Space News for Tuesday, April 15, 2025

ULA’s Amazon Project Kuiper now set for April 28 launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-14 00:00 Amazon Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access. Project Kuiper’s satellite payload will be the heaviest payload ...

Space News for Friday, March 28, 2025

Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket On-Ramped for the USSF’s $5.6 billion NSSL program – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-27 00:00 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Has been selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for the Department of Defense’s highest-priority national security missions. Rocket ...

Space News for Thursday, March 13, 2025

SpaceX scrubs Crew-10 human spaceflight mission due to transporter-erector hydraulics issue – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-12 00:00 SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Friday, March 14 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 10th operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-10) ...

Space News for Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Astrum Mobile selects SWISSto12 to manufacture NEASTAR-1 GEO satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-11 00:00 Astrum Mobile will operate the very first Satellite-to-Device (S2D) platform delivering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) service. Astrum Mobile’s S2D service will ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 26, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Monday, October 14, 2024

French startup gets state-backed seed funds for VLEO broadband constellation Original Publication Date: 2024-10-14 07:00 France's state-backed Expansion Ventures fund has invested about $10 million in Constellation Technologies & Operations. The startup has plans for 1500 small 5G broadband ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Airbus and Astroscale expand in-orbit servicing partnership Original Publication Date: 2024-08-12 21:57 Astroscale UK is looking into using robotic arm technology from Airbus for future debris removal and satellite refueling missions. The companies announced a memorandum of understanding Aug. ...

Space News for Saturday, August 10, 2024

Space Force to expand missile-defense satellite network in medium Earth orbit Original Publication Date: 2024-08-09 23:15 The U.S. Space Force has initiated a new phase in its missile defense satellite program. The Space Systems Command is inviting vendors to submit designs for satellites. ...

Space News for Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Europe’s space funding gap threatens industry potential Original Publication Date: 2024-07-01 23:32 Europe averaged 96 investment deals annually for space companies over the past three years. The United States averaged 6.3 billion euros ($6.8 billion) in investments. More than 50% of venture ...

Space News for Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 09:40 Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches second of two NASA cubesats. Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment ( PREFIRE) cubesat deployed. Both spacecraft are in similar sun-synchronous orbits but ...