SpaceX’s New Year’s Eve launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-01 00:00 SpaceX’s last launch for the end of 2024 took place on Tuesday, December 31 at 12:39 a.m. ET. Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with ...

SES launches 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites, stregthening MEO constellation – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-17 00:00 SES announced today that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in ...

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 ...

ExoTerra raises $8 million to boost propulsion system production Original Publication Date: 2024-06-20 10:00 Colorado-based ExoTerra Resources raised $8 million to expand production. Lago Innovation Fund, part of Lago Asset Management, supplied the funding. ExoTerra recently opened a ...

SDA to acquire satellites with custom payloads to enable faster targeting on battlefields Original Publication Date: 2024-01-15 21:59 Space Development Agency gearing up for next procurement of military satellites. SDA plans to acquire 20 satellites carrying a new type of payload to transmit ...

Telesat’s initial LEO constellation fully funded after manufacturer switch Original Publication Date: 2023-08-11 18:31 Telesat saves $2 billion by pivoting to smaller satellites from MDA. MDA is building 198 satellites for Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation. Launches slated to start in the ...

U.S. sanctions Chinese satellite firm for allegedly supplying SAR imagery to Russia’s Wagner Group Original Publication Date: 2023-01-27 10:26 Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Research Institute hit by sanctions. U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting Wagner Group ...

New head of Space Force acquisitions looks to get back to basics Original Publication Date: 2022-06-24 22:03:52+00:00 Frank Calvelli is assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration. One of his first moves will be to impose discipline into acquisitions. Calvelli ...