USSF certifies ULA Vulcan for NSSL missions – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-26 00:00 U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space organization has announced the certification of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan launch system for National Security ...

SpaceX launches “never hibernate” NROL-69’s classified mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-24 00:00 The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) are partnering to launch NROL-69 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket through the National ...

Ahead of Crew Return, NASA’s Crew-9 Concludes Science Mission Original Publication Date: 2025-03-06 16:28 SpaceX’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth. Hague, ...

SpaceX holds steady for Thursday launch of Starship Flight 8 test launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-05 00:00 The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Thursday, March 6. The launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT (2330 GMT) A live webcast of the flight test ...

Astranis secures another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for additional GEO satellites – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-27 00:00 Astranis has launched four MicroGEO satellites for customers in the Philippines, Mexico, and the United States. The satellites completed Initial Commissioning and ...

Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit Original Publication Date: 2024-10-20 02:29 Intelsat 33e has lost power in geostationary orbit. The satellite is no longer providing communications for customers across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia Pacific. Intelsat said it is working with ...

China takes small step towards the moon with rocket test Original Publication Date: 2024-06-17 08:18 China's main space contractor has carried out a successful static fire test of a rocket first stage. The test is a step towards China’s goal of putting astronauts on the moon before 2030. NASA ...

Orbital Outpost X names Negar Feher CEO Original Publication Date: 2024-01-30 10:00 Negar Feher is the new CEO of Silicon Valley space technology startup Orbital Outpost X. Feher has held management and technical roles at Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, Momentus Space. OOX develops ...

Second H3 launch planned for February Original Publication Date: 2023-12-28 07:23 Japanese space agency JAXA has set a mid-February date for the return to flight of the H3 rocket. The launch will be the first for the H3 since its unsuccessful inaugural flight March 7. On that launch the engine ...

Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches Original Publication Date: 2023-12-06 10:49 Capella Space will launch two radar imaging satellites on SpaceX rideshare missions. Capella signed a contract in February with Rocket Lab for four launches of its new line of Acadia satellites. ...