Environmental groups sue FAA over Starship launch license Original Publication Date: 2023-05-01 22:11 The lawsuit seeks to revoke the FAA’s launch license for Starship launches from Boca Chica. It says an environmental review done as part of that process violated the National Environmental ...

Falcon Heavy delay affects space station manifest Original Publication Date: 2023-04-25 01:00 A SpaceX launch of commercial satellites on a Falcon Heavy could upend the schedule. A private astronaut mission that was scheduled for early May would likely be pushed back. The April 28 spacewalk ...

Virgin Orbit completes LauncherOne investigation as Chapter 11 bankruptcy continues Original Publication Date: 2023-04-24 01:34 Virgin Orbit says it completed investigation into failure of previous LauncherOne mission. On that flight, the rocket’s second stage engine shut down prematurely. ...

Swedish astronaut to fly to ISS on Axiom mission Original Publication Date: 2023-04-21 22:42 Swedish astronaut may fly to the International Space Station on a commercial mission within the next year. Agreement would allow an ESA astronaut, most likely from Sweden, to go to the station on an ...

FCC adopts revised NGSO spectrum-sharing rules Original Publication Date: 2023-04-21 01:57 The FCC adopted new rules April 20 governing how fixed-satellite service operators share spectrum. Operators awarded licenses in different FCC application processing rounds must avoid interfering with ...

Space Force to propose plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications Original Publication Date: 2023-04-12 01:10 Space Force to propose new plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications. Senior members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are set to be briefed on this plan. If the ...

Report: U.S. military satellite antennas overdue for upgrades Original Publication Date: 2023-04-10 21:22 GAO auditors spent more than a year investigating the state of the Satellite Control Network. The network of 19 parabolic antennas, first established in 1959, is distributed around the ...

SpaceX launches Intelsat’s IS-40e high throughput satellite Original Publication Date: 2023-04-07 17:32 SpaceX successfully launched Intelsat's IS-40e communications satellite April 7. The satellite deployed solar arrays and is receiving and sending signals. It will take three weeks for the ...

NOAA seeks funding increases for next-generation satellite programs Original Publication Date: 2023-04-06 23:08 NOAA requests $417.4 million for next-generation geostationary weather satellites. That program received $285 million in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill. The agency is also ...

Original Publication Date: 2023-04-06 08:59 China has invited Venezuela to join its lunar research station project. Venezuela would be the first country to join China and Russia in the International Lunar Research Station. The station is planned to be constructed in the early 2030s using super ...