The Chinese Xinhua news agency is reporting that China has successfully launched a new satellite to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies. Named the Shijian-21, the satellite was launched […]
Archives for October 2021
ACCESS.SPACE Alliance’s Sobering Account Of Europe’s SmallSat Industries’ Challenges
A sobering realistic look at the many challenges in the European small satellite industry. ACCESS.SPACE Alliance (ASA), which represents the small satellite sector, has published a position paper on the […]
First Free Flying Commercial Space Station — Starlab — To Be Developed By Nanoracks, Voyager Space + Lockheed Martin
Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has formed a team to develop the first-ever, free flying, commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, […]
UPDATE 1: Thales Alenia Space Built SES-17 + SYRACUSE 4A Satellites Successfully Launched By Arianespace
On Sunday, October 24, at 02:10 UTC, Ariane 5 lifted off from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) and successfully orbited two satellites built by Thales Alenia Space, those being SES-17, […]
Three New Directors Named By ESA
The ESA Council has appointed three new ESA directors for Commercialization, Industry and Procurement, for Earth Observation Programs as well as for Navigation. This occurs in a context where boosting […]
Advanced Hypersonic Tech Demo’d By US Navy + US Army At NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Via Sandia Nat’l Labs
The U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the U.S. Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) have successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
Forrester’s Digest: SES-17 Launch Delayed / EUTELSAT + UHD Importance / Intelsat’s Bankruptcy Exit Plan Hearing Delayed
The launch of SES-17 has been delayed. Arianespace stated that investigations are ongoing in order to identify a new launch date from the Kourou spaceport. The Ariane 5 launch vehicle […]
NASA Awards Millions$$ To Underfunded Jurisdictions
NASA has awarded $28 million to fund the next five years of research infrastructure development across 28 jurisdictions. The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), a part of NASA’s […]
EXOLAUNCH Expands Their Operations Into North America + Names U.S. CEO
EXOLAUNCH has expanded their business operations and sales in North America by opening offices in Denver, Colorado, and Washington, DC. To lead its US operations (Exolaunch, Inc. doing business as […]
NASA’s DART Journeys To Vandenberg Space Force Base For Launch
Just two days after leaving the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in a specialized container carefully strapped to the deck of a semi-trailer truck, NASA’s Double […]