Space News for Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Northrop Grumman’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype Payload is assembled – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-07 00:00 Cristiano Ronaldo is set to return to the stage for the first time since his release from prison. He will be joined by his wife and children for a tour of the ...

Space News for Tuesday, January 07, 2025

New Glenn’s first launch now on for ‘no earlier than Friday’ – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-06 00:00 New Glenn’s inaugural mission (NG-1) is targeting no earlier than Friday, January 10, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The three-hour launch ...

Space News for Monday, January 06, 2025

Blue Origin ready for the first launch of New Glenn rocket on Thursday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-05 00:00 Blue Origin concluded its test campaign and is ready to launch its New Glenn rocket, the company’s first orbital launch vehicle. The successful test campaign included ...

Space News for Friday, January 03, 2025

Space Launch Delta 45 breaks records, remains the world’s busiest spaceport in 2024 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-02 00:00 The U.S. Set the world record for annual space launches for the second year in a row. The U.S. Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral SFS and the Western Range at ...

Space News for Thursday, January 02, 2025

SpaceX’s New Year’s Eve launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-01 00:00 SpaceX’s last launch for the end of 2024 took place on Tuesday, December 31 at 12:39 a.m. ET. Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with ...

Space News for Saturday, December 21, 2024

NASA’s Webb Reveals Smallest Asteroids Yet Found in Main Asteroid Belt Original Publication Date: 2024-12-20 13:00 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed. A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ...

Space News for Friday, December 20, 2024

Satnews Publishers Wishes You A Wonderful Holiday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-19 00:00 Satnews Publishers wishes all a warm Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or other celebratory event. Satnews offices will be closed from Monday, December 23 returning on Thursday, January 2nd, ...

Space News for Thursday, December 19, 2024

Eutelsat selects Airbus Defence and Space to build OneWeb LEO constellation extension – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-19 00:00 Airbus and Eutelsat sign contract for 100 new satellites. Delivery targeted starting end of calendar 2026. New satellites will embark key technology ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 18, 2024

SES launches 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites, stregthening MEO constellation – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-17 00:00 SES announced today that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in ...

Space News for Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Forrester’s Digest: O3b satellites suffer launch delays – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-16 00:00 Two satellites owned by SES of Luxembourg have had their launch by SpaceX much delayed because of bad weather at Cape Canaveral. SES has stated that such weather delays are common, with ...