Space News for Thursday, April 04, 2024

Scout Space eyes military customers for space domain awareness sensor Original Publication Date: 2024-04-04 09:00 Scout Space is developing a space domain awareness sensor aimed at the military market. The company on April 4 announced it won a $1.8 million Small Business Innovation Research ...

Space News for Thursday, February 08, 2024

BlackSky inks $50 million deal to supply imagery services and satellites to Indonesia Original Publication Date: 2024-02-08 11:00 BlackSky will provide satellite imagery services and imaging spacecraft to the Republic of Indonesia. Jakarta will gain access to BlackSky’s high-revisit imagery and ...

Space News for Monday, January 15, 2024

Army to refine requirements for next-generation satellite terminals Original Publication Date: 2024-01-14 21:48 Army is trying to consolidate as many as six types of terminals into just two variants. Having fewer large terminal antenna variants is a key goal. Army has not disclosed estimates of ...

Space News for Tuesday, December 05, 2023

India returns Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-12-05 03:51 The propulsion module for the Chandrayaan-3 mission is now in a high orbit around the Earth. The Indian space agency had not previously disclosed any efforts to return the propulsion module. ...

Space News for Thursday, August 17, 2023

SpaceX to have second launch in 24 hours on August 17 of 21 Starlinks – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-16 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Thursday, August 17 at 1:42 a.m. PT (8:42 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. This is the 15th flight for the ...

Space News for Friday, January 27, 2023

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 ...

Space News for Tuesday, January 10, 2023

First Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails Original Publication Date: 2023-01-10 01:39 Virgin Orbit's first launch from the United Kingdom failed to reach orbit. The company incorrectly reported that the rocket's upper stage and payloads had reached orbit. It was the sixth LauncherOne mission for the ...

Space News for Friday, December 30, 2022

ESA to hire more staff after budget increase Original Publication Date: 2022-12-30 01:21 European Space Agency plans to hire 200 new employees in 2023. ESA expects to hire about 400 people overall in 2023, including both the new positions. Decision comes after member states agreed Nov. 23 to ...

Space News for Thursday, December 08, 2022

Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial options to deploy satellites in deep space Original Publication Date: 2022-12-07 23:51 Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial services to deploy and operate payloads. Area known as cislunar space begins at geosynchronous Earth orbit and extends out. ...

Space News for Monday, December 05, 2022

U.S. Space Force chief: The use of space technology in Ukraine ‘is what we can expect in the future’ Original Publication Date: 2022-12-04 16:41 Gen. Chance Saltzman is chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force. He says the value of space “has been proven out,” and space is “clearly a ...