In 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft made history, and changed the Solar System forever, by impacting the Dimorphos asteroid and measurably shifting its orbit around the larger Didymos asteroid. In the process […]
Archives for September 2024
SpaceX’s Tuesday super foggy Vandenberg launch of 20 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Another foggy but successful Vandenberg launch as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 sent 20 Starlink smallsats, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East […]
SpaceX preps for Saturday’s Crew-9 mission of two astronauts to conduct experiments and demonstrations on ISS
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, September 28 due to Tropical Storm Helene, for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s ninth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-9) to the […]
Japan’s IGS Radar 8 top secret reconnaissance government satellite to launch on Wednesday
On Wednesday, September 25, at 10:24 PM – 10:25 PM PDT, the IGS Radar 8 Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite will launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. […]
NOAA Industry Day on TraCSS System Integration
On October 1, 2024, NOAA will host a virtual industry day to provide interested industry partners an update of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and obtain feedback on […]
Reticulate Micro demos 1st ever video streaming over MUOS network
Reticulate Micro, Inc. has announced the company has successfully demo’d what the firm believes to be the first-ever, real-time video streaming over the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) tactical satellite […]
SpaceX’s Tuesday Starlink Group 8-9 smallsat launch
On Tuesday, September 24th, at 9:01 PM – 9:59 PM PDT, Space X plans to launch into low Earth orbit a batch of Starlink smallsat satellites that will likely include […]
Equatorial Launch Australia signs multi-launch contract with Sirius Space Services
Sirius Space Services has signed a contract with Equatorial Launch Australia for a multi-year, multi-launch campaign from the Arnhem Space Centre. The agreement will see Sirius become a ‘Resident Launcher’ […]
Unseenlabs orders four additional CubeSats from GomSpace
GomSpace signed a contract with Unseenlabs earlier this month to deliver four additional cube satellites (CubeSats). The contract value is 3.5 million euros and delivery of the satellites will occur in […]
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) selected by NUVIEW to develop pathfinder satellite bus
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) was by NUVIEW earlier this month to develop the bus for Mr. SPoC, their pathfinder smallsat that will demo the capabilities of the world’s first commercial, […]