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Updated 9 a.m. Eastern with Northrop Grumman statement.WASHINGTON — Potential damage to a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft has led NASA to revise the manifest of an upcoming cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station.NASA said late March 5 that it was “assessing potential mission impacts” to the next Cygnus mission, scheduled for June, after workers found damage to the shipping container for the spacecraft’s pressurized cargo module when it was transported to the launch site in Florida. “Mission teams will inspect the module during the coming days to assess whether there is any damage and any associated impacts…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Crypto futures and options (F&O) trading has become popular worldwide. But for Indian traders, it often feels too complicated. Why? Most crypto trading platforms use US dollars (USD) or cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). This means Indian…
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, leaves the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Republican members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on the issue of debanking on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesFor years, American financial companies have fought the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the chief U.S. consumer finance watchdog — in the courts and media, portraying the agency as illegitimate and as unfairly targeting industry players.Now, with the CFPB on life support after the Trump administration issued a stop-work order and shuttered its headquarters, the agency finds itself…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived under the State Department.Rubio made the announcement in a post on X. It marked one of his relatively few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid and development, executed by Trump political appointees at State and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency teams.Rubio in the post thanked DOGE and “our hardworking…
TAMPA, Fla. — Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT has ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to sustain its geostationary services, marking the European manufacturer’s second commercial contract this year in an increasingly competitive market.The JSAT-32 satellite is slated to launch in 2027 to provide Ku and Ka-band broadband and broadcast services over Japan and surrounding areas, replacing aging spacecraft in the region, Thales Alenia Space announced March 10.Like the THOR 8 satellite ordered by Space Norway earlier this year, JSAT-32 will be based on Thales Alenia Space’s legacy Spacebus 4000B2 platform rather than its software-defined model, which allows in-orbit reprogramming…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. A recently published Dogecoin (DOGE) chart by analyst Paul (@Zig_ZagTrades) suggests that the popular meme-based cryptocurrency could slide as low as $0.12 in a final corrective phase before attempting a significant rebound. The 1-day chart, shared on X, outlines…
The US Department of Justice on Friday dropped a proposal to force Alphabet’s Google to sell its investments in artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI competitor Anthropic, to boost competition in online search.The DOJ and a coalition of 38 state attorneys general still seek a court order requiring Google to sell its Chrome browser and take other measures aimed at addressing what a judge said was Google’s illegal search monopoly, according to court papers filed in Washington.”The American dream is about higher values than just cheap goods and ‘free’ online services. These values include freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom…
The Trump administration is weighing a ban on Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from US government devices over national-security concerns, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.US officials are worried about DeepSeek’s handling of user data, which the company says it stores in servers located in China, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news.Administration officials are also considering banning the chatbot from app stores and putting limits on how US-based cloud service providers could offer DeepSeek’s AI models to their customers, the Journal said, adding that those discussions are still at an early stage.DeepSeek’s low-cost…
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TAMPA, Fla. — Singapore’s Astrum Mobile has ordered a small satellite from Swissto12 to deliver resilient, low-bandwidth multimedia and connectivity services directly to devices across Asia from geostationary orbit (GEO).Announcing its third customer for the HummingSat platform March 10, Switzerland-based Swissto12 said the deal reflects growing demand for smaller, regionally focused satellites — closer in size to a washing machine than traditional school bus-sized GEO spacecraft.”While Swissto12 did not disclose a launch timeline, the company said its satellites can now be built and deployed within two years.Intelsat ordered the first HummingSat-based satellite in 2022, followed by a triple order the…