NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover Original Publication Date: 2024-08-02 21:57 NASA awarded feasibility study contracts to three companies for the first phase of its Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract. The company will be able to offer the rover to other ...

Starlink and SES join forces for multi-orbit cruise connectivity Original Publication Date: 2023-09-13 06:50 SES and SpaceX are pooling their broadband satellites to offer cruise operators an integrated service. The SES Cruise mPowered + Starlink service would mostly use SpaceX’s low Earth ...

O3b mPower faces delays as SES investigates electrical issue Original Publication Date: 2023-08-03 21:35 SES needs to conduct extra tests before launching its next pair of O3b mPower satellites. Glitch is sporadically tripping off power modules on its first four in medium Earth orbit. CEO Ruy ...

More countries encouraged to commit to halt destructive ASAT tests Original Publication Date: 2023-06-15 10:00 U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution in December 2022 encouraging countries not to conduct destructive direct-ascent (DA) ASAT tests. A total of 155 nations voted in favor of ...

SpaceX launches Intelsat’s IS-40e high throughput satellite Original Publication Date: 2023-04-07 17:32 SpaceX successfully launched Intelsat's IS-40e communications satellite April 7. The satellite deployed solar arrays and is receiving and sending signals. It will take three weeks for the ...

Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions Original Publication Date: 2023-03-18 23:54 NASA requests $949.3 million for Mars Sample Return in fiscal year 2024. That's a 19% increase from the $800 million NASA projected last year for the program. The growing cost of Mars ...

SpaceX launches final two satellites in SES C-band clearing plan Original Publication Date: 2023-03-18 01:32 SES-18 and SES-19 are in geosynchronous transfer orbit. SES needs to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds worth nearly $4 billion in total. SES-18 is set to replace the operator’s ...