China rolls out rocket for Queqiao-2 lunar satellite launch Original Publication Date: 2024-03-18 08:32 China is set to launch its Queqiao-2 communications relay satellite to support upcoming moon missions late March 19. A Long March 8 rocket was vertically transferred to a launch pad at ...

Army to refine requirements for next-generation satellite terminals Original Publication Date: 2024-01-14 21:48 Army is trying to consolidate as many as six types of terminals into just two variants. Having fewer large terminal antenna variants is a key goal. Army has not disclosed estimates of ...

NASA safety panel skeptical of Starliner readiness for crewed flight Original Publication Date: 2023-05-26 01:03 NASA safety panel chair urges agency not to rush into crewed test flight. Patricia Sanders: "There remains a long line of NASA processes still ahead" She says NASA should bring in an ...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches first U.S. national security mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-01 15:01 USSF-44 was SpaceX’s 50th launch of 2022. USSF-44 was a direct-to-geostationary orbit launch. It carried two Space Force satellites and small rideshare payloads. Both side boosters ...

Virgin Galactic selects Aurora Flight Sciences to build new motherships Original Publication Date: 2022-07-06 20:05 Virgin Galactic says it has signed an agreement with a Boeing subsidiary. Aurora Flight Sciences will build two carrier aircraft, or motherships. The planes will be used as launch ...