Space News for Wednesday, May 14, 2025

ST Engineering iDirect leads the European Protected Waveform Consortium into Phase 2 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-13 00:00 The European Protected Waveform (EPW) project has advanced to its second phase. The project brings together a consortium of 22 organizations from 12 EU ...

Space News for Monday, April 28, 2025

ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch? – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-27 00:00 The Kuiper 1 launch will deliver the first satellites into space for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation ...

Space News for Monday, April 21, 2025

UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-20 00:00 Kuiper 1, the launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, is now planned for ...

Space News for Friday, April 18, 2025

USSF defines path to space superiority in 1st warfighting framework – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-17 00:00 The Space Warfighting framework outlines the service’s vision for achieving and maintaining space superiority. Counterspace operations will be executed across three primary ...

Space News for Thursday, April 17, 2025

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 ...

Space News for Friday, April 11, 2025

Northrop Grumman achieves 1st undocking between 2 commercial spacecraft in GEO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-10 00:00 MEV-1 successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial ...

Space News for Friday, April 04, 2025

KONGSBERG to deliver 280 microsatellites to SpinLaunch’s LEO SATCOM constellation – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-03 00:00 SpinLaunch has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its exclusive satellite supplier for their LEO broadband communication constellation, Meridian Space. The ...

Space News for Monday, March 31, 2025

Isar Aerospace’s maiden satellite mission failed ending in Spectrum’s fiery explosion – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-30 00:00 Germany’s Isar Aerospace created the Spectrum to serve the small to medium-sized satellite market. The launch took place on Saturday, March 29, at 11:30 ...

Space News for Thursday, March 27, 2025

USSF certifies ULA Vulcan for NSSL missions – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-26 00:00 U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space organization has announced the certification of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan launch system for National Security ...

Space News for Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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 ...