Beijing (XNA) Jan 04, 2023
All of China's activities in outer space are intended for the country's social, economic and technological development rather than for a "space race" with other nations, according to insiders in China's space industry. "We carry out spaceflights to develop high technology and improve economic growth and people's living standard. We don't take part in a space race with any other countries b

Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jan 03, 2023
D-Orbit, the space logistics and orbital transportation company, launched Second Star to the Right, the seventh commercial mission of ION Satellite Carrier (ION), D-Orbit's proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), and the first mission carrying to space two IONs on a single launch. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today, January 3rd, 2023, at 9:56 a.m. ET (14:56 UTC) from the Space Launch

San Jose CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023
Momentus has seen its second demonstration flight of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) launched into low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission earlier today. Momentus established contact with its Vigoride vehicle on its first orbital pass and confirmed that both solar arrays are deployed, and the vehicle is generating power and charging its batteries. The Vigoride OS

Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2023
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station released four CubeSats into low-Earth orbit Dec. 29, marking the 150th deployment for NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative. The CubeSats, part of an educational launch satellite mission, include: + MARIO from the University of Michigan + petitSat from NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center + SPORT from NASA's Marshall Space Flight

Miami FL (SPX) Jan 03, 2023
BeetleSat (the Company), formerly known as NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology start-up, today announced the successful launch of its second nanosatellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Now in Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at 550Km altitude, the nanosatellite will provide BeetleSat's public sector customer with store and forward, very high throughput

San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today successfully launched 36 SuperDove satellites, its Flock 4y, to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Planet team has established contact with all 36 SuperDoves and has kicked off their automated commissioning process. This marks the company's 32nd successful launch, totaling over 500 satellites lau

Vienna, VA (SPX) Jan 04, 2023
Spire Global has seen six of its satellites successfully launched on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station that blasted off Tuesday morning, sending more than 100 satellites into space. Spire's satellites will provide various services for agriculture, maritime monitoring and radio scrutiny. The satellites will demonstrate advancements and new capabilities for S

Washington DC (UPI) Jan 03, 2023
SpaceX's first rocket launch of 2023 blasted off Tuesday morning, sending more than 100 satellites into space that will provide various services for agriculture, maritime monitoring and radio scrutiny. The Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-6 rideshare mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at about 9:56 a.m., EST. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket safely returned to Eart

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 04, 2023
The team came into our first day of planning for 2023 to learn that all our holiday activities had executed as expected! As Curiosity ages, we are thankful that she continues to do amazing science on Mars, and the holiday plans were no exception. We finished up our investigations at the Marker band (for now anyway), analyzed bright material revealed in a scuff just below the Marker band and drov