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Southwest Airlines

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The original feasibility study for Southwest Regional Spaceport (SRS) was conducted at New Mexico State University in the early 1990s.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2024From Southwest Regional Spaceport to Spaceport America

Ursa Space's analysis revealed an invisible navy of over 150 fishing boats in ports along China's southwest coast.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralJan 18, 2024Satellite data reveals hidden role of maritime militia in the South China Sea in the new SSPI Better Satellite World video

Alan Stern acknowledges the contributions of his parents, teachers, astronauts, NASA, the Southwest Research Institute, and the commercial spaceflight industry to his first spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralNov 14, 2023My suborbital life, part 10: Looking Up, WAY Up

Alan Stern is a planetary scientist and aerospace executive at the Southwest Research Institute.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralNov 14, 2023My suborbital life, part 10: Looking Up, WAY Up

Stern had six mandatory objectives required by the Southwest Research Institute for mission success.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralNov 4, 2023My suborbital life, part 8: Welcome to space!

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is sponsoring Alan Stern's flight as a research and space training exercise.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralOct 31, 2023My suborbital life, part 5: Hi Five!

Alan Stern works for the Southwest Research Institute.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralOct 27, 2023My suborbital life, part 3: The suborbital revolution is here

Southwest Research Institute won a $55,000,000 contract to supply the QuickSounder weather satellite.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2023Research Institute wins $55 million Contract for QuickSounder Weather Satellite

Southwest Research Institute won a $55,000,000 contract to supply the QuickSounder weather satellite.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2023SwRI wins QuickSounder weather satellite contract

Under the contract announced 2023-10-23, San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute will develop the QuickSounder spacecraft, integrate it with NOAA’s Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder engineering development unit, handle transportation and launch, operate the satellite for three years, and perform satellite decommissioning.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2023SwRI wins QuickSounder weather satellite contract

The first flight, known as Galactic 05, is funded entirely by Alan Stern's employer, the Southwest Research Institute, under an Internal Research and Development grant.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2023My suborbital life, part 1: Childhood’s end, perseverance pays

Alan Stern is undertaking his first spaceflight on a training and risk reduction mission funded by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2023My suborbital life, part 2: Objectives, timeline, training

The Galactic 05 flight is funded by Southwest Research Institute and will serve as training for a future NASA-funded mission for Alan Stern.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative PlanOct 18, 2023Virgin Galactic to perform suborbital research flight in November

The OSIRIS-REx landing occurred on a military test range southwest of Salt Lake City.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralSep 25, 2023A capsule’s fall marks the start of Asteroid Autumn

Al Yah 1 launched in 2011 and Al Yah 2 launched in 2012 and both cover the Middle East, Africa, and central and southwest Asia.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralSep 25, 2023UAE’s $5 billion commitment opens doors for Yahsat

The spacecraft performed a maneuver on 2023-09-10 that changed its velocity by less than one kilometer per hour to line up its trajectory with the Utah Test and Training Range southwest of Salt Lake City.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2023NASA ready for OSIRIS-REx sample return

A Long March 3B rocket launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:36 p.m. Eastern (1736 UTC) on 2023-08-12.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesOrg RelationshipAug 14, 2023China launches first geosynchronous orbit radar satellite

Two images in the graphical sequence, dated 2022-12-22 and 2023-06-27, were augmented with elements from other BlackSky imagery at the southwest and northwest corners respectively to provide a complete picture and preserve visual clarity.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralJul 24, 2023BlackSky Releases Imagery of Near-Complete Chinese Military Naval Station in Cambodia

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, EO Vista, the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, and Southwest Research Institute won $800,000 contracts to perform definition-phase studies of the coronagraph for the NOAA Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 mission.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesOrg RelationshipMay 3, 2023NASA awards contracts for NOAA coronagraph studies

The Long March 11 most recently launched the Shiyan-21 satellite from Xichang in southwest China.

Mentioned as: Southwest AirlinesNarrative GeneralMar 15, 2023China launches classified Shiyan-19 test satellite from the Gobi Desert
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