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• Building a rocket is hard. AST SpaceMobile thinks it's "simple."

  The satellite communications firm is challenging industry norms by downplaying the traditional engineering hurdles associated with launch vehicle production. Company leadership contrasts this stance with prevailing aerospace sentiment, which views propulsion and flight systems as notoriously complex. This unconventional viewpoint underscores an ambitious development strategy within the commercial space sector.

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• After back-to-back failures, Isro successfully tests modified PSLV 3rd stage

  Indian space engineers carried out a static ground evaluation at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre to validate critical hardware redesigns on their flagship rocket. The assessment addresses consecutive mission anomalies that previously crippled primary Earth-observation payloads during flight. A successful evaluation marks a crucial step toward clearing the vehicle for regular orbital deployments.

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• European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’

  The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has published its first major dataset covering roughly 14% of its planned observation area. This initial release aims to help scientists investigate dark energy and dark matter, which together comprise about 95% of the cosmos. By studying how light distorts around distant formations, researchers hope to map invisible matter and test competing cosmological theories.

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