Space News for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

House introduces NASA reauthorization act Original Publication Date: 2024-07-10 04:38 The bill would formally authorize $25.225 billion in funding for NASA in fiscal year 2025. The key purpose of the bill is to address a wide range of NASA programs and policies. The bill signals its support for ...

Space News for Tuesday, July 09, 2024

House spending bill directs NASA to study asteroid and orbital debris missions Original Publication Date: 2024-07-09 06:54 House Appropriations Committee releases report accompanying its spending bill. Report directs NASA to spend $5 million on a plan for a public-private partnership mission to ...

Space News for Monday, July 08, 2024

ESA’s Ariane 6 set to do the heavy lifting for Arianespace July 9 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-07-07 00:00 Ariane 6 is Europe’s new heavy lift launch vehicle replacing its extremely successful predecessor, Ariane 5. Modular and agile, Ariane 6 has a reignitable upper stage allowing ...

Space News for Sunday, July 07, 2024

Low-intensity explosion caused Russian satellite to spew debris Original Publication Date: 2024-07-07 00:59 Resurs P1, a defunct Russian remote sensing satellite, suffered a breakup event on June 26. That event created more than 100 pieces of debris that could be tracked by ground-based ...

Space News for Saturday, July 06, 2024

Ovzon’s debut broadband satellite ready for commercial service Original Publication Date: 2024-07-05 21:19 Ovzon 3 is the first fully owned satellite owned by a commercial company in Sweden. France's elite police tactical unit plans to use the satellite for connectivity. Ovzon’s proprietary T7 ...

Space News for Friday, July 05, 2024

Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats Original Publication Date: 2024-07-04 15:31 The Alpha rocket lifted off from a foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:04 a.m. Eastern July 4. The rocket started deploying its payload of eight cubesats about 35 minutes after the ...

Space News for Thursday, July 04, 2024

Blue Origin, Stoke Space selected by U.S. Space Force to compete for small satellite missions Original Publication Date: 2024-07-03 21:56 Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies added to roster of launch providers. They are eligible to compete for short-turnaround small-satellite missions. ...

Space News for Wednesday, July 03, 2024

EnduroSat gets order for Botswana’s debut satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-07-03 06:00 Botsat-1 would have a hyperspectral sensor to gather ground composition data. Botswana is the world’s top producer of diamonds by value. The sector accounts for just under a third of the country’s ...

Space News for Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Europe’s space funding gap threatens industry potential Original Publication Date: 2024-07-01 23:32 Europe averaged 96 investment deals annually for space companies over the past three years. The United States averaged 6.3 billion euros ($6.8 billion) in investments. More than 50% of venture ...

Space News for Monday, July 01, 2024

H3 launches ALOS-4 advanced Earth observation satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-07-01 08:33 Japan's H3 rocket successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Sunday. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 11:06 p.m. Eastern. It carried the Advanced Land ...