Space News for Friday, February 21, 2025

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 12-14 smallsats including Direct to Cell on Friday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-20 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Friday, February 21 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff is targeted ...

Space News for Saturday, February 10, 2024

Greece signs Artemis Accords Original Publication Date: 2024-02-10 00:12 Greece is the 35th country to sign the Artemis Accords. The Accords outline best practices for sustainable space exploration. Greece is the second European country in as many months to sign the Accords. The document is ...

Space News for Monday, January 22, 2024

Blue Origin and SpaceX start work on cargo versions of crewed lunar landers Original Publication Date: 2024-01-22 00:26 NASA has exercised options in Human Landing System (HLS) awards to Blue Origin and SpaceX. The companies are working on versions of their landers that can carry large amounts ...

Space News for Thursday, November 09, 2023

ViaSat-3 failure investigation to conclude next week Original Publication Date: 2023-11-09 04:54 Viasat expects to know next week what caused antenna deployment issue. Issue severely impaired debut ViaSat-3 broadband satellite over the Americas. Viasat has also stopped work on ViaSat-4, a high ...

Space News for Saturday, September 17, 2022

Congress asks for more transparency into New Shepard failure investigation Original Publication Date: 2022-09-16 09:17 Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Brian Babin (R-Texas) sought more details into the investigation. They wrote that their interest stems from the fact that New Shepard also carries ...