Space News for Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Russia blames Progress leak on ‘external influences’ as new Soyuz preps for launch – Spaceflight Now Original Publication Date: 2023-02-21 00:00 NASA manager says data suggests coolant leak was caused by “external influences” The Progress MS-21 cargo ship undocked from the space station Friday. ...

Space News for Monday, February 20, 2023

NASASpaceFlight.com Airbus and ESA invited media for the Moon Media Day. Three Orion European Service Modules are currently being produced at Airbus Space and Defence in Bremen. During the event, NASASpaceflight spoke with two experts from NASA and ESA about the upcoming Artemis missions. ...

Space News for Sunday, February 19, 2023

NASASpaceFlight.com Scientists have only measured the masses of white dwarfs within binary star systems. With help from the joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope, a team of researchers directly measured the mass of an isolated white dwarf outside of a binary star system. ...

Space News for Friday, February 17, 2023

Falcon 9 launch from California adds 51 more satellites to Starlink network – Spaceflight Now Original Publication Date: 2023-02-17 00:00 The Starlink 2-5 mission began with liftoff at 11:12:20 a.m. PST (2:12:20 p.m. EST) A Falcon 9 rocket delivered 51 more Starlink internet satellites into ...

Space News for Thursday, February 16, 2023

Boeing opens SLS EUS production facility Original Publication Date: 2023-02-16 00:48 Boeing opens facility where it will build new upper stage for Space Launch System. The Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) Gray Box is a portion of the sprawling building. The stage will be used on the Block 1B ...

Space News for Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Cobham to supply satellite terminals to Inmarsat for U.S. Navy network Original Publication Date: 2023-02-14 18:44 Cobham Satcom will supply as many as 170 terminals to Inmarsat for the U.S. Navy. Inmarsat Government last year won a $578 million 10-year contract to maintain and operate the ...

Space News for Monday, February 13, 2023

Launch demand remains high despite industry struggles Original Publication Date: 2023-02-12 14:13 SmallSat Symposium panel: New launch vehicles needed to meet growing demand. "We have more demand than we have supply," Says Saturn Satellite Networks CEO. "We need diversity, just like any market, ...

Space News for Friday, February 10, 2023

SpaceX performs Starship static-fire test Original Publication Date: 2023-02-09 22:11 SpaceX fires nearly all of the engines in the booster of its Starship launch vehicle. The test is one of the last technical milestones before the vehicle’s first orbital launch attempt. Company officials had ...

Space News for Thursday, February 09, 2023

Virgin Orbit narrows down cause of LauncherOne failure Original Publication Date: 2023-02-08 03:02 Virgin Orbit's chief executive says a problem with a relatively inexpensive part may be linked to the failure of the company’s latest launch. Dan Hart said it was still premature to formally ...

Space News for Monday, February 06, 2023

NASASpaceFlight.com India launches a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning. The PSLV rocket carried the EOS-06 spacecraft into a low Earth orbit. The mission, PSLV C54, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:56 local time (06:26 UTC) Commercial Archives SpaceX is set ...