Astra completes deal to go private Original Publication Date: 2024-07-19 08:32 Astra Space has completed a deal to take the company private at 50 cents per share. The agreement ends Astra’s time as a publicly traded company a little more than three years. Astra went public through a merger with ...

Senate Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill Original Publication Date: 2024-06-15 10:04 Senate Armed Services Committee clears version of fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Bill includes compromise language on transfer of Air National Guard space units to ...

Space Development Agency calls on satellite builders to diversify suppliers Original Publication Date: 2024-06-09 11:13 Space Development Agency is pushing prime contractors to line up secondary and tertiary suppliers. The agency is in discussions with all its major vendors about “diversifying ...

AI startup Wallaroo tapped to help Space Force operationalize machine learning Original Publication Date: 2024-05-30 10:00 Wallaroo.AI will participate in the U.S. Space Force’s TAP (Tools, Applications & Processing) Lab accelerator program. The accelerator is focused on the use of commercial ...

SpaceX launches first mid-inclination dedicated rideshare mission Original Publication Date: 2024-04-08 03:59 SpaceX launches the first in a new line of dedicated rideshare missions. The Bandwagon missions are intended to send payloads to low Earth orbits at 45 degrees. SpaceX announced the ...

Jupiter-3 enters commercial service Original Publication Date: 2024-01-12 22:11 EchoStar's giant Jupiter-3 broadband satellite is performing as expected. Early customers are getting download speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. The company is eager to fill Jupiter-3’s 500 gigabits per ...

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 ...

ESA preparing for “assisted reentry” of Aeolus spacecraft Original Publication Date: 2023-07-20 00:13 A series of maneuvers will lower the perigee of the Aeolus spacecraft. The reentry, projected over the Atlantic Ocean, will take place on July 28. The maneuvers are intended to minimize any ...

Technical problem postpones final Ariane 5 launch Original Publication Date: 2023-06-15 23:35 Arianespace postpones the 117 th and final launch of the Ariane 5. The launch had been scheduled for June 16 from Kourou, French Guiana. X-ray inspections raised doubts about three lines on the ...

China is developing a quantum communications satellite network Original Publication Date: 2023-03-10 10:11 Chinese research institutes are working to construct a quantum communications network. Network would use elements of quantum mechanics for encryption and secure transmission of ...