Space News for Friday, October 28, 2022

As clock ticks on Amazon’s constellation, buying Starship launches not out of the question Original Publication Date: 2022-10-27 18:27 Amazon's Project Kuiper needs half of its internet constellation operating by July 2026. Most of the rockets that are under contract to launch these satellites ...

Space News for Thursday, October 27, 2022

Starlink’s survivability in war a good sign for DoD’s future constellation Original Publication Date: 2022-10-25 18:47 SDA Director Derek Tournear said Starlink's performance so far speaks to the power of a proliferated constellation. Russia in November demonstrated it can strike a satellite in ...

Space News for Saturday, October 01, 2022

NASA and SpaceX to study possible private Hubble servicing mission Original Publication Date: 2022-09-30 12:30 NASA, SpaceX to study concept to send Crew Dragon spacecraft to Hubble. Mission would raise Hubble’s orbit back to where it was when it was deployed. SpaceX has extensive experience ...

Space News for Friday, September 09, 2022

NASA selects Axiom Space to develop Artemis spacesuit Original Publication Date: 2022-09-08 11:00 NASA awarded $228.5 million task order to Axiom Space to develop spacesuit. Space suit will be used on first Artemis landing mission, although design of suit remains under wraps. Axiom and Collins ...

Space News for Wednesday, September 07, 2022

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 starting late Monday. A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off into clear skies from a transport erector ...