Angola signs Artemis Accords Original Publication Date: 2023-12-01 23:44 Angola is the third African nation to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords outline best practices for space exploration. The signing took place during the visit of Angola’s president to the White House. Thirty-three ...

Spain’s MIURA 1 launch campaign kicks off – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-03 00:00 PLD Space has concluded the two pre-launch tests of the first flight unit of the Spanish launcher. The launch will occur this October at the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA) of the ...

Update #2: Scrubbed no more when SpaceX’s Crew-7 and Starlink plan launches of ‘doubleheader’ Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-25 00:00 NASA and SpaceX teams stood down from a first launch attempt of the Crew-7 mission late Thursday night. The next attempt is tentatively ...

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 ...

Canadian military orders space surveillance micro satellite Original Publication Date: 2023-03-10 23:24 Canada's Department of National Defence is moving ahead with a new microsatellite project. The Redwing satellite will monitor objects in congested orbits. It will be able to record and ...

SpaceX proceeding with Starship orbital launch attempt after static fire Original Publication Date: 2023-02-22 08:57 SpaceX official says rocket's first orbital launch attempt is likely in March. The company's Super Heavy booster and its launch pad are in good shape, he says. Only 31 of the 33 ...

SpaceX begins 2023 with Transporter-6 launch Original Publication Date: 2023-01-03 16:54 SpaceX launches 110 smallsats on Transporter-6 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. The rocket’s first stage landed back at the Cape’s Landing Zone 1 eight and a half minutes after liftoff. The largest ...

Orion begins return leg of Artemis 1 mission Original Publication Date: 2022-12-02 09:34 Orion's main engine fired at 4:53 p.m. Eastern for 1 minute at 45 seconds. That burn nudged the spacecraft out of the distant retrograde orbit around the moon. Orion is now descending back towards the moon, ...

Firefly says Alpha launch a success despite payload reentries Original Publication Date: 2022-10-10 11:26 Firefly Aerospace says its Alpha launch early this month was a success. But its payloads, placed in a lower orbit than planned, reentered within several days. That’s led to speculation that ...

Astrobotic announces plans for lunar power service Original Publication Date: 2022-09-19 16:55 Astrobotic unveils plans to develop a commercial power service for the moon. LunaGrid project will combine solar arrays with tethered rovers. The first operational LunaGrid system is planned for 2028, ...