Pushing the boundaries of space exploration with X-ray polarimetry
Saturday, 23 April 2022 07:01The secrets hiding in the vast expanse of outer space have intrigued humankind for ages. The invention of the optical telescope during the 17th century allowed humans to see stars appearing as mere twinkling dots in the night sky. Thanks to scientific innovations over the next four centuries, we can now launch telescopes into space to get a better look at astronomical objects and even study them
OneWeb agrees satellite launch program with New Space India
Saturday, 23 April 2022 07:01OneWeb reports that the company and New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme. The first launch with New Space India is anticipated in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launches will add to OneWeb's total in-o
Spaceflight prepares to launch its 50th mission
Saturday, 23 April 2022 07:01Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, is preparing for its 50th mission, which will launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron no earlier than April 22. The RL-9 mission, called "There and Back Again," is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Following this launch, Spaceflight will have successfully launched 448 sp
Planet unveils details about Pelican Constellation
Saturday, 23 April 2022 07:01Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today unveiled details about plans for Pelican, its next-generation satellite constellation, which was previously announced at Planet Explore 2021. Pelican is designed to rapidly capture changing events as they unfold and to provide a leap forward in capabilities for Planet customers - from higher revisi
Copernic Space welcomes Kevin O’Connell to advisory board
Friday, 22 April 2022 21:44Copernic Space, the latest company to bring Kevin O’Connell onto its advisory board, is unlike other ventures the former director of the U.S. Office of Space Commerce has joined.
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Japan’s ispace negotiating first commercial moon landing insurance
Friday, 22 April 2022 18:59Japanese lunar lander developer ispace said April 21 it is negotiating the world’s first insurance coverage for a commercial mission to the moon’s surface.
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Space Force radar that monitors low Earth orbit to feed data directly to cloud platform
Friday, 22 April 2022 18:54Data from the Space Fence radar that tracks objects in low Earth orbit can now be accessed through the Unified Data Library
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ESA’s satnav summer school open to students
Friday, 22 April 2022 14:44This year’s ESA/JRC International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems will take place in July, at Kraków in the South of Poland.
Starlink signs first inflight Wi-Fi deal for services later this year
Friday, 22 April 2022 13:44Jet service provider JSX said April 21 it is set to become the first air carrier to provide Starlink’s satellite broadband services later this year.
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Amid prolonged impacts of Covid, the maritime industry showed positive trends in 2021
Friday, 22 April 2022 12:23An increase in active VSATs by 32% and a booming merchant sector and fishing industry has helped the maritime market maintain a positive position, despite the uncertainty brought about by the pandemic and a slow moving start to new NGO constellation deployments.
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, 21 April 2022 – Leading space consulting and market intelligence firm Euroconsult has released its annual “Prospects for Maritime Satellite Communications” report, which shows that despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and its associated impacts, 2021 was still a positive year for the global maritime satellite communication market.
Week in images: 18-22 April 2022
Friday, 22 April 2022 12:07Week in images: 18-22 April 2022
Discover our week through the lens
South Korea “welcomes” U.S. moratorium on anti-satellite missile tests; China skeptical
Friday, 22 April 2022 11:48South Korea “welcomed” America’s self-imposed ban on direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile tests that create orbital debris.
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House appropriator promises to mark up NASA spending bill on schedule
Friday, 22 April 2022 10:44The chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA says he expects his committee to develop spending bills “on time” this year but was noncommittal about the level of support NASA will receive.
Chinese reusable rocket startup secures new funding round
Friday, 22 April 2022 10:22Chinese launch firm Deep Blue Aerospace announced A+ round financing April 19, with funding in the Chinese commercial sector apparently on the rise.
Axiom crew set for return to Earth on Sunday, Crew-4 to launch days later
Friday, 22 April 2022 10:02The first private astronaut crew aboard the International Space Station is set to return to Earth on Sunday after weather delays and NASA's Crew-4 mission will look to launch on Tuesday. "The decision [to delay landing] was made based on the best weather for splashdown of the first private astronaut mission to visit the International Space Station and the return trajectory required to b