UPDATE: SpaceX’s successful Sunday sendoff of Starlinks two days after west coast sendoff – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-07-09 00:00 Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink V2 Minis to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida. This was ...

Europe leans on SpaceX to bridge launcher gap Original Publication Date: 2023-07-06 22:29 Europe temporarily has no ability to launch payloads into orbit. The Ariane 5’s successor, Ariane 6, is still in development. The Soyuz is no longer available in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ...

Hawkeye 360 satellites to monitor illegal fishing in Pacific Islands Original Publication Date: 2023-07-06 08:00 HawkEye 360, a commercial operator of remote-sensing satellites, announced July 6 it was selected by the government of Australia. The company received a contract of undisclosed value ...

Regulatory uncertainty as commercial human spaceflight takes off Original Publication Date: 2023-07-05 09:00 Virgin Galactic conducted its first commercial flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle June 29. Blue Origin started flying paying customers on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2021. Both ...

Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Euclid space telescope Original Publication Date: 2023-07-01 19:48 SpaceX Falcon 9 launches European space agency's Euclid mission. The 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5 billion) mission will spend six years in space. It will conduct a detailed survey of one third of the sky using ...

SpaceShipTwo to demonstrate research capabilities on first commercial flight Original Publication Date: 2023-06-29 00:52 Virgin Galactic set to conduct its first commercial SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight. The Galactic 01 mission will carry three Italian payload specialists to perform a set ...

Anduril acquires solid rocket motor manufacturer Adranos Original Publication Date: 2023-06-25 19:24 Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Solid rocket motors is one sector of the defense industrial base where the ...

Second Orbiter transfer vehicle malfunctions Original Publication Date: 2023-06-23 22:55 Orbiter SN3 was part of a SpaceX rideshare mission that launched June 12. The vehicle caried several spacecraft intended to be deployed later. Controllers elected to immediately deploy all the smallsat ...

Boeing CEO says company still committed to Starliner Original Publication Date: 2023-06-20 09:26 Boeing CEO says company is not "shutting the door" On Starliner. The first crewed flight of the vehicle had been scheduled for late July. Recent reviews found issues with parts of the spacecraft’s ...

Rocket Lab launches first suborbital version of Electron Original Publication Date: 2023-06-18 13:37 Rocket Lab launches first suborbital variant of its Electron vehicle June 17. Rocket Lab declared the launch a success in a statement nearly an hour and a half after liftoff. Rocket Lab did not ...