Space News for Monday, September 09, 2024

Eartheye Space raises $1.5 million Original Publication Date: 2024-09-09 00:31 Singapore startup Eartheye Space raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Eartheye, founded in 2022, calls itself the “Uber Eats’ of Earth-observation data. With the recent investment, Eartheye will be expanding into ...

Space News for Sunday, July 21, 2024

South Korea’s new space agency outlines plans Original Publication Date: 2024-07-21 02:19 South Korea's new space agency lays out ambitious goals in spaceflight. KASA has long-term goals of sending a robotic lander to the moon in 2032. KASA plans both the lunar and Martian landers as well as a ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Viasat preparing to start services from hobbled ViaSat-3 satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-02-07 03:10 Viasat expects to start providing Wi-Fi to planes by the end of June from ViaSat-3 F1. The satellite lost more than 90% of its 1 terabit per second capacity last year. Viasat has filed ...

Space News for Thursday, January 11, 2024

Japanese Mars mission launch delayed to 2026 Original Publication Date: 2024-01-11 08:52 Japanese space agency JAXA confirms two-year delay in the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration. JAXA blames it in part on the H3 rocket that will launch the spacecraft. MMX was scheduled to launch in ...

Space News for Monday, December 18, 2023

SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift Original Publication Date: 2023-12-18 04:05 Sift is a startup founded by former SpaceX software engineers. It developed a proprietary telemetry stack to improve the way machine data is recorded. Potential customers include space companies ...

Space News for Saturday, December 02, 2023

Angola signs Artemis Accords Original Publication Date: 2023-12-01 23:44 Angola is the third African nation to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords outline best practices for space exploration. The signing took place during the visit of Angola’s president to the White House. Thirty-three ...

Space News for Monday, June 05, 2023

EOS Data Analytics and Space Electric Thruster Systems demonstrate technology in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-06-05 20:06 EOS Data Analytics is acquiring imagery from the first satellite in the company’s agriculture-focused constellation. The satellite, built by Dragonfly Aerospace of ...

Space News for Saturday, April 01, 2023

AST SpaceMobile discloses further satellite delays and cost increases Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 21:53 AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch the first five BlueBird satellites by the end of this year. The company's cellphone-compatible broadband constellation has slipped into 2024. ...