Satnews Publishers wishes everyone an enjoyable Labor Day Holiday
Satnews offices will be closed on Monday, September 1st to observe the Labor Day holiday. As summer comes to a close, we hope you enjoy this day to relax. The Satnews offices will then reopen for business on Tuesday, September ...
SpaceX Starship 10 test run proves successful concluding with Starship landing “flat down in the Indian Ocean”
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.The results were a significant step forward as every major ...
SpaceX launches NAOS an EO spacecraft for Luxembourg + smallsats from sunny California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys ...
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Forrester’s Digest: Dish/DirecTV merger back on?
Financial discussions about a potential merger between the two declining DTH operators over North America could be on again. Indeed, those discussions have gone on for years and, despite changes in ownership of DirecTV and enthusiasm from Charlie Ergen, founder ...
World Teleport Association requests your input…
Since 2004, WTA has published the world’s only rankings of top teleport operating companies. This is your chance to have your company appear in the Top Operators of 2025 rankings. From the data provided by its members and other operators, ...
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink smallsats from Group 10-14 on Sunday from the Cape
On Sunday, August 31 at 7:49 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Preceding the launch the ...
SpaceX launches 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-7 on foggy California night
On Friday, August 29 at 9:59 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit orbit to join the Starlink cnstellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos captured by ...
ESA’s Flight Ticket Initiative: first five missions secured with Avio and Isar Aerospace
The Flight Ticket Initiative is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission for European companies and institutions to test and prove new products and applications in space. It encourages the use of new European launchers ...
Forrester’s Digest: Belgium’s Aerospacelab raises $110milion
Charleroi, Belgium-based, Aerospacelab has raised $110 million (€94.5m) of fresh cash to expand its manufacturing capacity and improve its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned highly-secure multi-orbit broadband satellite constellation. The cash-raising exercise is part of a Series ...
SpaceX schedules launch of 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-7 on Friday from California
Kozue Tobo is a skilled furniture craftsman who takes her inspiration from nature. Kozue believes that Starlink will be beneficial for people like her who work remotely without easy internet access, as it enables communication with the outside world. SpaceX's ...
SpaceX launches 28 smallsats of Starlink Group 10-11 from Florida
On Thursday, August 28 at 1:12 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews. Beginning to release ...
Microchip’s GNSS disciplined oscillator modules enable easy PNT tech integration
Aerospace and defense applications rely on Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology for mission-critical accuracy and reliability—however, integrating PNT into a design requires extensive domain knowledge in this area. To fast track the development process, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has ...
USGS unveils a new national geologic map
The U.S. Geological Survey has released the most detailed national-scale geologic map of the country (USA) to date, offering a unique, regional view of geology at, and beneath, the Earth’s surface. Geologic maps use different colors to show various types ...
