Space News for Thursday, February 27, 2025

Firefly Aerospace, just 4 days from Moon landing, shows Blue Ghost – low lunar orbit Moon footage – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-26 00:00 Firefly Aerospace is now less than 4 days from landing on the Moon. The video, sped up by 10X, was taken about 100 km above the lunar surface. ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Blue Origin’s successful human spaceflight mission NS-30 and “the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from Space” – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00 NS-30 crew Blue Origin successfully completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. The ...

Space News for Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Starship’s eighth flight test as early as Friday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-24 00:00 The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Friday, February 28, pending regulatory approval. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 40 minutes before ...

Space News for Saturday, February 22, 2025

NASA awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope launch services contract – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-21 00:00 The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price ...

Space News for Friday, February 21, 2025

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 12-14 smallsats including Direct to Cell on Friday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-20 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Friday, February 21 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff is targeted ...

Space News for Thursday, February 20, 2025

Forrester’s Digest: Australia’s NBN could switch to LEO from GEO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-19 00:00 Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), which trades as ‘Aussie Broadband’, currently uses geostationary satellites to beam broadband signals to businesses, government ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Eutelsat suffers a 71% reduction by bank – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-18 00:00 BNP Paribas has issued a target price for Eutelsat of just €1 per share. This is a dramatic 71 per cent reduction to its previous target price of €3.50. The bank’s report says: “[Eutelsat’s] ...

Space News for Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Rocket Lab’s dress rehearsal complete now “Fasten Your Seatbelts” for Electron Tuesday launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-17 00:00 “This launch represents a major inflection point for our global defense and intelligence customer base,” said Brian O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. ...

Space News for Saturday, February 15, 2025

BlackSky and Rocket Lab establish launch window for first Gen-3 satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-14 00:00 BlackSky Technology Inc. And Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Have established a launch window opening February 18 for the first Gen-3 satellite. The launch will add very ...

Space News for Friday, February 14, 2025

K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-13 00:00 K2 Space announces $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. Since its inception, K2 Space has ...