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home | newest check | boards | help index | log | ps | userlogin | send sysop | slog | status forward | bcm news | users | version | remove cookieWG3K > ANS 16.11.25 14:31l 39 Lines 2215 Bytes #17 (0) @ AMSAT BID : ANS320.9 Read: GUEST Subj: Satellite Shorts from All Over Path: JH4XSY<IW0QNL<IZ3LSV<I3XTY<I0OJJ<N6RME<CX2SA<N3HYM<WG3K Sent: 251116/0527Z 24859@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM LinBPQ6.0.24 + Amazon is rebranding its 窶弃roject Kuiper窶� constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. The program will now be known as 窶廣mazon Leo.窶� There are now 153 Kuiper satellites satellites in orbit, intended to provide high-speed internet connections worldwide. (ANS thanks Amazon for the above information.) + LambdaVision, a biotech company, has flown nine missions to the ISS, where it produced a 200-layer protein thin film as a precursor to an artificial retina implants. Most recently, the company won a NASA Phase 2 In Space Production Applications award in September to continue developing the company窶冱 in-space manufacturing process 窶� in this case, in partnership with microgravity research firm Space Tango. (ANS thanks PayloadSpace.com for the above information. See the full article at https://payloadspace.com/lambdavision-closes-7m-seed-round-to-make-retinas-i... .) + Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation窶冱 space station Friday after more than a week窶冱 delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris. The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in orbit and came back using the recently arrived Shenzhou-21, which had ferried a three-person replacement crew to the station, China窶冱 Manned Space Agency said. The original return plan was scrapped because a window in the Shenzhou-20 capsule had tiny cracks, most likely caused by impact from space debris, the space agency said Friday. (ANS thanks the Associated Press for the above information. Read the full story at https://apnews.com/article/china-space-station-stranded-crew-shenzhou-e266f7... ) + SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink broadband satellites November 10 on a Falcon 9 rocket. It was the 94th orbital mission so far this year from Cape Kennedy, breaking 2024窶冱 record of 93 launches. A SpaceX executive said at a conference recently that he expected the company to finish the year with 165 to 170 Falcon 9 launches, which would also be a record. The total number of Starlink satellites launched so far in 2025 is 2,600. And the year窶冱 not over yet. (ANS thanks SpaceNews Editor窶冱 Choice newsletter for the above information.)
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