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Opinion: There are warnings from the present and from the past about AI computers
Scientists working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) computer systems - including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT, and Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist known as the 'godfather of artificial intelligence' - have issued a statement to...
Viasat completes US$6.3 billion Inmarsat acquisition in a major satcom merger
Global Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) operator Viasat Inc has closed its long awaited acquisition of Inmarsat, a British satellite telecommunications company, following months of regulatory review. The deal, which was completed on 31 May, will see the two entities...
Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg with 52 Starlink Group 2-10 satellites aboard
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 0602 GMT on 31 May 2023. There were 52 Starlink v1.5 communications satellites aboard as the Starlink Group 2-10 batch for its GEN1 constellation. At T+8 minutes 39 seconds...
North Korean Chollima-1 maiden launch ends in second stage failure – sets off neighbours’ alarms
North Korea attempted to orbit a military reconnaissance satellite Malligyeong-1 using its new Chollima-1 rocket from a pad at the Sohae launch site at 0629 GMT on 30 May 2023. While the first stage operated successfully and was separated during normal flight the...
Fleet Space raises US$33 million for satellite enabled mineral exploration
Australian newspace company Fleet Space Technologies has secured AUS $50 million (US $33 million) in a Series C fundraising round to grow its satellite-enabled mineral exploration services. The funding was led by existing investor Blackbird, an Australasian venture...
Smaller orders: launches for Haven-1 space station and its Vast-1 mission, for EWS-1 prototype; sat contracts for Zeno and Orbit Fab
Commercial space station operator Vast has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launches of its first space station and a crew mission (announced on 10 May). A Falcon 9 will launch the space station module called Haven-1 in the late summer of 2025. A second launch...
Hakuto-R lunar lander crash was caused by computer software design error
I-Space (Japan) has reported the results of its investigation into the landing failure of its HAKUTO M1 lunar lander on 25 April 2023. At 1533 GMT the Hakuto M1 Lunar lander moved to a 25 x 100 km orbit and at perilune around 1627 GMT it began a braking burn to...
Long March 2F launches “Taikonaut” trio to Chinese Space Station on Shenzhou 16
A Long March 2F/G (Y16) launched Shenzhou 16 with three Chinese astronauts ("Taikonauts") on board on their way to the China Space Station "Tiangong". The launch took placed at 0131 GMT on 30 May 2023 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The astronauts were...
GSLV Mk II puts up NVS-01 navsat
An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) GSLV Mk II rocket (GSLV 2 CUSP 4) was successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India at 0512 GMT on 29 May 2023. It carried NVS-01, a replacement satellite for IRNSS-1G. The 2,232 kg NVS 01 is, in...
Russia launches Kondor-FKA radar satellite
On 2114 GMT on 26 May 2023, a Soyuz 2-1a/Fregat launched a Kondor-FKA No 1 satellite for Roscosmos. The 1,050 kg Kondor-FKA No. 1 is used for radar imaging. The launch took place from the Vostochniy spaceport in far eastern Russia. The spacecraft was apparently...
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