Despite a standing down from Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
Weather
UPDATE: No delivery for Amazon’s Project Kuiper 2 as ULA calls no go for weather delay
Space Station, Fla., June 10, 2025) – Due to multiple weather delays during launch processing, the launch of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the second batch of […]
SpaceX sends off 26 Starlink Group 15-8 smallsats in the thickest California fog
On one of the foggiest mornings at Vandenberg yet, Sunday, June 8 at 7:20 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 26 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 […]
NOAA converges AI and science with new Next Generation Fire System technology
Less than a year after being evaluated in NOAA’s Fire Weather Testbed, the automated satellite fire detection capability of the experimental Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) has been embraced by the firefighting […]
Poland acquires SAR satellites from ICEYE to strengthen defence capabilities
ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology, has signed an agreement with the Ministry of National Defense of Poland to supply three SAR satellites to the […]
SpaceX scrubs Florida launch of Starlink Group 6-83 smallsats to Tuesday
Monday’s launch was scrubbed as weather at Kennedy Space Center was nasty. SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, May 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth […]
ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch?
For those who have been ready for a long time for the Amazon Kuiper launch it looks like Monday might be the day, if the weather holds. The Kuiper 1 […]
USSF awards WSF-M satellite Initial Operational Capability improving weather monitoring
Space Systems Command’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite has been formally accepted and declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by Space Operations Command (SpOC). SSC launched WSF-M (Space Vehicle […]
FireFly Alpha Message in a Booster on hold launch to be determined
The projection of a Sunday launch of FireFly Alpha’s Message in a Booster has come and gone with no statement issued as to a new date. There is a possibility […]
Isar Aerospace targets new launch window on March 27 for first test flight
Satellite launch service company Isar Aerospace has announced that the second launch window for the first test flight of Spectrum opens not earlier than Thursday, 27 March, from 12:30pm to […]