SpaceX has successfully launched the U.S. Space Force‘s USSF-67 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on January 15, 2023, with the liftoff of this National Security Space Launch […]
Archives for January 2023
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is one step closer to certification flight
The first Vulcan rocket is complete and headed to the launch site The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket has begun its journey to the launch site in preparation […]
The United States + Japan sign a space collaboration agreement
During an event hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington on Friday, January 13th, representatives from the United States and […]
UPDATE 4: Virgin Orbit updates their “Start Me Up” mission anomaly
Preliminary analysis of data from Virgin Orbit‘s Start Me Up mission has begun to shed light on the outcome of the January 9th flight and the next steps that will […]
SES MEO satellites demo du’s 5G backhaul in the Middle East
SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) have successfully demo’d the first,satellite-enabled, 5G backhaul in the Middle East using SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. The aim was […]
GapSat acquires QBX Ltd. and their critical spectrum solutions for satellite connectivity
GapSat Development Group Limited (“GapSat”), a BVI company that provides satellite operators with on-orbit, GEO communications satellites on an interim basis, has acquired QBX Limited, an Isle of Man based […]
Endurosat’s Platform-2’s launch includes Magdrive’s ‘Operation Get It Up’ high-power electric plasma thruster in orbit
Endurosat‘s Shared Mission, Platform-2 has been successfully launched into orbit on SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 Transporter-6 mission. Safe deployment confirmed, and the commissioning has started. Platform-2 is the first of multiple […]
Africa’s critical mineral exploration rapidly accelerates as Fleet Space deploys the first ExoSphere satellite
Fleet Space announces the first deployment of its ExoSphere satellite-based mineral exploration system in Africa, in a new partnership with Resonance Frequency Exploration Group (RFEG), based in the USA with […]
NASA’s Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost […]
Astranis successfully launches into 2023 with a new Chief Commercial Officer from Viasat
As a new two-year-old company Astranis reports themselves as a serious player in the satellite industry having finished their first satellite, sold many more, scaled to over 300 employees, and […]