NASA’s twin Sentinel-6B mission launches on Falcon 9 from California – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-16 00:00 Sentinel-6B is the second of twin satellites in the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission. The first, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, launched in November 2020. The mission ...

Virgin Orbit completes LauncherOne investigation as Chapter 11 bankruptcy continues Original Publication Date: 2023-04-24 01:34 Virgin Orbit says it completed investigation into failure of previous LauncherOne mission. On that flight, the rocket’s second stage engine shut down prematurely. ...

Space Force to award up to $50 million in contracts for Space Test Program experiments Original Publication Date: 2022-10-21 21:14 Space Force changing its approach to buying satellites for the Space Test Program. Instead of awarding separate contracts for STP missions, vendors will compete for ...

FCC to set five-year deadline for deorbiting LEO satellites Original Publication Date: 2022-09-09 02:57 The FCC issued a draft order Sept. 8 setting a “five-year rule’ for post-mission disposal of LEO satellites. The commission will take up the order at its Sept. 29 open meeting. The rule would ...