Space News for Friday, February 21, 2025

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 12-14 smallsats including Direct to Cell on Friday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-20 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Friday, February 21 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff is targeted ...

Space News for Thursday, February 20, 2025

Forrester’s Digest: Australia’s NBN could switch to LEO from GEO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-19 00:00 Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), which trades as ‘Aussie Broadband’, currently uses geostationary satellites to beam broadband signals to businesses, government ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Eutelsat suffers a 71% reduction by bank – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-18 00:00 BNP Paribas has issued a target price for Eutelsat of just €1 per share. This is a dramatic 71 per cent reduction to its previous target price of €3.50. The bank’s report says: “[Eutelsat’s] ...

Space News for Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Rocket Lab’s dress rehearsal complete now “Fasten Your Seatbelts” for Electron Tuesday launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-17 00:00 “This launch represents a major inflection point for our global defense and intelligence customer base,” said Brian O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. ...

Space News for Saturday, February 15, 2025

BlackSky and Rocket Lab establish launch window for first Gen-3 satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-14 00:00 BlackSky Technology Inc. And Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Have established a launch window opening February 18 for the first Gen-3 satellite. The launch will add very ...

Space News for Friday, February 14, 2025

K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-13 00:00 K2 Space announces $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. Since its inception, K2 Space has ...

Space News for Saturday, February 08, 2025

AURA Network Systems awarded FAA contract to enhance UAS integration in National Airspace – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-07 00:00 AURA Network Systems has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract. The project includes ...

Space News for Friday, February 07, 2025

U.S. Space System Command + Japan launch first bilateral space effort – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-06 00:00 Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle on February 2. This is the first bilateral, U.S. Japan cooperative space effort ...

Space News for Thursday, February 06, 2025

Rocket Lab is back and scheduled to launch IoT 4 You on Sunday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Rocket lab has rescheduled the IoT 4 you to Sunday, February 8/9 from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand. The mission is the fourth of ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™-3′ arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration. The hybrid 3D printed satellite ...