India returns Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-12-05 03:51 The propulsion module for the Chandrayaan-3 mission is now in a high orbit around the Earth. The Indian space agency had not previously disclosed any efforts to return the propulsion module. ...

Intuitive Machines sets mid-November launch date for first lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2023-08-15 02:08 Intuitive Machines offers clearer projection of when its first lunar lander mission will launch. Company also gives cloudier forecast of its finances. IM-1 lunar lander mission is ...

Boeing opens SLS EUS production facility Original Publication Date: 2023-02-16 00:48 Boeing opens facility where it will build new upper stage for Space Launch System. The Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) Gray Box is a portion of the sprawling building. The stage will be used on the Block 1B ...

Cobham to supply satellite terminals to Inmarsat for U.S. Navy network Original Publication Date: 2023-02-14 18:44 Cobham Satcom will supply as many as 170 terminals to Inmarsat for the U.S. Navy. Inmarsat Government last year won a $578 million 10-year contract to maintain and operate the ...

Join us for a fireside chat with Lori Garver & Jim Bridenstine Original Publication Date: 2022-11-26 19:07 SpaceNews will host its first year-end luncheon since 2019. Panelists include a longtime SLS critic and a Republican ex-congressman who ran NASA for three years under Trump. We will also ...

Intelsat orders small GEO satellite from 3D printing specialist Original Publication Date: 2022-11-07 20:34 Swissto12 has sold its first small satellite to Intelsat for a launch in 2025. Intelsat 45 (IS-45) will be based on Swissto12’s HummingSat satellite platform. At about the size of a ...

Ariane 6 first launch slips to late 2023 Original Publication Date: 2022-10-19 16:55 European Space Agency has again delayed the first flight of Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The new vehicle makes slow progress to the launch pad. The first flight of the rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, is ...

Space companies face difficult investment environment Original Publication Date: 2022-10-11 12:10 Rising interest rates are making it more difficult for space startups to raise money. Some companies are turning to special purpose acquisition corporations, or SPACs. Astra, a space launch company ...

NASA to repair SLS liquid hydrogen leak on the pad Original Publication Date: 2022-09-07 01:16 NASA will attempt to fix a liquid hydrogen seal that caused a Space Launch System scrub. That work will be done on the pad rather than rolling the vehicle back to the VAB. A problem with that seal ...