Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the […]
Rocket Lab’s 2 Mars-bound spacecraft arrive in Florida ahead of their launch
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink ups plans to 44,988 satellites
SpaceX has filed a formal application to te Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch thousands of extra satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO). The scheme will take […]
Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures
Roughly 12,550 miles above Earth, a constellation of U.S. global positioning satellites orbits the planet. GPS satellites also carry a sophisticated system designed to detect above ground nuclear detonations anytime, […]
Europe’s reusable rocket prototype Themis is installed on its launch pad
Since its arrival at Sweden’s Esrange Space Center in June, ArianeGroup teams have completed the integration of the Themis prototype, which was then transferred to the Launch Zone and erected […]
SpaceX sends Starlink Group 10-27 smallsats from Florida
On Sunday, September 21 at 6:53 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
Pakistan halts broadband direct-from satellite
India has been reported to be slowing down its permissions for the likes of Starlink, OneWeb, Kuiper and SES/Jio to start services. Now it seems Pakistan – no friend of […]
SpaceX to launch NROL-48 secret mission on Monday from California
SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The […]
GA-ASI UAS offerings pass 9 million flight hours
Ongoing flight operations of the new YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft helped General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., set a new company record, pushing past a total of 9 million flight hours. […]
Forrester’s Digest: Telesat withdraws plan for extra satellites
Canada-based satellite operator Telesat has formally cancelled its plans for an additional 1,671 low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. Telesat has already admitted that its important geostationary DTH business is under […]
NASA selects Blue Origin to deliver VIPER Rover to the moon’s South Pole
As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the moon’s […]