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Roscosmos Space Corp. has launched the first satellite of Russia’s new Sfera multisatellite communication and Earth observation constellation.
 
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Brian Everstine

The U.S. Air Force is likely to skip a competition for its KC-Y “bridge tanker” and instead focus on the next-generation, clean-sheet KC-Z. 
 
 
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NASA Orion capsule buy backs astronaut moon missions into 2030s and Overair starts building Butterfly eVTOL XP-1 prototype. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.
 
 
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Ben Goldstein

Business travelers are returning to the skies in large numbers and with a very different set of travel habits.
 
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Western governments are concerned about the trickle of information that could flow from experienced aviators hired for China’s military.
 
 
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