Space News for Thursday, December 12, 2024

HyImpulse unveils HyMOVE OTV + partners with Spacemanic for smallsat missions – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-11 00:00 HyMOVE is designed to enhance the capabilities of small satellite missions. HyMOVE will conclude ground testing in 2025 and commence commercial operations in 2029. ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Astranis to launch next four satellites on Tuesday, December 17th, via SpaceX Falcon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-10 00:00 The launch will be on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Only the four Astranis satellites will be on board. They will launch into a supersync ...

Space News for Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Mission success for Rocket Lab’s latest suborbital hypersonic launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-09 00:00 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Successfully launched a suborbital mission in November to test hypersonic technology. This mission provided hypersonic test launch capabilities under ...

Space News for Monday, December 09, 2024

Orbex starting development of medium sized launch vehicle + operations going to SaxaVord – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-08 00:00 Orbex will instead launch its first rockets from SaxaVord. The decision enables the company to direct more funding to the development of a new, ...

Space News for Saturday, December 07, 2024

NASA’s IXPE Details Shapes of Structures at Newly Discovered Black Hole Original Publication Date: 2024-12-06 13:52 NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole. The stellar-mass black hole, part of ...

Space News for Friday, December 06, 2024

ESA launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C aboard Vega-C from French Guiana – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-05 00:00 The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on ...

Space News for Thursday, December 05, 2024

Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-04 00:00 The Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite will be launched from Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be the return to flight for Vega-C, Europe’s lightweight, ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 04, 2024

SpaceX Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Wednesday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-03 00:00 SpaceX will launch a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation on Wednesday. The forecast calls for a temperature of 61°F, clear skies, 0% cloud cover and a wind speed of 6mph. ...

Space News for Tuesday, December 03, 2024

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday including Direct to Cell – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-02 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is ready to launch Starlink Group 9-14 smallsats on Tuesday December 3 at 4:29 PM – 8:29 PM PST from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg ...

Space News for Monday, December 02, 2024

Comtech’s new Executive Chairman brings expertise in leadership – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-01 00:00 Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announces that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Kenneth (Ken) H. Traub as the Executive Chairman of the Company. ...