Space News for Thursday, May 08, 2025

Forrester’s Digest: Telesat Q1 revenue down 23% – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-08 00:00 Telesat's Lightspeed mega-constellation is likely to be worth more than C$1.1 billion (0.7 billion euros) by the end of this year. The first Lightspeed LEO satellite will not be orbited until ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 06, 2024

China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation Original Publication Date: 2024-08-06 09:52 China launches first batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails communications megaconstellation. Long March 6A rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north ...

Space News for Wednesday, August 30, 2023

NASA Deep Space Network reaches “critical point” as demand grows Original Publication Date: 2023-08-29 23:48 NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) is under increasing pressure, officials say. DSN provides communications for science missions and Artemis lunar expeditions. DSN's annual budget has ...

Space News for Thursday, September 22, 2022

NASA declares SLS tanking test a success Original Publication Date: 2022-09-22 03:41 NASA says it completed all the objectives of a Space Launch System tanking test. Test was designed to confirm that changes would prevent hydrogen leaks seen in previous launch attempt. Early in the test, ...

Space News for Thursday, August 25, 2022

Starship uncrewed lunar lander test a “skeleton” of crewed lander Original Publication Date: 2022-08-24 10:58 SpaceX Starship that will land on the moon an on uncrewed test flight may only be a "skeleton" Of the version of that will carry people on the Artemis 3 mission. That uncrewed landing, ...