Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Satellogic announces new round of layoffs SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 Weeks after cutting 13% of its workforce, imaging company Satellogic announced it is laying off an additional 70 employees and slowing deployment of new satellites.
ESA Impact 2024 – June Council Edition ESA · 17 Jun 2024 ESA Impact 2024 – June Council Edition
Preparing ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite for liftoff ESA · 17 Jun 2024 With ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite due to launch in a few weeks, the satellite is now at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California being readied for its big day. Once in orbit, this new mission will show how short-t...
Globetrotting NASA Research Model Increases Accuracy NASA · 17 Jun 2024 NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing. Vario...
China takes small step towards the moon with rocket test SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2024 China’s main space contractor has carried out a successful static fire test of a rocket first stage designed to take astronauts to the moon.
HyImpulse Signs Agreement to Launch SL1 Rocket From Australia European Spaceflight · 17 Jun 2024 German launch company HyImpulse has signed an agreement with Australia’s Southern Launch to explore the possibility of launching its SL1 rocket from Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in Australia. In May, HyImpulse laun...
What’s Happening in Space Policy June 16-22, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Jun 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 16-22, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in session this week,
Starliner Will Stay an Extra Few Days at ISS for Additional Tests SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing have decided to keep the Starliner capsule docked to the International Space Station a few days longer than planned. The first landing opportunity was June 14, but
Vyoma To Expand Space Debris Constellation with New Aerospacelab Satellite The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Vyoma To Expand Space Debris Constellation with New Aerospacelab Satellite
Kayhan Space Unveils Satcat: A Comprehensive Source for Earth Orbit Data The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Kayhan Space Unveils Satcat: A Comprehensive Source for Earth Orbit Data
U.S. Intelligence Agency Turns to Private Sector for Space Object Monitoring The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 U.S. Intelligence Agency Turns to Private Sector for Space Object Monitoring
Ovzon’s First Broadband Satellite Reaches Geostationary Position After 5 Month Journey The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Ovzon’s First Broadband Satellite Reaches Geostationary Position After 5 Month Journey
Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA Selected for National Security Missions Space Scout · 15 Jun 2024 In an announcement on June 13th, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin were selected for the Department of Defense’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 program. All three providers are now eligible t...
Senate Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2024 The SASC bill requires the U.S. Air Force to transfer certain space functions of the Air National Guard to the U.S. Space Force
Tropical Solstice Shadows NASA · 15 Jun 2024 Solstices were some of our earliest astronomical observations, celebrated throughout history via many summer and winter celebrations.
LeoLabs Secures $1.2 Million AFWERX Contract for Advanced Radar Development The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 LeoLabs Secures $1.2 Million AFWERX Contract for Advanced Radar Development
Thales, Spire Global, and ESSP Announce Satellite Constellation for Air Traffic Surveillance The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Thales, Spire Global, and ESSP Announce Satellite Constellation for Air Traffic Surveillance
Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA To Compete For 30 National Security Missions Worth $5.6 Billion USD The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA To Compete For 30 National Security Missions Worth $5.6 Billion USD
Virgin Galactic Announces 1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split to Avoid NYSE Delisting The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Virgin Galactic Announces 1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split to Avoid NYSE Delisting
China Tests Proximity Operations with Experimental Spaceplane The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 China Tests Proximity Operations with Experimental Spaceplane
NASA and Boeing Extend Starliner Stay at ISS for Additional Testing The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing Extend Starliner Stay at ISS for Additional Testing
Voyager 1 Instruments Return to Service After Computer Malfunction The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Voyager 1 Instruments Return to Service After Computer Malfunction
Armenia Becomes 43rd Signatory to Artemis Accords The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Armenia Becomes 43rd Signatory to Artemis Accords
Ovzon’s first broadband satellite reaches geostationary slot SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2024 Ovzon’s first fully owned satellite has reached its geostationary position after a five-month journey in space and passed initial health checks, the Swedish broadband operator announced.
NASA, Boeing to Discuss Starliner’s Mission NASA · 14 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner’s mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test in a pre-departure media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 18....
Boeing and NASA delay Starliner astronaut return to June 22, nearly doubling mission length CNBC · 14 Jun 2024 Boeing’s Starliner capsule “Calypso” will stay at the International Space Station twice as long as the mission originally planned, NASA announced Friday.
Moon ice in the Artemis era: what we still don’t know SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2024 While NASA has long hoped for extractable water ice on the lunar surface, making use of the resource may be harder than expected.
NASA extends Starliner stay at ISS for additional testing SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing will keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station for at least four more days to perform additional testing of the commercial crew vehicle before it returns to Earth.
An Obscure Anniversary of July 4, 1776 SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2024 As of June 14, 2024, exactly one year has passed on Pluto since the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
NASA, Boeing set new undocking, landing date for Starliner spacecraft Spaceflight Now · 14 Jun 2024 More testing will be done on both the thrusters on the spacecraft’s aft section. The Starliner crew will also repeat some previously conducted test activities, like the ‘safe haven’ protocol.
New DLR Team to Focus on VS-50 “Very Heavy Lift” Sounding Rocket European Spaceflight · 14 Jun 2024 The German space agency DLR has formed a new team under its Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) department to oversee the development of the VS-50 “very heavy lift” sound rocket. The VS50 project is part of a joint initiative be...
Kayhan Space Satcat platform merges space data SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2024 Kayhan Space unveiled Satcat, a new source for information on objects and events in Earth orbit.
Ariane 6 first flight tracking infographic ESA · 14 Jun 2024 Ariane 6 first flight tracking infographic
Week in images: 10-14 June 2024 ESA · 14 Jun 2024 Week in images: 10-14 June 2024
Voyager 1 returning science data again SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2024 The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer malfunction last November, as scientists hope to keep the mission operating for up to another decade.
Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 14 Jun 2024 The spacecraft has resumed gathering information about interstellar space.
Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA to compete for $5.6 billion in Pentagon launch contracts SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2024 Blue Origin scores first major national security launch deal
SIA reports more record growth for the global commercial satellite industry SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2024 Global satellite industry revenue climbed 2% year-on-year to $285 billion for 2023, according to the Satellite Industry Association’s 27th annual space economy snapshot released June 13.
Bezos’ Blue Origin joins SpaceX, ULA in winning bids for $5.6 billion Pentagon rocket program CNBC · 13 Jun 2024 The Pentagon announced the first winning bidders in its rocket launch contract sweepstakes on Thursday, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin grabbing a spot for the first time.
House Appropriations Committee pares back Space Force budget request SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2024 The committee cut $900 million from the Space Force’s proposed $29.6 billion budget

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