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] Geostationary trends are weaker than expected”
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsats from the Cape and lands in the Bahamas for the first time – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-18 00:00
SpaceX’s broadcaster said, “Welcome to the Bahamas, Falcon 9!” On Tuesday, February 18 at 6:21 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing our first landing off the coast of The Bahamas.
Rocket Lab’s Electron launches BlackSky’s Fasten Your Seatbelts – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-18 00:00
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 60th Electron to deploy the next satellite in the Earth-imaging satellite constellation of real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky. The ‘Fasten Your Space Belts’ mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 12:17 NZDT on February 19th (23:15 UTC on February 18th)
National remote sensing satellite expected to be operational in 2028 – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-18 00:00
The National Remote Sensing Satellite Development Programme (PSPJN) is expected to begin operations in 2028, says science, technology and innovation minister Chang Lih Kang. He said once the satellite begins operations, off-take payments will be made periodically, based on the amount of data received and certified by the government.
NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe) This will lift off with another NASA mission, Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, which will study the Sun’s solar wind. The launch window opens at 10:09 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 27, for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 set for Bahamas booster landing; Electron to fly 60th mission
Original Publication Date: 2025-02-17 16:58
Four Falcon 9 Starlink missions and a Rocket Lab Electron launch make up the launch manifest for this week. The first Starlink flight of the week will see a Falcon booster land within Bahamian waters for the first time. China will launch an unknown payload atop a Chang Zheng (Long March) 3B/E.