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 Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Cobham Satcom announces acquisition by Solix Group to accelerate growth – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-08 00:00 Cobham Group has signed an agreement to sell Cobham Satcom to Solix Group. Cobham Satcom enables secure SATCOM in remote locations across land and sea. The company is ...

Space News for Saturday, February 22, 2025

NASA awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope launch services contract – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-21 00:00 The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Eutelsat suffers a 71% reduction by bank – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-18 00:00 BNP Paribas has issued a target price for Eutelsat of just €1 per share. This is a dramatic 71 per cent reduction to its previous target price of €3.50. The bank’s report says: “[Eutelsat’s] ...

Space News for Monday, November 04, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Thursday, August 15, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Saturday, August 03, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Thursday, August 01, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Friday, July 05, 2024

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 ...