Space News for Friday, October 13, 2023

Building the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way: Belgian astronomers contribute to the Gaia Focused Product Releases – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-12 00:00 The Gaia satellite has been charting the sky since 2014, and its map includes stars that are a million times fainter than ...

Space News for Wednesday, September 13, 2023

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 ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Intuitive Machines sets mid-November launch date for first lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2023-08-15 02:08 Intuitive Machines offers clearer projection of when its first lunar lander mission will launch. Company also gives cloudier forecast of its finances. IM-1 lunar lander mission is ...

Space News for Sunday, June 11, 2023

Should the FAA regulate all space activities? Original Publication Date: 2023-06-10 18:05 The Outer Space Treaty requires nation-states to provide “authorization and continuing supervision” of the activities of their nationals in space. Dale Skran, David Huntsman: The FAA would be a bad fit for ...

Space News for Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Space Force to propose plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications Original Publication Date: 2023-04-12 01:10 Space Force to propose new plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications. Senior members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are set to be briefed on this plan. If the ...

Space News for Saturday, March 18, 2023

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 ...

Space News for Saturday, March 11, 2023

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 ...

Space News for Monday, January 23, 2023

NASA to cooperate on Israeli astrophysics mission Original Publication Date: 2023-01-23 03:17 The agreement could be signed as soon as later this month. NASA would provide the launch of Ultrasat, which will operate in geostationary orbit. NASA will likely arrange to fly Ultrasat as a secondary ...

Space News for Sunday, January 22, 2023

Lockheed Martin eyes international customers for GPS augmentation systems Original Publication Date: 2023-01-22 11:22 GPS 3 is a modernized version of the U.S. Military’s Global Positioning System satellites. L1C signal for civilian users is interoperable with Europe’s Galileo navigation ...

Space News for Sunday, January 08, 2023

Senators seek funding boost for NASA and NSF astrophysics programs Original Publication Date: 2023-01-07 00:50 Five senators ask White House to add at least $300 million in next budget proposal for NASA, NSF. Senators: Funding is needed to implement recommendations of astrophysics decadal ...