Space News for Thursday, January 16, 2025

SpaceX sends Firefly’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s RESILIENCE lunar landers on mission to the Moon – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-15 00:00 Falcon 9 launched Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also on ...

Space News for Wednesday, December 18, 2024

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 ...

Space News for Saturday, February 17, 2024

H3 reaches orbit on second launch Original Publication Date: 2024-02-17 01:17 Japan's H3 rocket successfully reaches orbit on its second launch Feb. 16. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 7:22 p.m. Eastern. On the vehicle’s inaugural launch in March 2023, that engine ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 01, 2023

U.S. Space Command headquarters to remain in Colorado Original Publication Date: 2023-07-31 21:00 Pentagon spokesman: President Biden made the decision after considering the views of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other senior military officials. Announcement caps more than two years of ...

Space News for Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Major operator consolidation is a long time coming Original Publication Date: 2022-09-12 13:12 Satellite operator consolidation has been a perennial topic at industry conferences. The rise of Starlink, OneWeb, and other NGSO broadband constellations has come amid a broader shift away from video ...

Space News for Saturday, July 16, 2022

Rogozin removed as head of Roscosmos as seat barter agreement signed Original Publication Date: 2022-07-15 16:46 Kremlin dismisses Dmitry Rogozin as head of space agency Roscosmos, effective immediately. Kremlin appoints Yuri Borisov, deputy prime minister of Russia, as Rogozin’s successor. ...