Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-16 00:00 The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch the NROL-174 Mission on April 16, 2025, from Space Launch Complex-8 at ...

Chunghwa Telecom + Astranis sign strategic launch agreement for Taiwan’s 1st satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-15 00:00 Chunghwa Telecom has signed a strategic partnership with U.S. Satellite innovator Astranis to bring a dedicated MicroGEO satellite to Taiwan. The ...

Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, with Vega C – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-25 00:00 Arianespace is to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission called “VV26”, will ...

SpaceX welcomes and celebrates successfully rescuing NASA’s stranded astronauts – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-18 00:00 Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after their SpaceX capsule spectacularly splashed down off the coast of Florida. Wilmore ...

Astrum Mobile selects SWISSto12 to manufacture NEASTAR-1 GEO satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-11 00:00 Astrum Mobile will operate the very first Satellite-to-Device (S2D) platform delivering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) service. Astrum Mobile’s S2D service will ...

Leonardo + Baykar sign a partnership for unmanned technologies – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-10 00:00 Baykar Technologies and Leonardo have signed a MoU for the development of unmanned technologies. The agreement is based on the industrial synergies and complementarities of the ...

Rocket Lab’s dress rehearsal complete now “Fasten Your Seatbelts” for Electron Tuesday launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-17 00:00 “This launch represents a major inflection point for our global defense and intelligence customer base,” said Brian O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. ...

U.S. Space System Command + Japan launch first bilateral space effort – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-06 00:00 Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle on February 2. This is the first bilateral, U.S. Japan cooperative space effort ...

Blue Abyss + NASA sign Space Act agreement to advance commercial space training + research – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-27 00:00 This collaboration aims to bolster the development of next-generation infrastructure and capabilities for human spaceflight, astronaut training, and ...

Pixxel has launched Firefly hyperspectral satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-20 00:00 Pixxel’s satellites feature a 40-kilometer swath width and a daily revisit capability, enabling consistent monitoring of vast areas. Unlike traditional Earth observation satellites that ...