Space News for Friday, April 21, 2023

FCC adopts revised NGSO spectrum-sharing rules Original Publication Date: 2023-04-21 01:57 The FCC adopted new rules April 20 governing how fixed-satellite service operators share spectrum. Operators awarded licenses in different FCC application processing rounds must avoid interfering with ...

Space News for Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Report: U.S. military satellite antennas overdue for upgrades Original Publication Date: 2023-04-10 21:22 GAO auditors spent more than a year investigating the state of the Satellite Control Network. The network of 19 parabolic antennas, first established in 1959, is distributed around the ...

Space News for Thursday, April 06, 2023

Original Publication Date: 2023-04-06 08:59 China has invited Venezuela to join its lunar research station project. Venezuela would be the first country to join China and Russia in the International Lunar Research Station. The station is planned to be constructed in the early 2030s using super ...

Space News for Monday, February 20, 2023

NASASpaceFlight.com Airbus and ESA invited media for the Moon Media Day. Three Orion European Service Modules are currently being produced at Airbus Space and Defence in Bremen. During the event, NASASpaceflight spoke with two experts from NASA and ESA about the upcoming Artemis missions. ...

Space News for Monday, February 13, 2023

Launch demand remains high despite industry struggles Original Publication Date: 2023-02-12 14:13 SmallSat Symposium panel: New launch vehicles needed to meet growing demand. "We have more demand than we have supply," Says Saturn Satellite Networks CEO. "We need diversity, just like any market, ...

Space News for Thursday, January 19, 2023

Report calls on NASA to improve coordination of Artemis international partnerships Original Publication Date: 2023-01-18 12:48 NASA inspector general says agency needs to do a better job coordinating international partnerships. Report found strong international interest in Artemis, which NASA ...

Space News for Monday, January 16, 2023

SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy Original Publication Date: 2023-01-15 23:18 USSF-67 was Falcon Heavy's second national security space launch. Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2. The primary payload was the U.S. Space Force’s ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 28, 2022

NASASpaceFlight.com India launches a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning. The EOS-06 spacecraft is placed into a low Earth orbit. The mission, PSLV C54, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:56 local time (06:26 UTC) Commercial Archives SpaceX is set to launch a ...

Space News for Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Hazards don’t stop at the Kármán line - SpaceNews Original Publication Date: 2022-12-26 09:59 The FAA regulates commercial aviation through all phases of flight. FAA’s oversight of air travel is not limited to the riskiest phases of takeoff and landing. The U.S. Could adopt a policy of ...

Space News for Thursday, November 17, 2022

NASA awards SpaceX $1.15 billion contract for second Artemis lander mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-16 00:52 NASA awards SpaceX a $1.15 billion contract to develop a lunar lander. The contract includes a second crewed demonstration landing mission. NASA is currently soliciting ...