Space News for Monday, December 09, 2024

Orbex starting development of medium sized launch vehicle + operations going to SaxaVord – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-08 00:00 Orbex will instead launch its first rockets from SaxaVord. The decision enables the company to direct more funding to the development of a new, ...

Space News for Saturday, December 07, 2024

NASA’s IXPE Details Shapes of Structures at Newly Discovered Black Hole Original Publication Date: 2024-12-06 13:52 NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole. The stellar-mass black hole, part of ...

Space News for Friday, December 06, 2024

ESA launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C aboard Vega-C from French Guiana – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-05 00:00 The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on ...

Space News for Thursday, December 05, 2024

Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-04 00:00 The Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite will be launched from Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be the return to flight for Vega-C, Europe’s lightweight, ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 04, 2024

SpaceX Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Wednesday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-03 00:00 SpaceX will launch a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation on Wednesday. The forecast calls for a temperature of 61°F, clear skies, 0% cloud cover and a wind speed of 6mph. ...

Space News for Tuesday, December 03, 2024

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday including Direct to Cell – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-02 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is ready to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday December 3 at 4:29 PM – 8:29 PM PST from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg ...

Space News for Monday, December 02, 2024

Comtech’s new Executive Chairman brings expertise in leadership – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-01 00:00 Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announces that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Kenneth (Ken) H. Traub as the Executive Chairman of the Company. ...

Space News for Thursday, November 28, 2024

L3Harris completes CDR for SDA satellite radios – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-27 00:00 The company conducted a Critical Design Review for 45 mission payload (MPL) radios and 40 CXK-1000 radios. The radios will handle and process warfighting data supporting Integrated Broadcast ...

Space News for Wednesday, November 27, 2024

SpaceX launches Starlink Group 6-76 of 24 smallsats, but before the booster recovery “satellite link disconnected” – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-26 00:00 Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

Space News for Tuesday, November 26, 2024

NASA awards launch services contract for Dragonfly mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-25 00:00 NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission. The rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program is designed to explore Saturn’s moon ...