Space News for Thursday, November 21, 2024

SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-20 00:00 SpaceX successfully launched Starship from Texas to complete the sixth flight test. Starship’s cargo consists of a dangling banana revealing the magnitude of the ...

Space News for Wednesday, November 20, 2024

SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-19 00:00 SpaceX successfully launched Starship from Texas to complete the sixth flight test. Starship’s cargo consists of a dangling banana revealing the magnitude of the ...

Space News for Tuesday, November 19, 2024

SpaceX ramps up for Integrated Flight Test 6 Tuesday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-18 00:00 The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT. The forecast calls for a temperature of 78°F, clear ...

Space News for Monday, November 18, 2024

Impulse Space secures three SpaceX Falcon 9 missions – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-17 00:00 Impulse Space has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 rocket launches. The first of these missions will be the inaugural launch of Helios and is targeted for mid-2026. The ...

Space News for Sunday, November 17, 2024

Impulse Space awarded BALISTA contract by NRO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-17 00:00 Impulse Space has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) as a recipient of a BALISTA contract. The contract will allow the NRO to assess and ...

Space News for Saturday, November 16, 2024

Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe Original Publication Date: 2024-11-15 13:03 NASA will show off some of its projects at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, or SC24. NASA’s Dr. Nicola “Nicky” Fox, ...

Space News for Friday, November 15, 2024

Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00 Boeing teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being ...

Space News for Thursday, November 14, 2024

SpaceX Starship to fly 25 launches in 2025 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-13 00:00 SpaceX’s giant 400 ft tall Starship will make a sixth test flight on November 19th, subject to the usual weather and last-minute technical checks. The fifth flight saw the ‘super heavy’ booster ...

Space News for Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Sidius to build six first gen Data Storage Spacecraft for Lonestar to orbit the Moon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-12 00:00 Sidus Space selected to design and build the first generation of Data Storage Spacecraft for Lonestar. Lonestar provides cutting-edge data storage and ...

Space News for Tuesday, November 12, 2024

SpaceX salutes Starlink Group 6-69 as smallsats and Koreasat-6A each soar on Veterans Day – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-11 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at ...