Washington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2025
SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Sunday, a day after a fireball was spotted in the sky off the coast of Florida. The company said Sunday that the satellites were launched at 3:10 a.m. local time by a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. After the launch, the first-stage booster landed on a barge ca

Cape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 10, 2025
Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions. Rain and a ground system issue caused delays that were followed by cumulus cloud cover as the 88-minute launch window closed, leaving managers with the only option of pushing back the rocket's planned second missio

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1D satellite, equipped with Airbus's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), has successfully launched, joining Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1C in orbit. This addition ensures uninterrupted radar data acquisition for monitoring worldwide land and ocean environments with an operational lifetime planned for over seven years. Sentinel-1D supports a range of missions a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
SWISSto12 has detailed the mission control operations for its geostationary satellite, HummingSat. The company's Command-and-Control Center in Athens, Georgia, facilitates launch, orbit raising, and in-orbit testing prior to customer handover. SWISSto12 plans an additional redundant Mission Control capability in Europe. Since opening, the Georgia center has incorporated mission control sys

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Filtronic has confirmed a contract exceeding euro 7 million to supply high-frequency radio frequency assemblies for a leading European aerospace manufacturer engaged in the expansion of a Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The components will be designed and produced by Filtronic at its facilities in North East England. These payload assemblies are built to operate reliably in harsh

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
ArkEdge Space Inc., based in Tokyo, has confirmed the operational capability of satellite short messaging using compact, battery-powered IoT devices. During the 11th UNISEC-Global Meeting, the company demonstrated how simple ground IoT terminals transmitted short messages to micro-satellites, which were then downlinked to ArkEdge's ground station in real time.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Japan's Space Strategy Fund has awarded support to a consortium led by Ritsumeikan University and ispace for a project focused on advancing technologies needed for lunar base construction. The program is dedicated to establishing surveying and ground investigation technologies intended to form the basis of future infrastructure on the Moon. Ritsumeikan University will spearhead the researc

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Solar Foods has entered a contract with OHB System AG to develop a pilot version of Solein gas fermentation technology for eventual testing on the International Space Station, under the European Space Agency's Terrae Novae Exploration Programme. The project aims to create a prototype suitable for zero-gravity operations, advancing the integration of Solein into human space habitats. The in

Seattle, WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
Arctic sea ice has declined by more than 42% since 1979, when regular satellite monitoring began. As the ice grows thinner and recedes, more water is exposed to sunlight. Ice reflects sunlight but dark water absorbs it, advancing warming and accelerating ice loss. Climate models indicate that the Arctic will see ice-free summers within the coming decades, and scientists still aren't sure what th