Japan creating battery that can run for 100 years in outer space – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-05 00:00 Japan aims to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the extreme conditions of outer space. Long-operational, maintenance-free ...

Terran Orbital selected by USSF for $237 million STEP 2.0 smallsat buses contract – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-04 00:00 Terran Orbital is one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. STEP 2.0 is designed to streamline the ...

SSC’s Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 to bolster USSF spacecraft procurement—12 companies selected – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-01 00:00 Space Test Experiments Platform ( STEP) 2.0 contract awarded to 12 vendors. STEP 2.0 establishes a 10-year multi-award Indefinite Delivery ...

Myriota expands agreement with Spire Global for 16 additional satellites – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-30 00:00 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) now has an expanded space services agreement with Myriota to design, build and operate 16 satellites with enhanced, second-generation ...

Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-29 00:00 Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in a significantly “lower than planned ...

United Launch Alliance successfully launches Amazon’s first operational satellites – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-28 00:00 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper-1 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on April 28 at 7:01 p.m. EDT. The Kuiper 1 ...

ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch? – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-27 00:00 The Kuiper 1 launch will deliver the first satellites into space for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation ...

SpaceX’s successful Thursday launch of Starlink’s Group 6-74 smallsats – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-24 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Thursday, April 24 launched 28 of Starlink’s Group 6-74 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit. The forecast was 76°F, scattered clouds, 40% cloud ...

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 ...

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 ...