Isar Aerospace’s maiden satellite mission failed ending in Spectrum’s fiery explosion – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00
Germany’s Isar Aerospace created the Spectrum to serve the small to medium-sized satellite market. The launch took place on Saturday, March 29, at 11:30 UTC after earlier efforts this week were scrubbed due to high winds. However, in less than a minute the initial test revealed smoke from its sides and Spectrum crashed in a fiery explosion.
SpaceX’s Dragon to launch four astronauts in Fram2 mission observing Earth from Polar orbit – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00
SpaceX is targeting Monday, March 31 at 9:46 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Fram2 to a polar orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A live webcast of this mission will begin about one hour prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. This will be the sixth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, and two Starlink missions.
HawkEye 360 Joins Space Forces—Space (S4S) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) to enhance SDA – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00
HawkEye 360 is participating in the U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) Commercial Integration Cell. The CIC facilitates the exchange of critical information between U.S. Space Command and commercial partners. The CIC represents the first-ever initiative integrating commercial satellite owners/operators directly into the CSpOC.
Airbus to design and build ESA’s ExoMars rover lander platform to be designed + built by Airbus – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build key systems for the ExoMars lander that will safely place the Rosalind Franklin rover on the surface of the Red Planet. The landing platform provided by Airbus will ensure a safe landing on the surface of Mars and support the deployment of the rover onto the surface.
SpaceX delays Starlink Group 6-80 smallsats launch until Monday – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00
SpaceX is targeting Monday, March 31 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The launch was scrubbed on Sunday from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. An official reason for Sunday’s scrub was not provided, but another round of storms are moving into the area from the west.
Kanyini satellite delivers its first images from space – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00
Kanyini has spent 194 days in Low Earth Orbit. The satellite has been closely monitored by the mission control team at Inovor Technologies. The Kanyini mission is Australia’s first state-owned satellite and is a joint initiative between the South Australian Government, SmartSat CRC, Inovor Technologies and Myriota.