SpaceX sees continued strong demand for rideshare missions
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 18:59
SpaceX, whose rideshare services have reshaped the smallsat launch market, says it continues to see strong demand with missions booked into 2025.
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First of NASA's SunRISE SmallSats rolls off production line
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 18:30
Six of NASA's SunRISE small satellites will work together, creating the largest radio telescope ever launched to detect and track hazardous explosive space weather events.
Building a 6-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) telescope in space may sound like science fiction. But through the combined power of six toaster-size satellites, that's what NASA's SunRISE will be: a huge radio telescope in orbit that will help deepen scientists' understanding of explosive space weather events.
Atlas Space Operations upgrades user interface to ease scheduling
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 18:14
Atlas Space Operations upgraded its user interface to make it easier for customers to schedule communications with their satellites and to quickly confirm whether data was transmitted.
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Telespazio unveils product line for NewSpace market
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 18:09
Telespazio is beginning to offer a family of products to help commercial space companies set up a digitized ground segment in the cloud.
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Exposed! International Space Station tests organisms, materials in space
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 17:51
Space may look empty, but it contains extreme temperatures, high levels of background radiation, micrometeoroids, and the unfiltered glare of the sun. In addition, materials and equipment on the outside of the International Space Station are exposed to atomic oxygen (AO) and other charged particles as it orbits the Earth at the very edge of our atmosphere.
Sidus Space could launch LizzieSat-1 without thrusters
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 17:18
Sidus Space could launch LizzieSat-1 without thrusters if it can’t get safety clearances in time to deploy its first satellite from the International Space Station early next year.
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Download your Tuesday ‘News from the 2022 Small Satellite show’ digital edition
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 16:07
The SpaceNews editorial team is producing a daily for the 2022 Small Satellite show, a nightly email newsletter and all-day web coverage during the 2022 Small Satellite show in Logan, Utah the week of August 9.
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Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 16:00
Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital reported increased revenues Aug. 9 as it ramps up work on satellites for the Space Development Agency, but is planning to sell stock as its cash reserves decline.
Starlink satellites encounter Russian ASAT debris squalls
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 14:17
Debris from a Russian antisatellite weapon demonstration that caused “squalls” of close approaches to satellites earlier this year is now affecting a new series of Starlink satellites.
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Invitation to media – Viewing Europe’s MTG-I weather satellite before launch in Cannes
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 13:03
Call for Media: view MTG-I weather satellite before launch
Busek finds headroom to double in size
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 11:00
Busek is rapidly expanding its staff and facilities in response to strong demand for spacecraft propulsion.
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What are the chances space debris could hit someone or damage property
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 09:45
In the past week alone, we've seen two separate incidents of space debris hurtling back to Earth in unexpected places.
On Saturday there was the uncontrolled re-entry of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket over Malaysia. Yesterday outlets reported on some spacecraft parts that turned up in regional New South Wales - now confirmed to be from a SpaceX Crew-1 mission.
As the space industry g New research on the emergence of the first complex cells challenges orthodoxy
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 09:45
In the beginning, there was boredom. Following the emergence of cellular life on earth, some 3.5 billion years ago, simple cells lacking a nucleus and other detailed internal structure dominated the planet. Matters would remain largely unchanged in terms of evolutionary development in these so-called prokaryotic cells-the bacteria and archaea-for another billion and a half years.
Then, som Lockheed Martin doubles Venture Capital Fund To $400M
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 09:45
Lockheed Martin has doubled its venture capital fund from $200 million to $400 million. Lockheed Martin Ventures will use the increased funds to continue to accelerate future defense innovation through investment in start-up technology companies.
"The success of our venture capital investments to-date is a testament to our strategy and allows Lockheed Martin to continue to deliver innovati