SpaceX’s Starship explodes during static fire test
SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle was destroyed in an explosion on Wednesday as it was being readied for a static fire test at the company’s Massey facility, near Starbase, Texas. Ship 36 was torn apart exploding in a huge fireball as ...
UPDATE: SpaceX, Axiom Space and NASA are standing down again from launching Axiom Space Mission on Sunday
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from launching Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) on Sunday, June 22 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A new launch date will be shared once available ...
AAC Clyde Space wins strategic order for first phase of ESA-backed satellite swarm mission
Image is courtesy of ESA AAC Clyde Space has won an order worth 0.12 million euros (approx. SEK 1.3 million) from University College Dublin for a mission study in the first phase of the development program COMCUBE-S. The study will ...
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ION-X achieves 1st firing in space of a European Ionic Liquid Propulsion System
ION-X has successfully performed the first-ever in-orbit firing of a European-developed ionic liquid electrospray thruster. This milestone marks only the second global demonstration of this advanced propulsion technology in space, nearly a decade after the inaugural mission by BUSEK for ...
Northrop Grumman expanding use of NVIDIA AI tech to advance space solutions
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is expanding its use of NVIDIA technology, including adding space applications to the NVIDIA Omniverse simulation platform and leveraging the NVIDIA Isaac Lab framework for the training, development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) for ...
GHGSat: Satellites reveal methane as an unintended consequence of palm oil production and points toward solutions
GHGSat-C10 'Vanguard', the world's first commercial high-resolution CO2 sensor Palm oil, the world’s most widely consumed vegetable oil, is an inescapable component of most manufactured consumer products, present in roughly 50% of supermarket packaged products ranging from pizza to toothpaste, ...
India’s Vi and AST SpaceMobile partner to provide satellite connectivity in India
Vi (Vodafone Idea), India’s telecom service provider, and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, for commercial and government applications announces a strategic partnership. Together they will expand mobile ...
Forrester’s Digest: SES raises €1bn towards Intelsat purchase
Satellite operator SES has raised two €500 million bonds. SES, as is usual in these cases, says it shall apply the net proceeds of the Notes towards its general corporate purposes, including, without limitation (i) financing all or part of ...
UND to launch state’s first-ever satellite mission
This Saturday, at 4:19 p.m. Central Daylight Time UND is set to launch the first-ever satellites commissioned in North Dakota. The pair of satellites, part of UND’s Rendezvous & Operations for Autonomous Docking and Servicing (ROADS) mission, were developed in ...
Japan Times: Honda’s rocket test is successful
Rocket launch photo courtesy of Honda Japan's second-biggest carmaker Honda has successfully tested an experimental reusable rocket, the company said, as it seeks to expand into the space sector. Honda, which hopes to develop the tech prowess for a suborbital ...
Infostellar + CONTEC signed MoU to Strengthen Global GSaaS Collaboration
Infostellar Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CONTEC, which marks the start of a strategic collaboration to enhance Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) capabilities for commercial and government satellite operators worldwide. Under the terms of the ...
STMicroelectronics launches radiation-hardened point-of-load converters for LEO applications
STMicroelectronics’ LEOPOL1 point-of-load step-down converter for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) deployments meets the needs of equipment developers targeting the New Space market, now expanding throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. The emerging New Space industry, driven by private-sector companies, is ...
In celebration of Juneteenth
June 19 was officially declared a U.S. holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. In celebration of Juneteenth the Satnews offices will be closed on Thursday, June 19 and will reopen on Friday, June 20 ...
