Space News for Thursday, April 24, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Tuesday, April 22, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Monday, April 21, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Friday, April 18, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Thursday, April 17, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Tuesday, April 15, 2025

ULA’s Amazon Project Kuiper now set for April 28 launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-14 00:00 Amazon Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access. Project Kuiper’s satellite payload will be the heaviest payload ...

Space News for Monday, April 14, 2025

Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 ‘glam’ human crew to launch on Monday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-13 00:00 Blue Origin announced its 11th human flight, NS-31, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Monday, April 14. The New Shepard launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. ...

Space News for Saturday, April 12, 2025

SpaceX plans NROL-192 launch of spy satellites on secret mission this Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-11 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-192 mission. The mission payload contains a batch of spy satellites that will join up ...