As part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, Firefly Aerospace launched eight small satellites on July 3 aboard the company’s Alpha rocket. Named “Noise of Summer,” the rocket successfully lifted off […]
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SpaceX completes a bi-coastal ‘two in one’ day launching NASA and JAXA’s EarthCARE satellite after Starlink smallsats
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 completed the ESA JAXA EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) mission launch today, Tuesday, May 28 at 3:10 p.m. PDT to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch […]
Rocket Lab launches first of two NASA climate change satellites
“Today we successfully launched the first of two back-to-back launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission.” The following announcements are from both Rocket […]
Beyond Gravity helps NASA with precise positioning capability to track PACE satellite
A new NASA climate satellite will be launched into space to monitor the health of the world’s oceans and air quality. A navigation receiver from Europe’s leading space supplier Beyond Gravity […]
MDA’s CHORUS constellation will launch via SpaceX
MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has selected SpaceX to be the launch service provider for CHORUS, MDA’s next generation Earth observation constellation. CHORUS is targeted to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket […]
ESA’s Copernicus reveals carbon monoxide from fires in Canada
As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be […]
Muon Space’s 1st satellite is successfully launched + deployed
Muon Space has announced the successful deployment of the company’s first satellite, MuSat-1. The ESPA-class spacecraft, which launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, June […]
ESA’s CubeMAP mission development terminated
After very careful consideration, ESA’s Earth Observation Program Board has taken the decision to terminate the development of CubeMAP as a Scout satellite mission. This decision is based on the […]
Pixxel’s $36 Million in Series B funding will advance hyperspectral satellite constellation and data platform
Pixxel, a hyperspectral Earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume […]
Shooting star satellite’s first steps toward the multi-billion-dollar space entertainment market
Space technology company ALE has announced the firm’s plans to launch the next SKY CANVAS satellite into orbit, a major step forward in the world’s first, human-made, shooting star project. […]