Space News for Tuesday, May 13, 2025

SpaceX scrubs Florida launch of Starlink Group 6-83 smallsats to Tuesday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-05-12 00:00 Monday’s launch was scrubbed as weather at Kennedy Space Center was nasty. SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, May 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to ...

Space News for Thursday, April 24, 2025

Hubble—Celebrating the space telescope’s 35th anniversary year on-orbit – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-23 00:00 NASA and ESA released images of five astronomical targets that were selected for the James Webb Space Telescope. Images stretch from the planet Mars to images of stellar ...

Space News for Friday, April 11, 2025

Northrop Grumman achieves 1st undocking between 2 commercial spacecraft in GEO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-10 00:00 MEV-1 successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial ...

Space News for Monday, March 17, 2025

Bahrain launches 1st domestically built satellite via the SpaceX Transporter-13 mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-03-17 00:00 The National Space Science Agency (NSSA) has successfully launched Al Munther, the nation’s first domestically designed and built satellite. Al Munther ...

Space News for Friday, January 03, 2025

Space Launch Delta 45 breaks records, remains the world’s busiest spaceport in 2024 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-02 00:00 The U.S. Set the world record for annual space launches for the second year in a row. The U.S. Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral SFS and the Western Range at ...

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, October 02, 2024

Yahsat and Bayanat forge AI-powered space technology champion Original Publication Date: 2024-10-01 22:10 Yahsat and Bayanat completed their merger Oct. 1, forming a company called Space42. Space42 has around 700 employees across more than 150 countries. Led by Karim Sabbagh, a former CEO of ...

Space News for Monday, September 16, 2024

Anduril targets space domain with AI and autonomous systems Original Publication Date: 2024-09-16 10:00 Anduril Industries is known for its use of artificial intelligence in weapons systems. The company intends to develop spacecraft for applications like space domain awareness. The space ...

Space News for Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Congress, industry criticize FAA launch licensing regulations Original Publication Date: 2024-09-11 03:19 FAA's Part 450 is intended to streamline the licensing process for commercial launch and reentry. Many in the launch industry have warned since the regulations went into force in March 2021 ...

Space News for Thursday, August 22, 2024

Axiom Space and Nokia partner to develop high-speed wireless communications for spacesuits Original Publication Date: 2024-08-21 13:38 Nokia and Axiom Space announce partnership to develop 4G/LTE communications. The technology will provide redundancy for existing links using UHF and Wi-Fi. The ...