Space Launch Delta 45 breaks records, remains the world’s busiest spaceport in 2024
Shown is a graphic showcasing Space Launch Delta 45's total launch count of 93 for the year 2024. The SLD 45 team, composed of military and civilian Guardians and Airmen at Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
Satnews Publishers Wishes You A Wonderful Holiday
Satnews Publishers wishes all a warm, Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or other celebratory event —Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year — as we welcome 2025. In celebration of the holidays, the Satnews offices will be closed from Monday, December ...
Eutelsat selects Airbus Defence and Space to build OneWeb LEO constellation extension
Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of the company's OneWeb LEO constellation. Under a contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of ...
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The best NOAA 2024 satellite imagery as selected by…
NOAA asked you to help choose the most compelling images from NOAA satellites in 2024—the 20 contenders—10 from NOAA’s GOES satellites and 10 from NOAA’s JPSS Program satellites—provided captivating, and occasionally sobering, views of hurricanes, wildfires, space weather and more from around ...
SpaceX Thuraya 4 mission now on for Friday
SpaceX is targeting Friday, January 3 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Space42 Thuraya 4 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The four-hour window opens at ...
Swisscom completes acquisition of Vodafone Italia
After obtaining all regulatory approvals, Swisscom has successfully completed the acquisition of Vodafone Italia. Fastweb and Vodafone Italia bring together complementary high-quality mobile and fixed infrastructures, competencies, and capabilities to create a leading converged challenger in Italy: Fastweb + Vodafone ...
Eutelsat explains OneWeb 48-hour outage
Eutelsat experienced a 48-hour outage on its OneWeb Low Orbit service, beginning on December 31st 2024. In a company statement, Eutelsat outlined the reason for the outage. “The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment,” ...
Peter Krauss leading Terran Orbital to drive the firm’s new era of innovation and growth
As Terran Orbital looks ahead to 2025, the company's new Chief Executive Officer — Peter Krauss— is focused on leveraging the company’s proven track record to drive innovation, enhancing its portfolio and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Mr ...
Forrester’s Digest: SES seeks early wrap on Intelsat purchase
SES is buying rival Intelsat for $3.1 billion (€2.99bn) in a deal announced last April. The purchase had been expected to be completed in the second-half of 2025 once all regulatory hurdles had been overcome. Now, however, SES wants to ...
2025: Space industry trends + events expected in the New Year as predicted by SpaceFund
SpaceFund expects to make many exciting announcements during 2025 as we build on the continuing success of our existing portfolio of 21 space startup investments. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue our vital role in supporting, financing, and ...
Millennium Space Systems names their CEO
Tony Gingiss has been named as the chief executive officer of Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company[NYSE: BA]. He has more than 30 years of experience in executive leadership, operations, design and production, across commercial, civil, defense and national security ...
Skykraft announces international collaboration to lead next generation PNT space project
Skykraft signed a Participating Project Partner Agreement for the "Demonstration of Collaborative Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)" project last month. Supported by an International Space Investment (ISI) India Projects grant from the Australian Government, this ...
SpaceX’s New Year’s Eve launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
SpaceX's last launch for the end of 2024 took place on Tuesday, December 31 at 12:39 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at ...
