FCC approves direct-to-smartphone regulatory framework Original Publication Date: 2024-03-14 17:26 FCC approves ground rules for allowing satellite operators to use radio waves from terrestrial mobile partners. Federal Communications Commission voted March 14 unanimously in favor of its ...

Stratolaunch performs first powered Talon flight Original Publication Date: 2024-03-09 23:52 Stratolaunch's Talon vehicle reaches "high supersonic" Speeds in uncrewed test. The company's next vehicle, TA-2, is its first reusable hypersonic vehicle. TA-1, an expendable vehicle, was not ...

Stratolaunch performs first powered Talon flight Original Publication Date: 2024-03-09 23:52 Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon vehicle March 9. The vehicle reached "high supersonic" Speeds in the uncrewed test. The company's next vehicle, TA-2, is its first reusable ...

Lockheed Martin offers to acquire Terran Orbital Original Publication Date: 2024-03-02 01:13 Lockheed Martin has proposed acquiring smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital for more than $500 million. The company already owns a stake in and does business with Terran Orbital. Lockheed Martin is ...

Astra founders reduce offer to take company private Original Publication Date: 2024-02-28 00:02 Founders of satellite propulsion and launch vehicle company Astra cut offer. Chris Kemp and Adam London slashed by two-thirds their offer to buy outstanding shares of company. In November, Kemp and ...

Electron launches Astroscale inspection satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-02-18 16:06 Rocket Lab Electron launches Astroscale-Japan's ADRAS-J spacecraft. The 150-kilogram satellite was released into an orbit of about 600 kilometers. The goal is to approach the upper stage of an H-2A ...

AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space Original Publication Date: 2024-02-18 11:00 Space Development Agency selected California-based EpiSci to develop tool. It will test its AI-powered software against data collected by low Earth orbit sensors. Hypersonic ...

H3 reaches orbit on second launch Original Publication Date: 2024-02-17 01:17 Japan's H3 rocket successfully reaches orbit on its second launch Feb. 16. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 7:22 p.m. Eastern. On the vehicle’s inaugural launch in March 2023, that engine ...

India targets a surge in civil and commercial launches Original Publication Date: 2024-02-16 09:32 India is planning up to 30 launches over a 15-month period. The launches are a mix of scientific, commercial, user-funded and technology demonstration missions. The moves follow a new national ...

Falcon 9 launches first Intuitive Machines lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2024-02-15 06:54 SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off at 1:05 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A. The rocket’s upper stage deployed the Nova-C lander, called Odysseus. The lander will arrive at the moon on Feb. 21, going ...