Rocket Lab changes ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’ launch to Tuesday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-03 00:00 Rocket Lab will be launching ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’ Tuesday, November 5, at 02:30 AM (UTC-8), 2:30 AM PST. Launch of a yet to identified ...

Redwire to acquire satellite manufacturer Hera Systems, bolstering defense portfolio Original Publication Date: 2024-08-14 22:31 Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure company, announced Aug. 14 it plans to acquire Hera Systems. Hera Systems is a manufacturer of small satellites focused on ...

NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover Original Publication Date: 2024-08-02 21:57 NASA awarded feasibility study contracts to three companies for the first phase of its Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract. The company will be able to offer the rover to other ...

ASCEND panel cites AI challenges and promise Original Publication Date: 2024-08-01 04:31 NASA uses AI to aggregate complex datasets from various Earth-observation sensors. Slingshot Aerospace is exploring ways to combine AI with existing physics-based modeling. Another potential AI application ...

SaxaVord prepares for first orbital launch Original Publication Date: 2024-07-24 09:03 Spaceport in the Shetland Islands expects to host first vertical orbital launch from U.K. Soil. Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA ONE rocket is scheduled to launch from the site in September. SaxaVord Spaceport ...

Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats Original Publication Date: 2024-07-04 15:31 The Alpha rocket lifted off from a foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:04 a.m. Eastern July 4. The rocket started deploying its payload of eight cubesats about 35 minutes after the ...

BlackSky inks $50 million deal to supply imagery services and satellites to Indonesia Original Publication Date: 2024-02-08 11:00 BlackSky will provide satellite imagery services and imaging spacecraft to the Republic of Indonesia. Jakarta will gain access to BlackSky’s high-revisit imagery and ...

Shanghai firm behind G60 megaconstellation raises $943 million Original Publication Date: 2024-02-02 10:15 Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology has raised 6.7 billion yuan ($943 million) for the construction of its G60 low Earth orbit megaconstellation. The development comes as SSST prepares ...

L-1 Update ULA’s Atlas V progressing towards launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-05 00:00 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket is launching the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper. Liftoff is scheduled for 2 ...

Europe leans on SpaceX to bridge launcher gap Original Publication Date: 2023-07-06 22:29 Europe temporarily has no ability to launch payloads into orbit. The Ariane 5’s successor, Ariane 6, is still in development. The Soyuz is no longer available in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ...