The West of Scotland Space Cluster, the newest addition to the UK’s thriving ecosystem of regional space clusters, recently launched. The region is a key hub in the Scottish space […]
Archives for September 2024
SpaceX, at zero to 4,000 mph in less than three minutes, begins NASA’s Crew-9 astronauts’ journey on way to ISS
Cape Canaveral’s weather cooperated on September 28, despite hurricane Helene, making it possible at 1:17 ET for SpaceX to send NASA’s Crew 9 astronauts, NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and […]
Initial tests of the KERAUNOS optical communications satellite are successful
This experiment is the result of a collaboration between the French Defense Innovation Agency (AID), part of the French armament directorate (DGA), and two French New Space companies, Unseenlabs and […]
Hydrosat expands presence in LATAM to drive digital agriculture innovation
Hydrosat has announced four new commercial agreements with key partners in Latin America: EE Print Pack, Rex Irrigación Huasteca and Grupo INDERS — these strategic customers signify a major expansion […]
Anduril’s Ghost-X selected for U.S. Army’s company level sUAS directed requirement
The United States Army has announced that Anduril’s Ghost-X UAS has been selected for the company level Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) which takes a novel approach […]
SpaceX’s Saturday launch of the Crew-9 astronauts’ mission tenuous due to Helene
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, September 28, at 1:17 p.m. EDT due to Tropical Storm Helene, for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s ninth operational human spaceflight […]
Space Force awards four ‘Quick Start’ Resilient GPS agreements
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded four agreements to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation one of the Resilient Global […]
Rocket Lab’s second spacecraft for Varda Space Industries to provide in-space pharmaceutical manufacturing
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global provider in launch services and space systems, has completed testing and integration of its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc., […]
Sentinel-2C captures new glimpse of the Moon
On September 20th, the European Space Agency‘s Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite captured its first stunning image of the Moon, achieved by rolling the satellite sideways in a unique maneuver. Although Sentinel-2C […]
Bank downgrades Virgin Galactic
Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism business, Virgin Galactic, suffered a bank’s serious downgrade to its share price. Morgan Stanley had given Virgin Galactic a share price target of $35. That […]