Space News for Friday, January 10, 2025

Spire to launch LEMUR satellites via SpaceX – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00 Platzer will guide Spire’s vision and lead the Board of Directors. Condor was part of the Company’s founding team. She intends to lead Spire into its next phase of growth with a focus on ...

Space News for Saturday, October 12, 2024

Boeing plans more commercial crew charges Original Publication Date: 2024-10-12 07:29 Boeing expects to report pre-tax earnings charges of $2 billion on four programs. Of that $2 billion, $1.6 billion will be charged against two military aircraft programs. $400 million will be charged for ...

Space News for Tuesday, July 23, 2024

ABL loses rocket after static-fire test Original Publication Date: 2024-07-23 09:09 ABL Space Systems says its RS1 rocket suffered "irrecoverable" Damage in a fire after a test firing. The company has kept a low profile in recent months as it prepared for the launch. The launch was to be the ...

Space News for Monday, June 10, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Thursday, December 07, 2023

DARPA picks 14 companies for lunar architecture study Original Publication Date: 2023-12-07 04:59 DARPA announced Dec. 5 that 14 companies will collaborate over the next seven months. The goal is to develop an integrated architecture to support a commercial lunar economy. Some of the companies ...

Space News for Monday, October 16, 2023

SSC supported the THEOS-2 launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-15 00:00 SSC is supporting the launch of Thailand’s high-resolution EO optical satellite — THEOS-2. The mission is designed to deliver ground-breaking imagery with a 0.50 meter ground resolution. The satellite was ...

Space News for Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Starlink and SES join forces for multi-orbit cruise connectivity Original Publication Date: 2023-09-13 06:50 SES and SpaceX are pooling their broadband satellites to offer cruise operators an integrated service. The SES Cruise mPowered + Starlink service would mostly use SpaceX’s low Earth ...

Space News for Thursday, July 06, 2023

Hawkeye 360 satellites to monitor illegal fishing in Pacific Islands Original Publication Date: 2023-07-06 08:00 HawkEye 360, a commercial operator of remote-sensing satellites, announced July 6 it was selected by the government of Australia. The company received a contract of undisclosed value ...

Space News for Monday, November 28, 2022

Join us for a fireside chat with Lori Garver & Jim Bridenstine Original Publication Date: 2022-11-26 19:07 SpaceNews will host its first year-end luncheon since 2019. Panelists include a longtime SLS critic and a Republican ex-congressman who ran NASA for three years under Trump. We will also ...

Space News for Saturday, November 19, 2022

Japan agrees to space station extension and Gateway contributions Original Publication Date: 2022-11-18 12:30 Japan will provide components for several modules and a cargo resupply mission. NASA, in turn, will fly a Japanese astronaut to the Gateway on a future Artemis mission. Japan will still ...