Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully completed a series of pivotal Thermal Vacuum tests on the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM), paving the way for enhanced broadband communications in the strategically significant Northern polar region. This two-satellite constellation is an integral component of a collaborative effort involving the U.S. Space Force and Space Norwa

San Jose CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2023
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a pioneer in the space transport sector, has announced a significant partnership with the Paris-based New Space company, RIDE! Space, aiming to streamline satellite launch services. This collaboration is set to include the deployment of Gaindesat and Djibouti payloads scheduled for a joint mission in 2024. Since its inception in 2020, RIDE! Space has committed

McLean VA (SPX) Nov 10, 2023
In a strategic shift that underscores the evolving landscape of global satellite communications, Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), has announced an update to its partnership with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of QUALCOMM Incorporated. The announcement comes in the wake of a previous agreement wherein Iridium and Qualcomm aimed to integrate satellite messaging and emer

Paris (ESA) Nov 10, 2023
In a significant step toward ensuring Europe's continued presence in low Earth orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA), in partnership with aerospace titan Airbus and space infrastructure pioneer Voyager Space, has penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of the Starlab space station. This collaboration was spotlighted during ESA's Space Summit in Seville, Spain, marking a p

Space Coast FL (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
For the first time in three years, SpaceX returned the Falcon 9 booster supporting a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission back onto Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The boosters for nineteen out of twenty-nine CRS launches landed on a drone ship offshore, which brought the rocket back to Florida for refurbishment and reuse. This mission marks the tenth C

When future astronauts explore Mars’s polar regions, they will see a green glow lighting up the night sky. For the first time, a visible nightglow has been detected in the martian atmosphere by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission.

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2023
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look much like it will when it arrives in Earth orbit and starts mapping the entire sky. Short for Specto-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx resembles a bullhorn, albeit one that will stand almost 8.5 feet tall (2.6 meters) and stretch nearly 10.5 feet (3.2 meters) wide. Giving the observato

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2023
NASA's Solar Jet Hunter, a project that utilizes the collective power of citizen scientists to uncover the mysteries of solar jets, has made a triumphant return. After a brief hiatus, the initiative is now equipped with an influx of fresh data harvested from NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) and bolstered by new user-friendly features designed to enhance public involvement. Solar jets

Shanghai, China (XNA) Nov 10, 2023
China has recently launched the construction of two 40-meter-aperture radio telescopes in Shigatse, located in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, and in Changbai Mountain area in northeast China's Jilin Province, respectively. The two telescopes, developed by Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, are expected to offer technical support for