Spain’s Ienai Space gets funds to demo electrospray thrusters Original Publication Date: 2024-06-17 21:15 Spanish small satellite propulsion developer Ienai Space has raised 3.9 million euros. Ienai aims to start demonstrating electrospray thrusters in low Earth orbit around the end of this ...

Congressional letter asks NASA to rescind Chandra cuts Original Publication Date: 2024-06-13 09:32 Nine members of Congress ask NASA to reconsider changes to operations of Chandra X-Ray Observatory. They oppose NASA's budget proposal to slash funding for the 25-year-old telescope. NASA is ...

Bruno trumpets transformation of ULA after Vulcan launch Original Publication Date: 2024-02-11 16:49 ULA CEO Tory Bruno says company's Vulcan Centaur rocket's first flight went exceedingly well. No issues reported during the countdown or after liftoff, he says. He credited that to ULA’s ...

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 ...

ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch Original Publication Date: 2023-11-17 05:39 All major components for the first Vulcan Centaur rocket are now at the launch site. United Launch Alliance prepares for a launch in late December. The primary payload for Cert-1 is Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar ...

UPDATE: Rocket Lab launches 35th Electron + sets new company record for fastest launch turnaround – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-03-24 00:00 Rocket Lab successfully launched their 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand. The mission deployed two, multi-spectral, Gen-2 satellites ...

Satellite executives spar over direct-to-device evolution Original Publication Date: 2023-03-14 02:12 Executives are divided over how quickly this market could grow. Regulatory challenges, potential spectrum interference, customer demand are big question marks. Iridium recently announced a ...

Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-10 11:37 The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 lifted off at 4:49 a.m. Eastern Nov. 10. A problem loading liquid oxygen in the rocket’s Centaur upper stage delayed the liftoff by 24 minutes. JPSS-2 ...