Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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OPS-SAT Space Lab ESA · 20 Jun 2024 OPS-SAT Space Lab
Scientists spot hidden companions of bright stars ESA · 20 Jun 2024 Detecting faint objects close to bright stars is incredibly difficult. Yet, by combining data from ESA's Gaia space telescope with ESO’s GRAVITY instrument on the ground, scientists managed just that. They captured the f...
ESA takes first step to modify georeturn policies SpaceNews · 20 Jun 2024 European Space Agency member states have taken a step towards modifying long-standing policies that award contracts for agency programs based on the size of each country’s financial contribution.
Ienai Space Secures €3.9 Million for Electrospray Thruster Demonstration The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 Ienai Space Secures €3.9 Million for Electrospray Thruster Demonstration
ExLabs' ACQR Robot to Enter Prototype Phase with $1.9 Million SpaceWERX Funding The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 ExLabs' ACQR Robot to Enter Prototype Phase with $1.9 Million SpaceWERX Funding
Drone racing prepares neural-network AI for space ESA · 19 Jun 2024 Drones are being raced against the clock at Delft University of Technology’s ‘Cyber Zoo’ to test the performance of neural-network-based AI control systems planned for next-generation space missions.
FOSSA Secures €6.3M to Expand Cubesat Fleet and Commercial IoT Services The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 FOSSA Secures €6.3M to Expand Cubesat Fleet and Commercial IoT Services
NASA and Boeing Extend Starliner's Stay at ISS to Address Thruster and Helium Leak Issues The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing Extend Starliner's Stay at ISS to Address Thruster and Helium Leak Issues
Second Starbase Tower rises as SpaceX gears up to Flight Five NASASpaceflight · 19 Jun 2024 Following the successes of Flight Four in early June, SpaceX is preparing Ship 30 and Booster 12 ready for Flight Five ahead of a launch later this summer. All this is taking place while an incredible amount of infrastru...
Synspective Signs Contract with Rocket Lab for 10 Electron Launches The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 Synspective Signs Contract with Rocket Lab for 10 Electron Launches
Gilat Satellite Networks Buys Stellar Blu in $245M Deal to Enhance Airborne Connectivity The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 Gilat Satellite Networks Buys Stellar Blu in $245M Deal to Enhance Airborne Connectivity
Satellogic Announces Additional Layoffs and Slows Satellite Deployment The Launch Pad · 19 Jun 2024 Satellogic Announces Additional Layoffs and Slows Satellite Deployment
Ariane 6: the launch zone ESA · 19 Jun 2024 Ariane 6 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport
SpaceX successful in most recent Starlink launch Teslarati · 19 Jun 2024 SpaceX was successful in its most recent Starlink launch, which saw thirteen more satellites with Direct-to-Cell capabilities make their way into low...
327th ESA Council : Media information session at ESA HQ ESA · 19 Jun 2024 ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun brief journalists on decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting held in Paris on 18 and 19 June 2024.
Meet The Pressurized Rover Space Scout · 19 Jun 2024 In April of this year, the United States and Japan signed a formal agreement to collaborate on the first of a new kind of spacecraft for the Artemis Program: a pressurized rover. Acting like a camper van for astronauts t...
Space Force takes another swing at modernizing satellite ground systems SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2024 The Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) program is the Space Force’s third attempt in recent years to revamp the systems used to monitor, operate and direct the activities of satellites in orbit
Avio Ships First Upgraded Ariane 6 Booster European Spaceflight · 19 Jun 2024 Italian rocket builder Avio has announced that it has shipped the first P160C solid fuel booster to French Guiana. The booster will be used aboard the ArianeGroup Ariane 6 Block 2 rocket and Avio’s next-generation Vega E...
America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally flew. Now it’s time to make more SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2024 Ed Dwight was supposed to be the first astronaut of color. Now the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship is trying to create space opportunities for Black students.
Monitoring marine litter from space is now a reality ESA · 19 Jun 2024 Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a lorry-load of plastic enters the global ocean. Where it goes after that remains largely unknown. But a new ESA Discovery study reported in Nature Communications has proven the concept...
Slovenia Sign Agreement to Become 23rd ESA Member State European Spaceflight · 19 Jun 2024 Slovenia has signed an agreement to become the 23rd member state of the European Space Agency. The country will be the first to join the ranks of ESA member states since Estonia and Hungary in 2015. In a ceremony that to...
Spanish startup gets funds to deploy commercial IoT constellation SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2024 FOSSA, a Spanish operator of tiny picosatellites, has secured funds for around 20 slightly larger cubesats to start offering full commercial connectivity services for remote monitoring and tracking devices.
Another New Starliner Landing Date, Updated Spacewalk Plans SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Jun 2024 Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are getting another four days on the International Space Station. Their return to Earth and the end of Boeing’s Starliner Crew Flight Test has been
Slovenia to become ESA’s 23rd Member State ESA · 19 Jun 2024 Slovenia signed the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 18 June 2024. Upon ratification, Slovenia will become the 23rd ESA Member State.
Lockheed Martin wins contract to build U.S. geostationary weather satellites SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 Lockheed Martin will develop and build the next generation of U.S. geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a contract announced June 18.
ExLabs wins funds to accelerate space robotics SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 Exploration Laboratories, a startup focused on space resources, will accelerate work on technology to autonomously capture space objects, thanks to a $1.9 million Tactical Funding Increase from SpaceWERX.
Starliner ISS stay extended to complete thruster and helium leak testing SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing have again extended the stay of the CST-100 Starliner at the International Space Station as engineers wrap up analysis of thruster problems and helium leaks on the crewed spacecraft.
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Station Spaceflight Now · 18 Jun 2024 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday evening, following the scrub of a planned mission for satellite communications company, SES, from Florida. The Starlink 9-1 mission sent another batch of its Starlink satellites...
CesiumAstro banks another $65 million SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 CesiumAstro, a startup specializing in phased array communications payloads, raised $65 million in a Series B+ investment round announced June 18.
NASA moves Starliner landing to June 26 to collect more test flight data Spaceflight Now · 18 Jun 2024 The additional docked time will give Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams more time to help out aboard the station while flight controllers and engineers continue scrutinizing telemetry...
The Marshall Star for June 18, 2024 NASA · 18 Jun 2024 California Teams Win $1.5 Million in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge By Savannah Bullard After two days of live competitions, two teams from southern California are heading home with a combined $1.5 million from NAS...
High-Speed Market Studies NASA · 18 Jun 2024 Owing to NASA’s Quesst mission and Commercial Supersonic Technology project, there is growing industry interest in commercial aircraft that fly faster than the speed of sound. In 2020, NASA funded two independent studies...
NASA Releases Hubble Image Taken in New Pointing Mode NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken its first new images since changing to an alternate operating mode that uses one gyro. The spacecraft returned to science operations June 14 after being offline for several weeks d...
Artemis, Architecture, and Lunar Science: SMD and ESDMD Associate Administrators visits Tokyo NASA · 18 Jun 2024 June 18, 2024 At NASA we always say that exploration enables science, and science enables exploration. During a recent, quick trip to Tokyo, Japan with our Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development...
NASA Awards Logistic Services, Management Contract NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA has awarded the Goddard Logistics Services Contract to TRAX International Corporation of Las Vegas to provide logistics services and management for NASA missions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes a base per...
Space industry group warns of escalating cyber threats, outmatched defenses SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2024 Space ISAC executive director Erin Miller says there should be a lead federal agency responsible for coordinating incident response to cyber attacks targeting space assets
NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Build Next-Gen Spacecraft for NOAA NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) sat...
NASA Sets Launch Coverage for NOAA Weather Satellite NASA · 18 Jun 2024 NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The two-hour launc...
Metallic Mars ESA · 18 Jun 2024 Metallic Mars
Ars Live Recap: Is SpaceX a launch company or a satellite communications company? Ars Technica · 18 Jun 2024 "They're the largest satellite operator in the world."

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