Scrub happens, and then you fly.

A noisy oxygen pressure relief valve on the ULA Atlas V's Centaur second stage causes a scrub for Boeing’s Starliner crewed testflight. Privateer Space has raised $56.5 million and also acquired analytics firm Orbital Insight. Rocket Lab has completed the first full assembly of its new Archimedes 3D printed, reusable, rocket engine for the Neutron medium lift launch vehicle, and more.

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Selected Reading

Atlas V Starliner CFT

Welcome to the Crew, Orbital Insight! - Privateer Space

Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Reflecting Year-on-Year Revenue Growth of 69%, Sequential Quarterly Growth of 55%, and Continued Growth in Q2 2024- Business Wire

Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign- Business Wire

Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Support SDA Satellite Constellation Development- Business Wire

Sidus Space is teammate on $30M Intuitive Machines-led Moon RACER Team for the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services Contract to Support the Agency’s Artemis Campaign

NGA Announces First Commercial Solutions Opening- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency creating space intel hub

China launches new Long March-6C, puts 4 satellites into orbit - CGTN

NATO plans to defend space but will have to work with the commercial sector for its tech- Euronews

General Assembly debates Russia’s veto of space arms race resolution- UN News

AST SpaceMobile Welcomes Andrew Johnson as New Chief Legal Officer- Business Wire

US Sailing’s Hans Henken sets course for space after Paris 2024

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