Hubble Spies a Spiral So Inclined Original Publication Date: 2025-05-23 07:13 The galaxy is located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater (The Cup) From Hubble’s vantage point in orbit around Earth, NGC 3511 is tilted by about 70 degrees. Astronomers are studying NGC 3511 as ...

SpaceX’s successful Thursday launch of Starlink’s Group 6-74 smallsats – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-24 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Thursday, April 24 launched 28 of Starlink’s Group 6-74 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit. The forecast was 76°F, scattered clouds, 40% cloud ...

Blue Origin’s successful human spaceflight mission NS-30 and “the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from Space” – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-25 00:00 NS-30 crew Blue Origin successfully completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. The ...

NASA awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope launch services contract – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-21 00:00 The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price ...

U.S. Space System Command + Japan launch first bilateral space effort – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-06 00:00 Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle on February 2. This is the first bilateral, U.S. Japan cooperative space effort ...

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™-3′ arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration. The hybrid 3D printed satellite ...

Blue Abyss + NASA sign Space Act agreement to advance commercial space training + research – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-27 00:00 This collaboration aims to bolster the development of next-generation infrastructure and capabilities for human spaceflight, astronaut training, and ...

SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink Group 11-2 smallsats on Friday the 13th – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-12 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Friday, December 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff is targeted for 11:28 a.m. PT, with backup opportunities ...

Mission success for Rocket Lab’s latest suborbital hypersonic launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-09 00:00 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Successfully launched a suborbital mission in November to test hypersonic technology. This mission provided hypersonic test launch capabilities under ...

SpaceX’s Group 6-69 of Starlink smallsats launch is moved to Monday, Veterans’ Day, and Koreasat 6-A launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-10 00:00 SpaceX targeting Monday, November 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff is targeted for 4:02 ...