Success on Friday the 13th for SpaceX Starlinks satellite launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-13 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Friday, October 13 at 7:01 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape ...

Building the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way: Belgian astronomers contribute to the Gaia Focused Product Releases – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-12 00:00 The Gaia satellite has been charting the sky since 2014, and its map includes stars that are a million times fainter than ...

SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-12 00:00 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced that the company’s Pelican tech demonstration satellite, Pelican-1, along with 36 SuperDoves, have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for launch next month. Pelican-1 is the first ...

U.S. Army awards L3Harris HMS Manpack, Leader radio program production orders – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-09 00:00 L3Harris orders more than $247 million in new radios for the U.S. Army. The radios leverage software-defined architectures and integrated cross-banding between ...

The launch of Arianespace Flight VV23 is a smallsat deployment success – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-08 00:00 Arianespace’s Vega mission successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch carried the optical observation satellite THEOS-2, the ...

OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth NASA has launched a new website to showcase the latest in space technology. Visit the new NASA Science website to learn more about the latest in space exploration. Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on this ...

United Launch Alliance successfully launches first mission in partnership with Amazon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-06 00:00 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space ...

L-1 Update ULA’s Atlas V progressing towards launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-05 00:00 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 501 rocket is launching the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper. Liftoff is scheduled for 2 ...

SpaceX launches 22 Starlinks making this the 70th successful launch of the year – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-04 00:00 The cameras at the launch site were visibly shaking due to the strong winds, but the launch took place to everyone’s relief. The U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather ...

Spain’s MIURA 1 launch campaign kicks off – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-03 00:00 PLD Space has concluded the two pre-launch tests of the first flight unit of the Spanish launcher. The launch will occur this October at the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA) of the ...