Update #2: Scrubbed no more when SpaceX’s Crew-7 and Starlink plan launches of ‘doubleheader’ Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-25 00:00 NASA and SpaceX teams stood down from a first launch attempt of the Crew-7 mission late Thursday night. The next attempt is tentatively ...

SpaceX to have second launch in 24 hours on August 17 of 21 Starlinks – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-16 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Thursday, August 17 at 1:42 a.m. PT (8:42 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. This is the 15th flight for the ...

Xenesis to send optical terminal to ISS platform Original Publication Date: 2023-08-07 10:00 Xenesis is preparing to install an optical communications hub for customers of Bartolomeo. Illinois-based Xenesis plans to ship the Xen-Hub optical flight terminal to Airbus in November. Xenesis will ...

Probing the origin and evolution of water-rich asteroids Original Publication Date: 2023-08-03 03:07 The United Arab Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt is ambitious. EMA will fly past six asteroids and rendezvous with a seventh, Justitia. Equally ambitious is EMA’s national goal. To ...

Virgin Galactic forecasts limited revenues from initial commercial flights Original Publication Date: 2023-08-02 09:13 Virgin Galactic reported Aug. 1 revenue of $2 million in the second quarter of 2023. The company said that the revenue came from its first commercial SpaceShipTwo mission. The ...

House rejects satellite spectrum licensing bill because of space safety provisions Original Publication Date: 2023-07-26 00:15 The bill was intended to improve the licensing process for satellite systems at the FCC. It would have set time limits on the FCC’s review of satellite licenses and ...

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. ...

Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Euclid space telescope Original Publication Date: 2023-07-01 19:48 SpaceX Falcon 9 launches European space agency's Euclid mission. The 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5 billion) mission will spend six years in space. It will conduct a detailed survey of one third of the sky using ...

Should the FAA regulate all space activities? Original Publication Date: 2023-06-10 18:05 The Outer Space Treaty requires nation-states to provide “authorization and continuing supervision” of the activities of their nationals in space. Dale Skran, David Huntsman: The FAA would be a bad fit for ...

Virgin Orbit completes LauncherOne investigation as Chapter 11 bankruptcy continues Original Publication Date: 2023-04-24 01:34 Virgin Orbit says it completed investigation into failure of previous LauncherOne mission. On that flight, the rocket’s second stage engine shut down prematurely. ...