United Launch Alliance successfully launches Amazon’s first operational satellites – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-28 00:00 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper-1 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on April 28 at 7:01 p.m. EDT. The Kuiper 1 ...

ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch? – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-27 00:00 The Kuiper 1 launch will deliver the first satellites into space for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation ...

SpaceX’s successful Thursday launch of Starlink’s Group 6-74 smallsats – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-24 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Thursday, April 24 launched 28 of Starlink’s Group 6-74 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit. The forecast was 76°F, scattered clouds, 40% cloud ...

Hubble—Celebrating the space telescope’s 35th anniversary year on-orbit – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-23 00:00 NASA and ESA released images of five astronomical targets that were selected for the James Webb Space Telescope. Images stretch from the planet Mars to images of stellar ...

ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-23 00:00 The African Space Agency (AfSA) is the second regional space agency after ESA. Its headquarters are in Egypt, which launched Africa’s first satellite in 1998. AfSA has the goal of ...

S. Korea to launch 4th military spy satellite this week – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-21 00:00 South Korea plans to launch its fourth military reconnaissance satellite from a US space base this week. The country seeks to better monitor North Korean threats with independent ...

UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-20 00:00 Kuiper 1, the launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, is now planned for ...

USSF defines path to space superiority in 1st warfighting framework – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-17 00:00 The Space Warfighting framework outlines the service’s vision for achieving and maintaining space superiority. Counterspace operations will be executed across three primary ...

Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-16 00:00 The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch the NROL-174 Mission on April 16, 2025, from Space Launch Complex-8 at ...

Chunghwa Telecom + Astranis sign strategic launch agreement for Taiwan’s 1st satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-15 00:00 Chunghwa Telecom has signed a strategic partnership with U.S. Satellite innovator Astranis to bring a dedicated MicroGEO satellite to Taiwan. The ...