Bandwidth-hungry regional satellite operators hunting for options Original Publication Date: 2022-09-14 14:17 Regional satellite operators are looking for faster ways to add more capacity. Arabsat is in talks to buy Ka-band capacity in the Middle East and Africa. South Korea-based KT Sat is ...

New Shepard suffers in-flight abort on uncrewed suborbital flight Original Publication Date: 2022-09-12 15:18 Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle suffers in-flight abort a minute after liftoff. Capsule filled with payloads but not people fires its launch abort motor and parachute to a ...

CAPSTONE enters safe mode during trajectory correction maneuver Original Publication Date: 2022-09-11 08:38 NASA-funded cubesat mission to the moon has gone into safe mode. The problem occurred during a trajectory correction maneuver, NASA says. CAPSTONE is a NASA-funded mission to test ...

China performs two launches inside two hours Original Publication Date: 2022-09-06 12:27 China conducted its 36th and 37th orbital launches of 2022 within a couple of hours of each other. A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off into clear skies from a transport erector launcher at the Jiuquan ...

NASA cautions planetary science funding falls short of decadal projections Original Publication Date: 2022-08-21 22:52 NASA warns that projected funding for near term will fall short of report’s projections. NASA’s planetary science division held a town hall online Aug. 18 to discuss its ...

Nelson satisfied with NASA authorization act Original Publication Date: 2022-08-10 11:24 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says agency has "gotten what we need" From bill. President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act Aug. 9. The bill was intended to stimulate domestic production ...

UAE announces plans for radar satellite constellation and space fund Original Publication Date: 2022-07-18 10:54 The United Arab Emirates will develop a radar satellite constellation. The constellation will be developed over six years, with the first satellite scheduled to launch in three ...

First JWST images excite and relieve astronomers Original Publication Date: 2022-07-12 22:49 NASA releases first science observations from James Webb Space Telescope. Observations include images of Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula, Stephan's Quintet. Scientists stunned by the quality of the ...

NASA releases first color image from James Webb Space Telescope Original Publication Date: 2022-07-11 23:44 The image shows a galaxy cluster called SMACS 0723 about 4.5 billion light-years away. The cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bringing into view far more distant galaxies. “We’re ...

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 companies did not disclose ...