SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-19 00:00 SpaceX successfully launched Starship from Texas to complete the sixth flight test. Starship’s cargo consists of a dangling banana revealing the magnitude of the ...

SpaceX plans Starship’s Sixth Flight Test as early as Monday, November 18 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-07 00:00 SpaceX's sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, November 18 following the not-too-distant Fifth Flight test conducted on September 10. ...

Rocket Lab finally launches ‘Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes’ customer may be E-Space – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-05 00:00 Rocket Lab successfully launched a yet to be identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia ...

In-Orbit Aerospace explores hypersonics under AFWERX contract Original Publication Date: 2024-10-03 00:37 In Orbit Aerospace won a $1.8 million AFWERX contract to employ artificial intelligence. In Orbit plans to transport cargo to and from space stations. Engineers are eager to use artificial ...

Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles Original Publication Date: 2024-09-17 09:43 Executives with several launch companies say they are turning their attention to increasing their launch cadence. Among the most aggressive is Blue Origin, whose New Glenn rocket is ...

Eartheye Space raises $1.5 million Original Publication Date: 2024-09-09 00:31 Singapore startup Eartheye Space raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Eartheye, founded in 2022, calls itself the “Uber Eats’ of Earth-observation data. With the recent investment, Eartheye will be expanding into ...

NASA requests details on potential VIPER partnerships Original Publication Date: 2024-08-10 19:06 NASA issued a request for information (RFI) Aug. 9 for the operation of the VIPER rover. NASA announced July 17 it planned to cancel the rover, citing delays and cost overruns. RFI calls on U.S. ...

GHGSat gains NASA approval for methane-emissions data Original Publication Date: 2024-07-31 10:00 Methane-emissions data from GHGSat will be shared for scientific research through NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program. Montreal-based GHGSat announced July 31 that the company’s ...

ESA supports work on Apophis mission Original Publication Date: 2024-07-20 01:10 European Space Agency will allow a proposed mission to the asteroid Apophis to proceed. Ramses is designed to visit Apophis before that asteroid makes a very close flyby of Earth in 2029. ESA members will decide on ...

Falcon 9 suffers upper stage engine failure Original Publication Date: 2024-07-12 05:41 The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:35 p.m. Eastern. The rocket was carrying 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of which with direct-to-cell payloads. The rocket’s ascent to ...