Congress, industry criticize FAA launch licensing regulations Original Publication Date: 2024-09-11 03:19 FAA's Part 450 is intended to streamline the licensing process for commercial launch and reentry. Many in the launch industry have warned since the regulations went into force in March 2021 ...

Senate appropriators say spending bill includes NASA increase Original Publication Date: 2024-07-22 09:11 Senate Appropriations Committee to mark up spending bill on July 25. Leaders say they will increase NASA's budget and protect Artemis lunar exploration campaign. Senators did not describe ...

H3 launches ALOS-4 advanced Earth observation satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-07-01 08:33 Japan's H3 rocket successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Sunday. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 11:06 p.m. Eastern. It carried the Advanced Land ...

Shanghai firm behind G60 megaconstellation raises $943 million Original Publication Date: 2024-02-02 10:15 Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology has raised 6.7 billion yuan ($943 million) for the construction of its G60 low Earth orbit megaconstellation. The development comes as SSST prepares ...

2024 promises opportunities to study the solar corona Original Publication Date: 2023-12-12 04:55 NASA will gather data on the sun’s corona from instruments mounted on satellites, aircraft and sounding rockets. Parker Solar Probe’s closest solar approach is set for Dec. 24, 2024. Additional ...

Update #2: Scrubbed no more when SpaceX’s Crew-7 and Starlink plan launches of ‘doubleheader’ Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-25 00:00 NASA and SpaceX teams stood down from a first launch attempt of the Crew-7 mission late Thursday night. The next attempt is tentatively ...

Crew Dragon, Soyuz missions set for launches to ISS Original Publication Date: 2023-07-30 18:16 Crew-7 mission to the ISS to launch no earlier than Aug. 17, NASA says. Crew Dragon mission was scheduled for Aug. 15 but pushed back two days. Crew-7 will be commanded by NASA astronaut Jasmin ...

Shenzhou 15 astronauts arrive at China’s space station for first crew handover Original Publication Date: 2022-11-29 23:09 China has six astronauts aboard its recently-completed space station for the first time. Shenzhou-15 launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on ...

Starlink’s survivability in war a good sign for DoD’s future constellation Original Publication Date: 2022-10-25 18:47 SDA Director Derek Tournear said Starlink's performance so far speaks to the power of a proliferated constellation. Russia in November demonstrated it can strike a satellite in ...

Ariane 6 first launch slips to late 2023 Original Publication Date: 2022-10-19 16:55 European Space Agency has again delayed the first flight of Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The new vehicle makes slow progress to the launch pad. The first flight of the rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, is ...