Space News for Thursday, October 27, 2022

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 ...

Space News for Thursday, October 20, 2022

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 ...

Space News for Monday, September 12, 2022

Interview with Luigi Pasquali, CEO of Telespazio Original Publication Date: 2022-09-12 00:04 Telespazio and Inmarsat signed a new deal involving the Moon in July. The agreement details the services they intend to offer together as the main operators of communication and navigation services for ...

Space News for Monday, September 05, 2022

Second Artemis 1 launch attempt scrubbed Original Publication Date: 2022-09-03 15:35 NASA scrubbed the launch, which had been scheduled for a two-hour window. Mission managers concluded that they had run out of time to fix a liquid hydrogen leak. The leak was a large one, said Mike Sarafin, ...

Space News for Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Astra launch of NASA TROPICS cubesats fails Original Publication Date: 2022-06-12 19:02:19+00:00 Astra's Rocket 3.3 vehicle, designated LV0010, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:43 p.m. Eastern. The launch was the first of three for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure ...