Space News for Monday, August 12, 2024

SpaceX launches two satellites for Arctic broadband mission Original Publication Date: 2024-08-12 02:15 SpaceX launches two communications satellites for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission. The rocket lifted off at 10:02 p.m. Eastern from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ...

Space News for Monday, August 05, 2024

Cygnus spacecraft suffers glitches after launch Original Publication Date: 2024-08-04 21:23 Falcon 9 lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:02 a.m. Eastern. Cygnus spacecraft separating from Falcon's upper stage nearly 15 minutes after liftoff. Cygnus carrying ...

Space News for Friday, June 07, 2024

AI powering commercial insights into the final frontier Original Publication Date: 2024-06-07 06:00 Artificial intelligence is transforming the space industry. The military is taking a cautious approach to adopting commercial SDA technologies. The challenge for the Space Force is ensuring it ...

Space News for Friday, February 09, 2024

L3Harris demonstrates digital phased array antenna system Original Publication Date: 2024-02-09 06:03 L3Harris Technologies announces results of three-month demonstration of DPAAS. DPAAS prototype handled more than 300 satellite contacts per day. Technology “supports the idea of scaling and ...

Space News for Thursday, February 08, 2024

BlackSky inks $50 million deal to supply imagery services and satellites to Indonesia Original Publication Date: 2024-02-08 11:00 BlackSky will provide satellite imagery services and imaging spacecraft to the Republic of Indonesia. Jakarta will gain access to BlackSky’s high-revisit imagery and ...

Space News for Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Jupiter-3 deploys solar arrays and antennas in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-11-21 02:12 EchoStar’s Jupiter-3, the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite, is performing as expected. Maxar Technologies built the nine metric ton Ka-band satellite and supplied its solar ...

Space News for Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Ericsson announces appointment of Chief Compliance Officer – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-03 00:00 Jan Sprafke, who has been acting CCO since February 2023, will report to Scott Dresser, Group Chief Legal Officer and the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors. ...

Space News for Sunday, October 01, 2023

A Florida Friday night successful SpaceX Starlink launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-09-30 00:00 SpaceX is now aiming to launch the Starlink 6-19 mission on Friday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This is the 10th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, ...

Space News for Friday, March 31, 2023

Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 09:22 Top Chinese space official has called for the country to speed up its plans to develop lunar infrastructure. Yang Mengfei of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Yang stressed that in terms of the industrial market, China ...

Space News for Friday, January 27, 2023

U.S. sanctions Chinese satellite firm for allegedly supplying SAR imagery to Russia’s Wagner Group Original Publication Date: 2023-01-27 10:26 Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Research Institute hit by sanctions. U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting Wagner Group ...