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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 19, 2024

VOL. 290 NO. 56 December 19, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Dec 19, 2024
SPACE ISAC maintains threat level... LOCKHEED gets ALIS, ODIN award... KULR regains NYSE American listing compliance...

Funding & Policy

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Senate Sends Defense Bill To Biden’s Desk

Dec 18, 2024
The Senate passed the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 85-14.
Chinese DF-17 missiles
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China Advances Nuclear Warhead, Missile Arsenal, Pentagon Says

Dec 18, 2024
The annual China Military Power Report estimates China’s nuclear arsenal totaled about 600 warheads at the end of last year, a gain of 100 compared to the end of 2022.
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ESA Sees 7% Space Economy Growth In 2024

Dec 18, 2024
The pace of growth is down slightly from the 11% seen between 2022 and 2023.
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ESA Council OKs Initial €7.7B 2025 Budget, Readies Launcher Challenge

Dec 18, 2024
Member states are expected to provide €4.8 billion and the European Union €1.7 billion, with an additional €1.2 billion coming from other sources.

Programs

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Nelson To Make Call On Mars Sample Return Plan Before Leaving Office

Dec 18, 2024
Nelson, who was appointed by President Joe Biden to head NASA in 2021, will be leaving the agency on Jan. 20.
A320 ATRA
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Airbus Adapts A320 For Eurofighter AESA Radar Flight Testing

Dec 18, 2024
DLR is gearing up for flight trials of an AESA radar for German and Spanish Eurofighter combat fleets using a modified Airbus A320 testbed.
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Spending Plan Cuts Funds For ISS Deorbit Vehicle

Dec 18, 2024
The funding cut will mean that NASA will have to reallocate $180 million from its current space operations budget.
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Axiom Space To Hasten Assembly Of Commercial Space Station

Dec 18, 2024
The fixed-price contract listed a maximum value of $140 million over a five-year base period with an additional two-year option.
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Venus Marks Low-Speed Ramjet Ignition Milestone

Dec 18, 2024
The Venus Detonation Rocket propulsion system combines a rotating detonation rocket engine with a ramjet.

Operations

test fire of Starship upper stage
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FAA Opens License Envelope For Starship Flight Tests

Dec 18, 2024
The FAA cleared SpaceX to conduct a series of Starship-Super Heavy flight tests from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
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SES Launches Two O3b mPOWER Sats To Bolster Constellation

Dec 18, 2024
The seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites were launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:26 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Astroscale spacecraft lineup
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Astroscale ADRAS-J Approaches To Within 15 m Of Derelict Rocket

Dec 12, 2024
Astroscale’s Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan approached to within 15 m of an orbiting derelict Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA upper-stage body.

Business

Hensoldt rendering
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Hensoldt CEO Eyes International Growth

Dec 13, 2024
Hensoldt CEO Oliver Dorre is looking to boost the German defense electronic supplier’s international footprint as part of a new growth plan.
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Shares Of Drone Maker Red Cat Holdings Jump 21%

Dec 17, 2024
Though Red Cat reported modest revenue of $4.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, the company’s forecast for 2025 is bullish.
NASA Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission
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Earth Gravitational Boost Aids NASA’s Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission

Dec 13, 2024
NASA’s Lucy mission spacecraft sped close by the Earth for a second gravity assist to place the probe on a course for the first flybys of five Trojan asteroids.