UPDATE 4: SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, January 2 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg […]
Archives for January 2024
NASA Wallops signs Space Act Agreement to support STEM outreach
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through the signing of a new Space Act Agreement. This formal partnership provides outreach […]
UPDATE 6: Success as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches USSF-52’s secret payload
UPDATE 6: Despite numerous delays, on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center […]
ESA + GomSpace sign contract for continued mission control system development
ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg recently signed a contract for continued mission control system development valued at 1,500,000 euros for the continued development of GomSpace’s HOOP mission control system that has […]
UPDATE 3: T-minus one week until ULA’s launch of Vulcan rocket
UPDATE 3: Just one week away from the launch of the Vulcan… UPDATE 2: The payload complement for the inaugural United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket is atop the launch […]
Intuitive Machines scheduled to launch IM-1 lunar mission in February via SpaceX
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) announced last month — in coordination with SpaceX — the launch of the Company’s IM-1 lunar mission, now targeted for a multi-day launch window […]
Japan’s 2nd H3 rocket to set to launch in February
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has decided to launch the nation’s new, mainstay, H3 rocket for the second time from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on February […]
Raytheon building defensive microwave antenna systems for U.S. military
Raytheon, an RTX business, will design, build and test two high-power microwave antenna systems that will use directed energy to defeat airborne threats at the speed of light. The systems […]
SoftBank Corp.-led proposal to expand HAPS base stations spectrum use OK’s @ WRC-23
SoftBank Corp. conducted international standardization activities related to High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) spectrum for stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and Asia-Pacific Telecommunity […]