SpaceX launches NASA’s IMAP heliophysics mission from sunny Florida
Success with a beautiful release On Wednesday, September 24 at 7:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched NASA’s IMAP mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews. IMAP, or the Interstellar Mapping ...
INNOSPACE signs multi-launch service contract with Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS)
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a multi-launch service contract worth $5.8 million with Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (“MBS”) in Germany. Under the agreement, INNOSPACE will carry out two HANBIT launch missions to deploy MBS satellites into LEO, with one launch in ...
SpaceX launches and lands NROL-48 on secret mission in dense fog from California on Monday
On Monday, September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The are satellites built with Northrop Grumman on commercial Starlink buses with ...
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SpaceX plans two launches from two coasts on Thursday, Starlink smallsat Group 7-11 from California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 24 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A live webcast of this mission will ...
SpaceX plans two launches from two coasts on Thursday, Starlink smallsats Group 10-15 from the Cape
Starlink keeps Canadian dog sledders connected during extended hunting expeditions on the ice.“We are what we call Nunataligaarjuk, close to the little islands out in the sea ice. Starlink has changed our lives out on the land. ... — Syola, ...
Artemis II crew members name their Orion spacecraft
NASA Delivers Artemis II Hardware to Kennedy The Artemis II crew members named their Orion spacecraft Integrity during a news conference September 24. The name Integrity embodies the foundation of trust, respect, candor, and humility across the crew and the ...
Arianespace to launch German defense satellites SATCOMBw Stufe 3 with Ariane 6
Arianespace announces it has been awarded the contract to launch two SATCOMBw Stufe 3 satellites with two Ariane 6 for the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). The satellites will board Europe's heavy-lift launchers Ariane 6, for a launch from Europe's Spaceport, ...
L-1 ULA Update: Atlas V ready to GO! for Thursday’s launch of Amazon Kuiper 3 mission from the Cape
Sunset: Atlas V Kuiper 3 — The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits on Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunset. The Atlas V will launch the Kuiper 3 mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband ...
SES Satellite Ibérica to launch Astra HD+ in Spain
SES Satellite Ibérica, a subsidiary of SES, is finalising the launch of a new satellite television service in Spain under the brand Astra HD+. The platform is set to roll out in the coming weeks. At launch, Astra HD+ will ...
Space Dynamics Lab shares open-source software to detect potentially dangerous meteors
Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has released open-source software to detect potentially harmful shooting stars, called bolides—bright meteors that explode as they enter Earth’s atmosphere. The software, StarFall, can be downloaded at this direct link... Scientists have long known ...
Australia’s 1st orbital testbed to advance Space Machines Company project + Space mission
University of Adelaide researcher Mohsi Jawaid with an experimental satellite model attached to the orbital testbed's robotic arm A Defence Trailblazer collaborative project with Space Machines Company and the University of Adelaide’s AI for Space Group has reached a major milestone, ...
SpaceX moves NASA’s IMAP mission to Wednesday from the Cape
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, September 24 for launch of NASA’s IMAP mission to interplanetary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 7:30 a.m. ET. A live webcast of this mission ...
L-2 ULA Update: Atlas V ready to send Amazon’s Project Kuiper 3 on its mission
Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the Kuiper 3 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper. The mission is planned to lift off on Thurs., Sept. 25, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...
