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D-Orbit valued at $1.28 billion in SPAC deal
D-Orbit announced plans Jan. 27 to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company in a deal that values the Italian in-space transportation and logistics firm at $1.28 billion.
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Connecting the Dots | Getting satellite regulation up to speed
As part of efforts in the U.S. to bring regulation up to speed, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing revising rules governing how fixed-satellite service operators in NGSO share congested spectrum to avoid interference.
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Microsoft helps JPL with Deep Space Network scheduling
Microsoft is working with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to speed up the process for scheduling communications with distant spacecraft through NASA's Deep Space Network.
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Israel becomes 15th nation to join Artemis Accords
Israel has joined the U.S.-led Artemis Accords for space exploration, hoping to use the agreement as a means of enhancing its space cooperation in the fields of research, science and innovation.
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He won a trip to space. Then he gave it away to a friend
![Meet the man who won a trip to space and gave it to a friend](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2022/meet-the-man-who-won-a.jpg "This photo provided by Kyle Hippchen shows him, right, with Chris Sembroski near launch complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 21, 2021. Hippchen says Sembroski is the one person "who lives and breathes" space stuff like he does. Credit: Courtesy Kyle Hippchen via AP")
He told his family and a few friends. He dropped hints to a couple of colleagues. So hardly anyone knew that the airline pilot could have—should have—been on board when SpaceX launched its first tourists into orbit last year.
Meet Kyle Hippchen, the real winner of a first-of-its-kind sweepstakes, who gave his seat to his college roommate.
China’s Shijian-21 spacecraft towed a dead satellite high above graveyard orbit
China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite has docked with a defunct Chinese satellite to drastically alter its geostationary orbit, demonstrating capabilities only previously exhibited by the United States.
ABL Space Systems test accident to delay first launch by three months
ABL Space Systems says a test incident that destroyed the upper stage of its RS1 rocket last week will delay that vehicle’s first flight by three months as it identifies and corrects the failure’s root cause.
Space Force’s troubled space-tracking system is officially shut down
The Space Force announced Jan. 26 it has closed down the last remaining piece of the troubled Joint Mission System (JMS).
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