Jupiter-3 enters commercial service Original Publication Date: 2024-01-12 22:11 EchoStar's giant Jupiter-3 broadband satellite is performing as expected. Early customers are getting download speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. The company is eager to fill Jupiter-3’s 500 gigabits per ...

Europe considers launching Copernicus satellite on Falcon 9 Original Publication Date: 2024-01-12 09:57 Europe may shift launch of Copernicus Earth observation satellite to SpaceX's Falcon 9. Sentinel-1C radar imaging satellite is part of Copernicus program. Move would address concerns about ...

Japanese Mars mission launch delayed to 2026 Original Publication Date: 2024-01-11 08:52 Japanese space agency JAXA confirms two-year delay in the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration. JAXA blames it in part on the H3 rocket that will launch the spacecraft. MMX was scheduled to launch in ...

NASA instruments set to fly on Peregrine commercial lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2024-01-05 03:42 NASA is preparing for the first launch of a commercial lunar lander carrying agency-sponsored payloads. Peregrine is carrying 20 payloads, including five instruments from NASA. Three of ...

India launches X-ray astronomy satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-01-01 14:34 India launches an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests. XPoSat carries two instruments to conduct X-ray polarimetry measurements. Astronomers plan to use data collected by XPoSat to ...

Spanish defense giant reportedly seeks Hispasat stake Original Publication Date: 2023-12-29 21:48 Indra, one of Spain's biggest defense contractors, is considering buying a stake in Hispasat. Hispasat is majority-owned by Spanish power company Red Eléctrica. Hispasat named Pedro Duque, a ...

Second H3 launch planned for February Original Publication Date: 2023-12-28 07:23 Japanese space agency JAXA has set a mid-February date for the return to flight of the H3 rocket. The launch will be the first for the H3 since its unsuccessful inaugural flight March 7. On that launch the engine ...

SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift Original Publication Date: 2023-12-18 04:05 Sift is a startup founded by former SpaceX software engineers. It developed a proprietary telemetry stack to improve the way machine data is recorded. Potential customers include space companies ...

House committee debates space mining Original Publication Date: 2023-12-13 03:53 House subcommittee takes up the topic of mining the moon and asteroids for the first time. Witnesses argue that space resource extraction could be essential for the future of the U.S. Democrats argue that the issue ...

2024 promises opportunities to study the solar corona Original Publication Date: 2023-12-12 04:55 NASA will gather data on the sun’s corona from instruments mounted on satellites, aircraft and sounding rockets. Parker Solar Probe’s closest solar approach is set for Dec. 24, 2024. Additional ...