Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C
On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will place into orbit Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite, with a Vega C rocket. The CO3D mission is a constellation (Constellation Optique en 3D) composed of four ...
Rocket Lab launches ‘Symphony In The Stars’ and achieves new record of two launches under 48 hours
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches a secretive satellite from New Zealand on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Image credit: Rocket Lab) Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), provider of launch services and space systems, today successfully ...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Axiom Space’s astronauts on Axiom Mission 4 enroute to ISS
On Wednesday, June 25 at 2:31 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos by Satnews. Following stage separation, ...
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Bank: SES target price of €9.60
Analysts at investment bank Berenberg have reinstated coverage of satellite operator SES in a timely fashion and assuming a successful acquisition of Intelsat. Berenberg says it expects SES to extend its competitive advantage once it closes its acquisition of Intelsat ...
ESA teams with Leonardo against satnav jamming
Uninterrupted access to satellite navigation is essential in our modern world, but it is threatened daily by external interference, such as jamming and spoofing. New technologies and concepts can help increase the resilience of our satellite navigation solutions. ESA and ...
Meteosat-12 satellite takes over from Meteosat-10 in delivering Europe’s prime service
Artistic rendition of Meteosat-12 on-orbit. Image is courtesy of Eumetsat. EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-12 satellite, formerly Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Imager 1, has now taken over from Meteosat-10 to deliver Europe’s prime data service from GEO—orbiting at an altitude of around 36,000 ...
Greenerwave + Safran Passenger Innovations developing a low-power, cost-efficient + agnostic Ka-band SATCOM terminal for IFC
Greenerwave and Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI), earlier this month, engaged in a strategic partnership to develop a next-generation Ka-band aero SATCOM terminal This cutting-edge terminal, fully compatible with current and future Ka-band NGSO constellations, will provide optimized in-flight connectivity without ...
France’s ThrustMe propulsion system launches 100th in space aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission
ThrustMe, a French provider of advanced in-orbit propulsion solutions for the industrial space era, has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space. This milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 mission that launched to space this Monday, ...
Rocket Lab to launch Electron mission for ESA’s next-generation navigation system
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to launch a dedicated Electron mission for the European Space Agency (“ESA”) for the first time, to deploy the first pair of satellites for a future navigation constellation ...
SpaceX’s launch on Friday of Starlink Group 10-34 smallsats may have weather issues
SpaceX is targeting Friday/Saturday, June 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit for the Starlink mega-constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for ...
SSC + Firefly planning orbital launch from Esrange following TSA signing between Sweden + U.S.
Firefly's Alpha Rocket Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Firefly Aerospace are moving closer to a historic first satellite launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, following a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was signed between Sweden and the United ...
RTX provides Blue Canyon satellite to shape future space missions
Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) launched a CubeSat in support of ARCSTONE, a NASA mission to measure lunar spectral reflectance, or the way sunlight is reflected back from the Moon's surface at different wavelengths of light—the ARCSTONE mission will ...
New HawkEye 360 satellite cluster supports mission success for government and allied partners in complex environments
HawkEye 360 Inc. has made successful contact with its Cluster 12 satellites following their launch from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket— Cluster 12 was launched on June 26 (ET) / June 27 (NZT) and includes three formation-flying ...
