Ball wins $489.6 million contract to deliver next-generation weather satellite sounder
Monday, 11 September 2023 19:47
Thaicom picks Airbus to build Eutelsat-backed GEO satellite for Asia
Monday, 11 September 2023 19:03
A virtual tour of Marcus’s space home
Monday, 11 September 2023 18:37
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A virtual tour of Marcus’s space home Telesat signs multi-launch SpaceX deal covering all Lightspeed satellites
Monday, 11 September 2023 15:58
Techstars welcomes 12 startups to 2023 Space Accelerator
Monday, 11 September 2023 15:00
Here's how the Sept. 24 asteroid sample delivery will work
Monday, 11 September 2023 14:56
Early morning on Sunday, Sept. 24, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's sample capsule will come face-to-face with Earth's atmosphere for the first time since the mission's 2016 launch. On board are an estimated 8.8 ounces, or 250 grams, of rocky material collected from the surface of Bennu in 2020—NASA's first asteroid sample and the largest ever collected in space.
When it approaches Earth, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft won't slow down as it makes its sample drop-off. Instead, when it reaches 63,000 miles (or 102,000 kilometers) above Earth's surface—about one-third the distance from Earth to the moon—a message from operators on the ground will trigger the capsule's release and the capsule will be sent spinning toward the atmosphere below.
Webb discovers methane and carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b
Monday, 11 September 2023 13:00
A new investigation by an international team of astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. The discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b could be a Hycean exoplanet, one which has the potential to possess a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and a water ocean-covered surface.
Geost payloads selected for Space Development Agency satellites
Monday, 11 September 2023 12:15
Virgin Galactic completes 4th successful flight in 4 months
Monday, 11 September 2023 12:01
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has reported the completion of its second private astronaut flight, 'Galactic 03.' The mission flew three of Virgin Galactic's first customers.
'Galactic 03' was Virgin Galactic's fourth successful spaceflight in the past four months, and the third flight of Virgin Galactic's inaugural commercial spaceflight season. The flight followed the Compan GomSpace receives order from EPIC Aerospace to support space tug development
Monday, 11 September 2023 12:01
GomSpace announces that EPIC Aerospace has chosen to purchase products and subsystems at a value of approx. 3.8 MSEK from GomSpace for their space tugs. The products and subsystems will be used as part of the space tug control system.
EPIC Aerospace is a pioneer and leader in space tugs and in orbit transfer vehicles. Their aim is to provide space tugs for launch (enclosures bringing satel Rocket Lab announces launch window for next Capella Space mission
Monday, 11 September 2023 10:50
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has scheduled its next Electron launch during a window that opens September 19, 2023 NZST/UTC. The 'We Will Never Desert You' mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula for American space tech company Capella Space (Capella), a leading provider of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery.
'We SpinLaunch and Sumitomo team up for Low-Cost Space Solutions
Monday, 11 September 2023 10:50
SpinLaunch, a pioneering space company enabling rapid and sustainable low-cost access to space, and the Sumitomo Corporation ("SC") of Japan, a leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company, have formed a strategic partnership to expand the global market for affordable and sustainable space services. Sumitomo has also made an investment in SpinLaunch.
In recent years,