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The second stage of Soyuz-2.1b was found in the Vilyuysky District of the Sakha Republic after its launch.

LIG Nex1 secured the internet domain ligdna.com as of September.

Following regulatory clearance, the name change will be put to a vote at LIG Nex1's general shareholder meeting, likely scheduled for March 2026.

LIG Nex1 has filed trademark registrations for the new English name.

The rebranding effort aims to signal LIG Nex1's expansion into satellite manufacturing and space systems.

LIG Nex1 secured a contract for the Cheollian 5 (Geo-Kompsat-3) program, a geostationary weather and water monitoring satellite.

The proposed name change reflects a strategic pivot from guided missiles and avionics to a broader portfolio that includes orbital infrastructure and satellite integration.

The new facility is equipped to handle the assembly and testing of high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.

The rebranding process requires authorization from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) under South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Act.

LIG Nex1 is moving to rename itself 'LIG Defense & Aerospace'.

LIG Nex1 is tasked with developing the Cheollian 5 satellite's system, bus, and payload.

LIG Nex1 completed a new KRW 63.1 billion ($44.5 million) satellite and laser integration facility in Daejeon in October.

LIG Nex1 is best known for its Cheongung-II medium-range surface-to-air missile system.

The potential retirement of the 'Nex1' brand marks a shift in corporate identity.

i-Space is on track to be the first Chinese firm to attempt landing a rocket on a marine platform.

i-Space is testing the landing legs for Hyperbola-3.

The study connects to questions in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

One population of fruit flies in the United States might adapt to temperature swings between seasons.

The decision to construct 105 different variable environments allowed researchers to systematically compare how populations evolved across many distinct scenarios.

The study concluded that both starting conditions and the nature of environmental variability strongly shape evolutionary outcomes.

Senior author Melissa Pespeni emphasized that the study's scale allowed the team to replay evolution hundreds of times across many distinct environments.

Petak helped design a computational study that followed thousands of generations of digital organisms evolving under many different changing environments.

Temperature fluctuations can support adaptation to both hot and cold conditions.

The outcomes of the study show that environmental change can help populations reach higher fitness peaks in some scenarios while preventing them in others.

Nick Cheney sees parallels between the team's findings on evolution in dynamic environments and AI learning models.

Different histories and different patterns of change can send populations along very different paths, even when they belong to the same species.

The analysis was published on December 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Repeated switches between drought and rainfall might interfere with adaptation to dry conditions in fruit fly populations.

Two populations of the same species facing different types of environmental cycles can follow very different adaptive paths.

The study examined many environments and populations to test how specific patterns of variability shape evolutionary trajectories.

Frati links the project to his research on meta-learning, the ability of systems to 'learn to learn.'

AI systems often struggle to learn new tasks without losing performance on previously learned tasks.

Another population of fruit flies in Kenya might face alternating dry and wet periods.

iSpace has completed the landing leg test for Hyperbola-3.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has begun an investigation into what caused the second-stage engine to stop earlier than expected.

The second-stage engine of the rocket terminated prematurely after the launch from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan.

The launch failure resulted from the inability to release the sixth satellite of the seven-unit 'Michibiki' system into orbit.

The system will provide crucial location-specific information services, such as evacuation orders during tsunami warnings or heavy rain.

The second-stage engine, which ignites after the first stage detaches, stopped earlier than expected around 40 minutes after the rocket's launch.

The seventh orbiter of the Japanese geolocation system is scheduled to be launched on February 1.

The Japanese geolocation system is officially called the 'Quasi-Zenith Satellite System' and is designed to provide improved data for various consumer services such as car navigation systems and smartphone maps.

The 'Quasi-Zenith Satellite System' operates alongside other global positioning systems, including the US-developed Global Positioning System.

Technical glitches delayed the original launch of the rocket twice.

Y20B is sending satellites to Hainan.

The operationalization of these assets is expected to enhance Iran’s position among emerging spacefaring nations.

Roscosmos reported that the launch was executed according to a mission plan that included a total of 52 satellites.

The Paya, Zafar-2, and Kowsar satellites are expected to contribute to Iran’s growing requirement for high-resolution imagery and data connectivity.

Paya belongs to a new class of satellite platforms designed for broader geographic coverage.

The Paya satellite is the 18th satellite deployed under Iran’s national space program.