
Thales Alenia Space selects NanoAvionics for ESA-led urban heat monitoring constellation study
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to join a consortium studying the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FutureEO program mission, SIRIUS (Space Based Infra-Red Imager for Urban Sustainability). NanoAvionics will contribute its small satellite expertise, including the ...

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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SpaceX’s Saturday smallsat Starlink Mission 17-9 launch from foggy California
On Saturday, September 6 at 11:06 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos captured by Satnews. The flight expanded SpaceX's constellation ...

SpaceX plans Monday launch from the Cape of Indonesia’s Nusantara Lima mission
SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Nusantara Lima mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 116-minute launch window opens at ...

ArkEdge Space selected for QZSS Utilization Demonstration Project to advance satIoT apps across APAC with MADOCA-PPP tide monitoring buoys
ArkEdge Space Inc. has been selected for the FY2025 QZSS Utilization Demonstration Project that has been jointly organized by the Cabinet Office of Japan and Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Service Inc (QZSS). ArkEdge Space will deploy next-generation tide monitoring buoys across ...

Aerospacelab secures 94 million euros ($110 million)
Aerospacelab has closed an extended Series B funding round totaling 94 million euros ($110 million) throughout a dual-tranche funding of 56 million euros ($66 million) alongside a 38 million euros ($44 million) commitment from a European financial institution. This Series ...

SpaceX ready to send 28 smallsats of Starlink Group 10-57 from the Cape on Friday weather permitting
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 4:29 AM - 7:56 AM PDT. According to weather ...

SpaceX plans Saturday launch of 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-9 from California
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UPDATE: United Launch Alliance (ULA) provides status report
ULA’s Status Report provides updates on launch and other ULA activities. Please note this does not necessarily reflect the chronological order of upcoming launches. Kuiper 3 // Next Up! Sept. 25 Status: The team began (LVOS) operations last week. The Atlas V booster was hoisted into ...

Are off-the-shelf optics always the best solution
Resolve Optics Ltd has for over 20 years developed OEM quantity special lenses and optical designs for small and large high technology businesses. Their customers have benefited from novel and economic optical solutions. Several are currently world leaders in their ...

GHGSat satellites deployed to monitor methane at scale across ExxonMobil’s onshore operations
ExxonMobil Corporation and GHGSat are now in a new partnership to monitor and mitigate methane at scale across ExxonMobil’s onshore operations in North America and Asia, including the United States, Canada, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. This collaboration marks a ...

Forrester’s Digest: SkyPerfect JSAT plans major expansion
Japan’s satellite operator, Sky Perfect JSAT, is going to triple its investment in its fleet which will also include diversification into optical and radar observation satellites, in addition to its core DTH broadcast services. Isao Kubo, the company’s CFO, said ...