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☆ Elon Musk appears to have given up on trying to camouflage his private-jet travels with an FAA program used by Jeff Bezos and Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Grace Kay | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Last year, Elon Musk stopped using an FAA program allowing jet owners to fly incognito, JetSpy said. REUTERS/Aly SongThe FAA launched the PIA program in 2019 and has issued 390 alternate ID codes since the program began, an FAA spokesperson told Insider. Musk used his first alternate ID through the PIA program about a month later. The incognito registration number also doesn't prevent Sweeney from tracking the private jet via ADS-B Exchange, a public flight-tracking database. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The PIA program limits the ability to identify an aircraft in real-time using inexpensive, commercially available receivers," an FAA spokesperson told Insider.

Persons: Elon Musk, JetSpy, Musk, —, hasn't, Jack Sweeney, Sweeney, he's, LADD, it's, Elon, Aly Song, Forbes, Jeff Bezos, Taylor Swift, Christian Renneissen, Collins Organizations: FAA, Service, Twitter, Federal Aviation Administration, PIA, University of Central Florida, Gulfstream, Elon Locations: California, Texas, SpaceX's, Brownsville, Hawthorne, Shanghai, Rome

☆ Russia moved one of its satellites uncomfortably close to a French one, possibly to spy on it: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia moved close to a satellite which some think is Eutelsat's 3B craft, analysts said. It follows a pattern of Russian behavior in space that has prompted security concerns. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia moved one of its satellites uncomfortably close to France's Eutelsat 3B communications satellite, possibly to spy on it, according to reports. AdvertisementAdvertisementEutelsat's 3B satellite provides broadband, data, telecom, and video services across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. Luch-5-X/Olymp K-2 isn't close enough to crash into the unnamed commercial satellite.

Persons: —, Audrey Schaffer, TJ Kouri, Schaffer, it's, spacenews.com, Olymp, Michael Clont Organizations: Service, intel, Aerospace, Breaking Defense, Airbus, National Security Council, Analysts, Intelsat, Strategic International, Space Locations: Russia, Russian, France, Europe, Africa, East, Central Asia, South America, Eutelsat's, Ukraine

Meanwhile, Boeing and Spirit, a supplier for the U.S. planemaker and European rival Airbus(AIR.PA), are contending with a lapse involving misdrilled holes on Boeing’s 737 MAX. Boeing is expected to report a loss of $2.23 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $5.49 a year ago. Spirit is projected to report a loss of $1.03 a share, compared to a loss of $1.22 a year earlier, according to LSEG data. The target may no longer be achievable if Boeing can no longer meet its goal of delivering 400 737s this year. Spirit, which reports Nov. 1, has already revealed preliminary results as part of a new price agreement with Boeing.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Whitney, Rob Stallard, ” RTX, Ron Epstein, Vertical's Stallard, Patrick Shanahan, Pat, Michel Merluzeau, Shanahan, Valerie Insinna, Pratyush Thakur, Ben Klayman, Josie Kao Organizations: Boeing, International Paris Air, Le, REUTERS, Rights, Pratt, U.S, Airbus, Research, LSEG, ” Bank of America, Thomson Locations: Le Bourget, Paris, France, Washington, Bengaluru

☆ Spain's PLD Space expects first orbital launch in Q1 2026 from French Guiana
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PLD Space/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Spanish rocket company PLD Space plans a first orbital launch from French Guiana in the first quarter of 2026, after it carried out the first fully private European rocket launch earlier this month, it said on Friday. PLD will use the data gathered with the 30 million euro ($32 million) suborbital test to develop the larger Miura-5, a full orbital launcher. So far, they have identified 1,000 elements for improvement to develop Miura-5, it said. PLD Space said it expects to sign the first binding agreements with clients next year. Europe's efforts to develop capabilities to send small satellites into space are in focus after a failed orbital rocket launch by Virgin Orbit from Britain in January.

Persons: Miura, Raul Torres, Raul Verdu, Emma Pinedo, Inti Landauro, Hugh Lawson Organizations: El, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Miura, Virgin Orbit, Boeing, Thomson Locations: Huelva, Spain, Rights MADRID, French Guiana, Guiana, Madrid, Britain

☆ Golf simulators, doggy daycare, flexible leases, and free rent: Why now may be the best time to shop for a new office
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Now may be the time to shop for an office lease. As office vacancies soar to record highs in some markets, office landlords often have no choice but to find new and creative ways to attract new clients. "When you have 55-year-old managing partners of a law firm looking for office space, and they see the golf simulator, they get pretty excited," he said. Long-term leases, which usually feature landlord-financed renovations to the office space, are now being offered with lease-termination options. Office landlords without access to this capital level are often left with only one lever: renting below market price.

Persons: Michael Cohen, Michael Lirtzman, Anthony Tahlier, Andrew Lustgarten, Lirtzman, Sterling, Lustgarten, it's, Matt Petit, Goldman Sachs, Risa Letowsky, Letowsky, Watts, Tishman Speyer, aren't, That's, Cohen, they've, he's, hasn't Organizations: Colliers, Kastle Systems, West Chicago, Sterling Bay's, Century, El, New, Palm, Chase, Wall, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Adler, Stachenfeld, Silverstein, Lawyer Locations: Chicago, Bian, Sterling, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Liberty, Chase Manhattan, Alamo, CBRE, Los Angeles and New York, LA, United States

☆ Luxury fashion house Prada will be designing NASA's new spacesuits so astronauts can fly in style
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Prada and Axiom Space are collaborating to create NASA's new spacesuits for its 2025 lunar mission. Prada engineers will develop design features and adapt materials to the harsh climate around the moon. NASA revealed in 1974 that spacesuits are costly and that it spent $15 to $20 million on them at the time. AdvertisementAdvertisementItalian luxury fashion house Prada is collaborating with commercial space company Axiom Space to design NASA's new spacesuits for its Artemis III mission in 2025 so astronauts can fly in style, Prada and Axiom Space announced Wednesday. NASA hired Axiom Space in June 2022 to build its latest spacesuits after revealing it had spent $420 million since 2017 trying to develop its own suits.

Persons: Prada, —, Artemis, Michael Suffredini Organizations: NASA, Service, Space, Extravehicular

☆ Spain's PLD Space counts down to test rocket launch from Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PLD Space/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Spanish startup PLD Space will attempt a test launch of its reusable Miura-1 rocket early on Saturday, spearheading a new generation of 'microlaunchers' after an aborted attempt in June. The rocket is due to lift off on its suborbital test mission at 2 a.m Spanish time on Saturday (0000 GMT) from Huelva in southwest Spain, marking what its designers say will be Europe's first fully private rocket launch. "The day has arrived," Raul Torres, PLD Space chief executive and co-founder of PLD Space, wrote on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. Europe's efforts to develop capabilities to send small satellites into space are in focus after a failed orbital rocket launch by Virgin Orbit from Britain in January. In July, the last launch of Europe's largest rocket, the premier Ariane 5 space launcher, took place at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Persons: Raul Torres, Space's Miura, Italy's Vega, Vega, Emma Pinedo, Tim Hepher, Tim Hepther, Aislinn Laing, Edmund Blair Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Space, Twitter, Virgin Orbit, Boeing, Ariane, European Space Agency, Thomson Locations: El, Huelva, Spain, Rights MADRID, Britain, Europe, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Kourou, French Guiana

☆ Spain's PLD Space Counts Down to Test Rocket Launch From Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish startup PLD Space will attempt a test launch of its reusable Miura-1 rocket early on Saturday, spearheading a new generation of 'microlaunchers' after an aborted attempt in June. "The day has arrived," Raul Torres, PLD Space chief executive and co-founder of PLD Space, wrote on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. Europe's efforts to develop capabilities to send small satellites into space are in focus after a failed orbital rocket launch by Virgin Orbit from Britain in January. PLD Space's Miura-1 rocket, named after a breed of fighting bulls, is as tall as a three-storey building and has a 100-kg (220-pound) cargo capacity. Competitors lining up to join the race to launch small payloads include companies in Scotland, Sweden and Germany.

Persons: Raul Torres, Space's Miura, Italy's Vega, Vega, Emma Pinedo, Tim Hepher, Tim Hepther, Aislinn Laing, Edmund Blair Organizations: Spanish, Space, Twitter, Virgin Orbit, Boeing, Ariane, European Space Agency Locations: MADRID, Huelva, Spain, Britain, Europe, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Kourou, French Guiana

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Blackstone is 'too much of a black box'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

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Persons: Jim Cramer's, Blackstone, I'm, It's, we're Organizations: PSA, Dominion, Dominion Energy, FMC, Paramount

☆ Amazon launches first internet satellite prototypes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Even ULA's details about the launch are limited, with the info provided comparable to when the rocket company flies classified spy satellites for the U.S. government. watch nowLast year, Amazon announced the biggest corporate rocket deal in the industry's history to launch Kuiper satellites, signing launch contracts with ULA, Arianespace, and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. As part of that deal, Amazon expects to pay about $7.4 billion for Kuiper launches over the next five years. Amazon is playing catch up to SpaceX, which has grown its Starlink satellite internet service to more than 2 million customers. This year Amazon revealed a trio of satellite antennas that it plans to sell to Kuiper customers.

Persons: Paul Hennessey, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Organizations: Alliance, V, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Anadolu Agency, Getty, United, U.S ., Amazon, Kuiper, SpaceX, Elon, Seattle – Locations: Cape Canaveral , Florida, United States, Florida, ULA, Seattle, Washington, Redmond, Kirkland, San Diego, Austin , Texas , New York City

☆ Japan's lunar startup ispace delays NASA-sponsored mission to 2026
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Japan's lunar transport startup ispace inc (9348.T) said on Thursday it would postpone a future moon landing mission by a year to 2026 to better prepare for a commission by U.S. agency NASA, as well as deal with component supply delays. Tokyo-based ispace attempted its first lunar landing with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft in April, which failed due to an altitude miscalculation. The U.S. unit of ispace, which has partnered with spacecraft software developer Draper to build lunar landers, has also encountered procurement delays for some parts, Hakamada said. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, a MS&AD (8725.T) unit, paid 3.7 billion yen last month to ispace for Hakuto-R Mission 1's failure. The unsuccessful landing resulted in a steep sell-off, but the shares have since recovered, closing on Thursday at 1,401 yen.

Persons: ispace, Takeshi Hakamada, Draper, Hakamada, Kantaro Komiya, Himani Sarkar, Miral Organizations: U.S, NASA, Financial Times, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Tokyo, U.S

☆ AI sensors and WiFi networks that provide workplace insights are antidotes for some companies combating 'zombie offices'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Sabina Wex | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"Zombie offices" have proliferated in the US as employees opt for fully remote or hybrid work. But he had no idea that "hybrid work" would become ubiquitous nearly 10 years later and make InnerSpace a helpful tool for understanding new trends in shared workspaces. Zombie offices have popped up around the country because there aren't offices filled with people five days a week anymore. Zombie offices and the shift to hybrid work have pushed companies to figure out the next best move to maximize office space using real-time data, not guesswork. VergeSense's optical sensors are attached to the ceiling in a work space.

Persons: —, James Wu, Wu couldn't, Jessica Blaine Smith, Wu, Sharad Rastogi, isn't, Rastogi, it's, JLL, Zombie, that's, they've, VergeSense, They're, Jack Weber, Gresham Smith, Weber, Gresham Smith Weber, Ragosti, InnerSpace's Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met, Work Dynamics Technology, San, Aldi, Rapid Transit, Boston Consulting Group, Companies Locations: JLL

☆ Investing in Space: Japan's ispace opens Denver headquarters as companies chase moon market
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Earth rises above the surface of the moon, as seen from the company's lander in lunar orbit in April 2023. CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. One company is pushing to tap two of those markets: Tokyo-based lunar lander company ispace is rebooting its U.S. subsidiary, aiming to be a key transportation provider in the nascent moon business. The new Apex 1.0 lander is replacing its previously planned "Series 2" lander, Garan said. We haven't really demonstrated the ability to take commercial payloads to the lunar surface.

Persons: CNBC's Michael Sheetz, April's crunching, Ron Garan, Garan's, ispace, Garan, We're, haven't, they're Organizations: CNBC's, NASA, Apex, ispace, U.S ., Payload Services Locations: China, India, Japan, United States, Tokyo, Denver , Colorado, U.S, ispace U.S, Denver

☆ Blue Origin, Sierra Space weigh future of Orbital Reef space station as partnership turns rocky
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Orbital Reef space station partnership between Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Sierra Space is on rocky footing, CNBC has learned. The companies announced Orbital Reef as a co-led project in 2021, but updates about the project dried up in the past year. It's becoming increasingly likely that Blue Origin and Sierra Space will go their separate ways, leaving behind joint efforts to develop Orbital Reef, according to those sources. Shortly after unveiling the Orbital Reef project, Blue Origin won a $130 million contract from NASA for design work on the private space station. "Our team is currently testing window frames and materials in a relevant space environment," Blue Origin said, without mentioning Orbital Reef by name.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, It's, Rebecca Wickes, Wickes, Sierra Organizations: CNBC, Space, Origin, NASA, Sierra

☆ Sierra Space raising nearly $300 million from Japanese consortium at $5 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sierra Space, the subsidiary of private aerospace contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation, is finalizing a raise of nearly $300 million, CNBC has learned. Sierra Space expects to announce the raise as soon as this week, those people said. Two years ago, Sierra Space raised $1.4 billion at a $4.5 billion valuation from investors including General Atlantic, BlackRock, AE Industrial Partners, Coatue and Moore Strategic Ventures. The fresh funds come as Sierra Space focuses on getting its Dream Chaser spaceplane flying. Sierra Space is also one of several companies working on a private space station.

Persons: MUFG Organizations: Space, Sierra Nevada Corporation, CNBC, Sierra, Tokio Marine, Citigroup, General Atlantic, Partners, Coatue, Moore Strategic Ventures, NASA Space Shuttle, United, Vulcan Locations: Tokio, BlackRock

☆ UBS says buy this website builder stock with more than 40% upside
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A hefty product suite and rising brand awareness could propel Squarespace shares, according to UBS. The investment bank initiated coverage of Squarespace with a buy rating accompanied by a price target of $40 per share. Analyst Chris Kuntarich highlighted Squarespace's suite of content-generation AI products as a driver behind near-term subscriber monetization and long-term subscriber growth. Shares of the website builder have gained 24% this year, outperforming the S & P 500's 12.8% advance in that time. SQSP YTD mountain SQSP ytd chart — Michael Bloom contributed to this report

Persons: Chris Kuntarich, Kuntarich, SQSP, they've, Michael Bloom Organizations: UBS, Google

☆ Google's AI feature in Gmail and productivity apps will cost big businesses $30 a month per user
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The technology — called Duet AI — will cost just as much as Microsoft's 365 Copilot enhancements, which could become available in the first half of next year. Google began taking preorders for Duet AI for Google Workspace at the $30 per user price in May, but didn't disclose it publicly, Pappu said. In Gmail and Google Docs, users can input a simple text prompt and tell Duet AI to produce a result. One early customer is lingerie brand Adore Me, where employees use Duet AI to prepare copy, a Google spokesperson said. A consumer version of Duet AI for Google Workspace should become available "early next year," Pappu said.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, —, ChatGPT chatbot, Aparna Pappu, Pappu, Redmond Organizations: Allen, Co . Media, Technology Conference, Google, Gmail, CNBC, Microsoft, Bing Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Redmond , Washington

☆ India's Skyroot expects to double rocket launches amid Chandrayaan-3's success
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Rishika Sadam | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Skyroot Aerospace's logo is seen in this picture illustration taken November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHYDERABAD, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Skyroot Aerospace, which launched India's first private rocket in 2022, aims to double its planned launches starting next year on a likely boost to the country's fledgling private space sector from the success of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission. The company conducted India's first private rocket launch looking to cut satellite launch costs in an industry fast getting crowded as various firms build out networks to deliver broadband services, which need small satellite launches. Chandana said the company plans to ramp up its 280-member workforce by 20% in the next two years to support the expected increase in launches. So, the next large fundraising round, the Series C round, will probably be in 2024 end," Chandana said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Pawan Kumar Chandana, Chandana, GIC, Rishika Sadam, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Skyroot Aerospace, Reuters, Indian Space Research, Thomson Locations: Hyderabad, India

Although the H-IIA rocket, the Japanese flagship launch vehicle, has a 98% launch success rate, unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere forced a suspension 27 minutes before the planned liftoff. "High-altitude winds hit our constraint for a launch... which had been set to ensure no impact from debris falling outside of pre-warned areas," said MHI H-IIA launch unit chief Tatsuru Tokunaga. It will mark the 47th H-IIA Japan has launched. H-IIA, jointly developed by JAXA and MHI, has been Japan's flagship space launch vehicle, with 45 successful launches in 46 tries since 2001. However, after JAXA's new medium-lift H3 rocket failed on its debut in March, the agency postponed the launch of H-IIA No.

Persons: MHI, Tatsuru Tokunaga, Michio Kawakami, Tokunaga, JAXA's Smart Lander, India's, SLIM, Ray, Kantaro Komiya, Rocky Swift, Kim Coghill, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Kyodo, REUTERS Acquire, MHI, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Ray Imaging, NASA, European Space Agency, Epsilon, Thomson Locations: Tanegashima, Japan, TOKYO, Tokyo

☆ Investing in Space: The nascent market for tracking and removing debris from orbit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It's a sad irony, but an irony nonetheless, that this week the European Space Agency announced that a piece of space debris — left in orbit by a 2013 launch of Arianespace's Vega rocket and the target of a removal mission — appears to have been struck by other space debris. But the ISS itself may have to dodge space debris this afternoon, with station controllers considering changing its altitude. The risk posed by space debris is not a novel problem for the industry, but it's an ever more pressing one. Satellites and space debris are largely tracked via ground-based radars and telescopes. Debris removal is a nascent part of the broader satellite servicing market (also known as In-Space Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing, or ISAM).

Persons: Michael Sheetz —, It's, Arianespace's, Brian Weeden, wasn't, Weeden Organizations: CNBC, European Space Agency, ESA, OTB Ventures, NASA, SpaceX, International Space, Secure, Foundation, Aerospace, NorthStar, Manufacturing, Cargo Locations: Swiss, U.S, Europe, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, India

Even as inflation has slowed from last summer's 40-year highs, Fed officials have been reluctant to declare their job finished until there are clearer signs the economy is slowing. If, as some argue, the interest rate that neither stimulates nor restrains the economy has shifted higher, it means Fed policy is putting less pressure on the economy than expected. Partly to let its policies play out, the Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates on hold at its Sept. 19-20 meeting. Will the bulk of policymakers feel higher rates will be needed to finish the job? "I do expect some rise in unemployment will be required to get underlying inflation into a zone where the Fed is comfortable."

Persons: Chris Albrecht, what's, Thomas Barkin, Barkin, Charles Evans, Richard Clarida, Howard Schneider, Dan Burns, Paul Simao Organizations: Caesars, Richmond Fed, Reuters, Fed, Chicago Fed, Workers, U.S, Thomson Locations: DANVILLE, Virginia, Danville , Virginia, Caesars Virginia, Danville, U.S, Jackson Hole , Wyoming

☆ Redwire and Sierra team up to make drugs in space on inflatable habitat’s first mission
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An ADSEP with blue PIL-BOXs, hardware which will be delivered to Sierra Space for the LIFE habitat pathfinder mission. Space infrastructure company Redwire is putting a biotech technology test bed on Sierra Space's first mission with its inflatable space habitat, establishing a new partnership between the two companies to make drugs in orbit. "It's an incredible moment for Redwire, an incredible moment for Sierra," Mike Gold, Redwire's chief growth officer, told CNBC. Redwire is not alone in targeting that market, with startups like Varda and Space Forge also working on such test beds. The idea is to manufacture drugs in space, leveraging the environment to create unique materials, that would be returned for use on Earth.

Persons: Mike Gold, Varda Organizations: Space, LIFE, pathfinder, CNBC, Space Forge Locations: Space's, Space

☆ What do we have to lose if Starlink satellites and others like them take over the night sky? Studying dark matter, observing distant galaxies, and finding signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Experts who spoke to Insider say radio astronomy helps us study dark matter and look for alien life. The Starlink satellites — chosen for their abundance in the sky compared to other low-orbit satellites — were observed using the Low-Frequency Array telescope in the Netherlands. Using the telescope, scientists detected frequencies from the Starlink satellites at 110 to 188 megahertz — a unit of measure used for electromagnetic waves. "We are not saying that right now that radio astronomy is doomed, and that we will not be able to do astronomy anymore. There is also the financial loss: Millions of dollars go into planning and building these massive radio telescopes over decades.

Persons: Elon, Vahe, Peroomian, Federico Di Vruno, Di Vruno, Jean, Luc Margot, we're, Margot, Musk Organizations: Elon Musk's, Service, Netherlands Institute of Radio Astronomy, Astrophysics, SpaceX, University of Southern, Federal Communications Commission, Iridium, Elon Musk Locations: Wall, Silicon, Netherlands, Europe, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

☆ China beats SpaceX and Blue Origin to reach orbit with a methane-fueled rocket, edging ahead of the US in the space race
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China pulled ahead in the space exploration race by reaching orbit with a methalox rocket first. The fuel, based on methane, is coveted by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. SpaceX's own methalox-fueled rocket Starship exploded before reaching this milestone in April. Chinese firm LandSpace launched their Zhuque-2 rocket from the Gobi Desert on Tuesday, reaching orbit shortly after. Meanwhile, the future of New Glenn, Blue Origin's methalox rocket, is uncertain after its BE-4 engine exploded during testing in June, per Space.com.

Persons: LandSpace, Jonathan McDowell, Relativity, New Glenn, Blue, Jonathan Newton Organizations: SpaceX, Service, Privacy, China, US Space Force, Washington, Getty, Reuters Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, New, Starbase, Jiuquan, Gansu Province

☆ Some companies have demanded employees return to the office. The outcome is worse than we thought.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Gleb Tsipursky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It echoed the Greenhouse report's findings: a majority of employees, 76%, would actively seek a new job if flexible-work policies were retracted. Upon running an internal survey, they realized that, aside from better compensation and career-advancement opportunities, employees were seeking better flexible-work policies. Their story echoes the collective message from all three reports: companies must adapt to flexible-work policies or risk being swept away. The Greenhouse report bears testament to this, with 76% of employees open to job hunting if their company rolled back flexible-work policies. As we set sail into the future of work, flexibility isn't just a passing trend; it's a necessity, the new standard.

Persons: Greenhouse, Unispace Organizations: Companies, Service, Federal Reserve's Survey, Household Economics, New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon

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