Set Up OTA Consortia For Hypersonics, Space, Small UAS

Jan 05, 2023

The move stems from a defense industrial base study that the Biden administration reported out last year.

New Ukraine Aid Includes RIM-7 Missiles, Air-Launched Rockets

Jan 06, 2023

The newest tranche, announced Jan. 6, amounts to about $3.075 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine.

Saudi

Saudi Arabian Defense Spending Up 43% In 2022

Jan 06, 2023

Defense spending in Saudi Arabia performed an abrupt turnaround in 2022.

Operations

Reaper’s NATO Pod Flies

Jan 06, 2023

The NATO pod was developed by Spanish company Sener in collaboration with General Atomics.

New Russian Frigate To Deploy With Hypersonic Missiles

Jan 06, 2023

The first embarkment of the NPO Mashinostroyenia 3M22 Zircon missile on the 4,500-ton Admiral Gorshkov ship comes a year later than scheduled.

First UK Orbital Launch Set For Jan. 9

Jan 06, 2023

The company has also selected several backup dates for the mission running into mid- and late-January.

Technology

NASA’s Moon Vision Continues To Nurture Far Side Radio Telescope

Jan 05, 2023

The more primitive Cosmic Dark Ages (CDA) are yet to be exposed.

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