Space News for Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™-3′ arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration. The hybrid 3D printed satellite ...

Space News for Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Forrester’s Digest: Falklands unhappy over OneWeb – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-03 00:00 Falkland Islands government ‘wants its money back’ from an agreement which it entered into with local telco SURE. SURE is part of Bahrain’s Batelco Group and SURE’s coverage extends to the ...

Space News for Wednesday, October 16, 2024

ESA picks Kepler-led group to develop LEO optical data relay network Original Publication Date: 2024-10-16 09:00 European Space Agency awards group 36 million euro ($39 million) contract. Group led by Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator. Three-year contract covers early ...

Space News for Friday, September 27, 2024

D-Orbit raises 150 million euros in two-part Series C round Original Publication Date: 2024-09-27 08:00 Italian space logistics firm D-Orbit has raised 150 million euros ($168 million) in a two-part Series C funding round. Japan’s Marubeni Corp. Led the Series C round. The funds will enable ...

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 Thursday, June 06, 2024

Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut Original Publication Date: 2024-06-06 04:28 Astroscale started trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market at 850 yen ($5.46) per share. Company announced plans May 1 to go public, offering 20.8 million shares. Astroscale developing systems ...

Space News for Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Small satellites aim to fill big shoes for military weather data Original Publication Date: 2024-04-10 10:00 Orion Space Solutions is looking to demonstrate how shoebox-sized satellites can capture vital meteorological observations. The company is one of two selected by the U.S. Space Force for ...

Space News for Monday, February 05, 2024

NASA Earth science mission once slated for cancellation ready for launch Original Publication Date: 2024-02-04 23:27 NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem, or PACE, spacecraft to launch. Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 Feb. 6. PACE ...

Space News for Sunday, January 21, 2024

Guetlein calls for a change in culture in ‘responsive space’ Original Publication Date: 2024-01-20 20:31 Space Force last year launched a small satellite on a Firefly rocket in a demonstration of responsive launch. More Victus Nox-style missions are being planned in the coming years. But ...

Space News for Saturday, December 09, 2023

Three satellites presumed lost in Transporter deployment malfunction Original Publication Date: 2023-12-09 00:03 Momentus says three of the five satellites it flew on the Transporter-9 launch did not appear to deploy. The company used a third-party deployer, rather than its own Vigoride tug. ...