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 begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X […]
SpaceX plans two launches from two coasts on Thursday, Starlink smallsat Group 7-11 from California
SpaceX plans two launches from two coasts on Thursday, Starlink smallsats Group 10-15 from the Cape
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. You […]
Artemis II crew members name their Orion spacecraft
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 many engineers, technicians, scientists, planners, and dreamers required for mission success. The name is also a nod to the extensive integrated effort […]
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, in French Guiana. The European Ariane 6 launcher family is built by the prime contractor […]
SpaceX launches NASA’s IMAP heliophysics mission from sunny Florida
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 and Acceleration Probe, is a NASA heliophysics mission that will map the boundaries of the heliosphere: the large bubble created […]
L-1 ULA Update: Atlas V ready to GO! for Thursday’s launch of Amazon Kuiper 3 mission from the Cape
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 Thursday, September 25, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch is planned for 8:09 a.m. EDT with a 29-minute window. Today’s forecast shows […]
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 offer around 26 HD TV channels which will be free of charge until early next […]
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 that shooting stars are meteors traveling through Earth’s atmosphere. Meteors that reach a minimum apparent […]
Australia’s 1st orbital testbed to advance Space Machines Company project + Space mission
A Defence Trailblazer collaborative project with Space Machines Company and the University of Adelaide’s AI for Space Group has reached a major milestone, building Australia’s first orbital robotics testbed at its state-of-the-art space simulation facilities. Located in the EXTERRES (Extraterrestrial Environmental Simulation) Laboratory at the university’s Roseworthy Campus, the proximity operations testbed will accelerate the […]
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 will begin about one hour prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. […]