Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-10 11:37 The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 lifted off at 4:49 a.m. Eastern Nov. 10. A problem loading liquid oxygen in the rocket’s Centaur upper stage delayed the liftoff by 24 minutes. JPSS-2 ...

Intelsat orders small GEO satellite from 3D printing specialist Original Publication Date: 2022-11-07 20:34 Swissto12 has sold its first small satellite to Intelsat for a launch in 2025. Intelsat 45 (IS-45) will be based on Swissto12’s HummingSat satellite platform. At about the size of a ...

Antares launches Cygnus cargo mission to ISS Original Publication Date: 2022-11-07 11:15 The Antares 230+ rocket lifted off from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket placed a Cygnus spacecraft into orbit that is set to arrive at the ISS early Nov. 9. The spacecraft ...

Antares launches Cygnus cargo mission to ISS Original Publication Date: 2022-11-07 11:15 A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station. The rocket placed a Cygnus spacecraft into orbit that is set to arrive at the ISS early Nov. 9. The launch was ...

SLS returns to the pad for next Artemis launch attempt Original Publication Date: 2022-11-05 03:05 SLS and Orion arrived at Launch Complex 39B at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Nov. 4. The rollout was the fourth for the vehicle since March. Next Artemis 1 launch attempt scheduled for Nov. 14, with liftoff ...

FCC proposes new bureau for space activities Original Publication Date: 2022-11-03 15:04 FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces plans to reorganize agency. She wants to create a bureau devoted to the commission's increasing work with space systems. Rosenworcel: reorganization would give ...

FCC proposes new bureau for space activities Original Publication Date: 2022-11-03 15:04 FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces plans to reorganize agency. She wants to create a bureau devoted to the commission's increasing work with space systems. Announcement comes as some in the ...

China’s mystery spaceplane releases object into orbit Original Publication Date: 2022-11-02 13:27 China's spaceplane has released an object into orbit, according to tracking data from the U.S. Space Force. China carried out the second launch of its “reusable experimental spacecraft” from ...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches first U.S. national security mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-01 15:01 USSF-44 was SpaceX’s 50th launch of 2022. USSF-44 was a direct-to-geostationary orbit launch. It carried two Space Force satellites and small rideshare payloads. Both side boosters ...

Final module docks at China’s Tiangong space station Original Publication Date: 2022-10-31 21:02 Mengtian is a 17.9-meter-long, 4.2-meter-diameter and roughly 22-ton module. It joins two earlier modules: the Tianhe core module and Wentian experiment module. China plans to keep Tiangong occupied ...