The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, at 11:06 CET (10:06 GMT) Tuesday, December 21. Some of the European cargo it carries […]
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James Webb Space Telescope’s Successful Launch + Upcoming Milestones
The James Webb Space Telescope — the Webb mission — an international partnership with the ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket […]
Teledyne Technologies’ Infrared Detectors Aboard The James Webb Space Telescope
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) provided 15, extremely sensitive, H2RG infrared detectors that are used in three of the four science instruments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera […]
Kleos Space’s Third Smallsat Mission Prepped For Launch
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed their Patrol Mission (KSF2) satellites are on track to launch onboard the SpaceX Transporter-3 mission that is targeted for January 13th and have […]
Arianespace Lifts 36 Additional OneWeb Satellites To Their Orbital Slots
On Monday, December 27, at precisely 06:10 p.m. local time at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome (01:10 p.m. UTC), Soyuz flight ST37 lifted-off with 36 OneWeb satellites. This flight was the 63rd […]
SpaceX Launches Two Missions In Less Than 16 Hours
On December 18 at 4:41 a.m., PST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 52 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
Forrester’s Digest: An Unusual Move For SpaceX / Virgin Orbit Investments / Intelsat Creditor Settlements
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is scheduled to launch 52 of its Starlink craft into circular orbits today (December 17th). This is an unusual move from Musk’s team — this launch is […]
Launch Agreement Signed By Swedish Space Corporation For SatRevolution’s STORK EO Smallsat
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Polish space company, SatRevolution, have signed an agreement to launch SatRevolution’s STORK Earth Observation (WO) satellite constellation into LEO from Esrange Space Center in […]
China Launches Tianlian-2-02 Satellite To Transmit Data From Space Station
China has successfully put its Tianlian-2-02 data relay satellite into orbit in order to more effectively transmit data from the national space station, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation […]
BlackSky’s Quick Return On Investment As Newest Satellites Provide Revenue 18 Hours After Rocket Lab Launch
BlackSky’s(NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue generating commercial operations within 18 hours. Following the successful December 8, 2021, Rocket Lab launch, BlackSky’s satellites delivered first insights in less than 18 […]