SpaceX launches 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-5 on Monday from sunny California – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-18 00:00 On Monday, August 18 at 9:26 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex ...

SSC continues to transform acquisition of SATCOM capabilities—5 companies contracted – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-29 00:00 U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) continues to transform the way satellite communications (SATCOM) capabilities are acquired. SSC manages a ...

Almagest Space successful launch + deployment of their ELEVATION-1 E-Band satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-23 00:00 ELEVATION-1 was launched, with support from Almagest’s launch partner D-Orbit S.p.A., on January 14th as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission from ...

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 ...

SpaceX letter criticizes FAA for “systemic challenges” in launch licensing Original Publication Date: 2024-09-20 04:38 SpaceX responds to the FAA's proposed $633,000 in fines for license violations. FAA said SpaceX used a new launch control center without approval. In a later Falcon Heavy ...

United Airlines bumps GEO operators off fleet for Starlink Wi-Fi Original Publication Date: 2024-09-13 22:48 United Airlines will replace geostationary operators with Starlink in SpaceX's largest aviation Wi-Fi deal. The U.S. Carrier announced plans Sept. 13 to start equipping the more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

Technical issue scrubs SpaceX commercial crew launch Original Publication Date: 2023-02-27 12:31 SpaceX's Crew-6 mission was to launch at 1:45 a.m. Eastern Feb. 27. A problem with a rocket ignition system halted the launch about two and a half minutes before liftoff. The next launch attempt is ...

France, Germany and Italy sign agreement on launch vehicle development Original Publication Date: 2022-11-23 08:03 France, Germany and Italy sign agreement on "the future of launcher exploitation in Europe" By June 2024, new framework to be in place for public financing of vehicles such as the ...