Canadensys Aerospace and KSAT have announced their ongoing collaboration for communication services in support of Canada’s first Lunar Rover—KSAT will leverage its network of very large aperture antennas to provide […]
Archives for June 2025
SpaceX scrubs Sunday night launch of Starlink Group 12-19 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell due to Coronal Mass Ejection
SpaceX has scrubbed its plans to launch 23 Starlink satellites in the early Monday morning with no explanation. While the weather didn’t play so much a factor space weather is […]
Sierra Space awarded Lunar logistics contract by NASA
Sierra Space has won a significant contract from NASA to study the use of the company’s expandable space station technology on the moon. The purpose of this contract will be […]
SpaceX’s Sunday night launch of Starlink Group 12-19 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 […]
Successful completion of JoeySat testing demonstrates 1st reliable multi-beam Ka-band Gateway
Celestia has announced that it has successfully completed the testing of its multi-beam Ka-band gateway with JoeySat, marking a major milestone in the evolution of satellite communications infrastructure. The system […]
Forrester’s Digest: CMA clears SES/Intelsat merger
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the take-over of Intelsat by SES in its $3.1 billion move. However, while the UK’s anti-trust clearance is a major step […]
Forrester’s Digest: South Africa’s ICASA warns Starlink users
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system is not authorized or licensed by South Africa. Recent discussions between SpaceX and South Africa’s licensing authorities could see this prohibition lifted. However, there are reportedly […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 32nd flight + 12th human spaceflight
Blue Origin successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the New Shepard program on May 31st. The crew included: K-12 STEM teacher Aymette Medina Jorge, radiologist […]
ChinaDaily: China launches the Tianwen 2 mission
China successfully launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, in the early hours of Thursday, May 29th. This mission is designed to shed light on the formation and evolution […]