Space News for Tuesday, January 02, 2024

India launches X-ray astronomy satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-01-01 14:34 India launches an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests. XPoSat carries two instruments to conduct X-ray polarimetry measurements. Astronomers plan to use data collected by XPoSat to ...

Space News for Tuesday, January 17, 2023

SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy Original Publication Date: 2023-01-15 23:18 USSF-67 was Falcon Heavy's second national security space launch. Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2. The primary payload was the U.S. Space Force’s ...

Space News for Monday, January 16, 2023

SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy Original Publication Date: 2023-01-15 23:18 USSF-67 was Falcon Heavy's second national security space launch. Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2. The primary payload was the U.S. Space Force’s ...

Space News for Saturday, September 10, 2022

FCC to set five-year deadline for deorbiting LEO satellites Original Publication Date: 2022-09-09 02:57 The FCC issued a draft order Sept. 8 setting a “five-year rule’ for post-mission disposal of LEO satellites. The commission will take up the order at its Sept. 29 open meeting. The rule would ...

Space News for Thursday, June 23, 2022

NASA encouraged by SLS countdown rehearsal Original Publication Date: 2022-06-22 11:50:01+00:00 NASA officials say they met most, but not all, of the objectives in a countdown rehearsal. The test was cut short because of a leak in a bleed line that takes hydrogen away from the vehicle. “It was ...