Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its 2024 DOD Arctic Strategy. This is the first update to DOD’s approach to the region since 2019. “The Arctic region of the […]
Polar Orbits
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 […]
SpaceX to launch ESA and JAXA’s EarthCARE satellite mission Tuesday
SpaceX will launch on Tuesday, May 28, at 3:20 pm PDT, EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) is a joint mission of ESA and JAXA. The main goal of […]
SpaceX to have 2 launches on Wednesday of Starlink smallsats and Maxar WorldView Legion 1 & 2
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Starlink 6-51 mission on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM (UTC) from LC-39AKennedy Space Center Florida, when a batch of satellites launches […]
EarthCARE goes west for launch as ESA’s most complex Earth Explorer mission
The Airbus-built EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) spacecraft has left Munich, Germany, and is now on its way aboard an aircraft to its launch site in Vandenberg, California. […]
NOAA satellites helped save 350 lives in 2023
NOAA’s satellites, known for their pivotal role in tracking weather and climate, were behind the rescue of 350 people from harrowing, life-threatening ordeals in the U.S. and its surrounding waters […]
The 1st pair of 2Gen Airbus-built weather satellites enter test phase
The Airbus built satellite twins, MetOp-SG A and B, will provide a panoply of new meteorological data that will substantially improve numerical weather prediction — the backbone of our daily […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg and SaxaVord Spaceport plan first launch
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) and SaxaVord Spaceport have today announced their launch operations partnership. RFA will have exclusive access to Launch Pad Fredo for orbital launches, […]
ULA launches NASA’s third in a series polar-orbiting weather satellites for NOAA and re-entry tech demo
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency […]
Airbus awarded an ESA contract for development of the FORUM satellite
Airbus has been awarded a 160 million euros contract for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FORUM satellite to measure heat emitted from the Earth into space. FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation […]