Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches Original Publication Date: 2023-12-06 10:49 Capella Space will launch two radar imaging satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions. Capella signed a contract in February with Rocket Lab for four launches of its new line of Acadia satellites. ...

China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket Original Publication Date: 2023-11-22 23:08 Chinese launch startup Landspace has unveiled plans to develop a reusable stainless steel rocket. The Zhuque-3 (Vermillion Bird 3) will use stainless propellant tanks and clusters of Tianque ...

Jupiter-3 deploys solar arrays and antennas in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-11-21 02:12 EchoStar’s Jupiter-3, the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite, is performing as expected. Maxar Technologies built the nine metric ton Ka-band satellite and supplied its solar ...

SwRI wins QuickSounder weather satellite contract Original Publication Date: 2023-10-23 22:53 San Antonio-based SwRI will develop the QuickSounder spacecraft. It will handle transportation, launch, three years of operations and satellite decommissioning. QuickSounder is the first element of a ...

Blue Origin CEO Smith to step down Original Publication Date: 2023-09-25 22:33 Bob Smith will step down as Blue Origin CEO effective Dec. 4. He will be replaced by Dave Limp, the Amazon executive who oversaw Project Kuiper. Blue Origin has grown from fewer than 1,000 employees to more than ...

Sierra Space tests inflatable module technology Original Publication Date: 2023-09-22 02:31 Sierra Space conducted the fifth in a series of tests of its Large Integrated Flexible Environment. The burst test increased the pressure of the module until it finally burst. The module now has a 33% ...

EU and UK reach deal on Copernicus Original Publication Date: 2023-09-08 01:06 UK will resume participation in the EU elements of the Copernicus Earth observation program. UK had been cut out of both programs after it completed its exit from the EU in 2020. UK government said that scientists in ...

Chandrayaan-3 success to boost India’s space ambitions, global standing Original Publication Date: 2023-09-05 23:41 Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon on Aug. 23. Indian space agency ISRO put the lander into sleep mode late Sept. 3. ISRO has not announced any formal plans for sample return or ...

Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts Original Publication Date: 2023-09-01 17:32 Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire Global won contracts. The four companies will conduct studies and design sounders for the Near-Earth Orbit ...

Intuitive Machines sets mid-November launch date for first lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2023-08-15 02:08 Intuitive Machines offers clearer projection of when its first lunar lander mission will launch. Company also gives cloudier forecast of its finances. IM-1 lunar lander mission is ...