Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Starship Survives Reentry, Completes IFT-4 Space Scout · 6 Jun 2024 SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle has completed its fourth Integrated Flight Test (IFT-4), lifting off from the company’s Starbase facility at 7:50 AM Central Time on Thursday, June 6th, 2024. IFT-4 achieved s...
Boeing Starliner docks with ISS, delivering its first NASA crew to space station CNBC · 6 Jun 2024 Boeing’s Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, a milestone for the company’s crew spacecraft in a crucial test flight.
SpaceX aces fourth Starship flight test Teslarati · 6 Jun 2024 SpaceX successfully launched and landed its Super Heavy booster and Starship on its fourth integrated flight test, with each making a soft...
Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 ‘In the coming years, the Space Force will likely take additional steps toward a more distributed and proliferated approach for defense space capabilities’
Space Pioneer raises $207 million for reusable rocket SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer has secured fresh funding for its reusable Tianlong-3 rocket, targeting launch contracts for megaconstellation plans.
SpaceX Cheers Successful Starship IFT-4 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Jun 2024 The fourth test flight of SpaceX’s enormous Starship/Super Heavy rocket appears to be a complete success. The Super Heavy booster made its first soft landing in the water and the
Starship survives reentry during fourth test flight SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 SpaceX conducted the fourth test flight of its Starship launch system June 6, with both the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage making it back to the surface intact.
Gaia: Milky Way’s last major collision was surprisingly recent ESA · 6 Jun 2024 Our galaxy has collided with many others in its lifetime. ESA’s Gaia space telescope now reveals that the most recent of these crashes took place billions of years later than we thought.
Preparing for future human spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit ESA · 6 Jun 2024 At ILA Berlin, ESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stations.
China seeks its own Apollo moment – and more SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 From expanding the Tiangong space station to a crewed moon landing by 2030, China aims to become the leading human spaceflight power.
HPE’s Spaceborne Computer offers template for space-based AI SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 Recently upgraded and returned to the ISS, Spaceborne-2.5 is ready for new duties.
Remembering the humans in human spaceflight SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 we must develop innovative approaches to overcome novel challenges and achieve success in long-duration human spaceflight missions.
SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes test flight for the first time, successfully splashes down CNBC · 6 Jun 2024 SpaceX completed a test flight of its Starship rocket for the first time on Thursday, as the company pushed development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.
Chang’e-6 spacecraft dock in lunar orbit ahead of journey back to Earth SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 An ascent vehicle docked with the Chang’e-6 service module Thursday, in a critical step towards bringing the first lunar far side samples to Earth.
SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy Booster on Flight 4 mission Spaceflight Now · 6 Jun 2024 The development mission includes fewer additional mission milestones compared to the third flight with a focus on demonstrating the reusability model that Starship promises. Liftoff happened at 7:50 a.m. CDT (8:50 a.m. E...
Isar Secure $20M in Growth Debt from US-based ATEL Ventures European Spaceflight · 6 Jun 2024 German launch provider Isar Aerospace has secured $20 million (€18.39 million) in growth debt from California-based ATEL Ventures. Munich-based Isar Aerospace is developing its two-stage Spectrum rocket, which is designe...
Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 Shares in satellite servicing and debris removal company Astroscale jumped in the first day of trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange June 5, giving the company a valuation of about $1 billion.
First Ariane 6 launch set for July 9 SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency and its partners have announced a July 9 launch date for the first Ariane 6 rocket.
SES tests MEO-LEO data relay capability SpaceNews · 6 Jun 2024 SES says it has successfully tested a relay communications link between one of its satellites in medium Earth orbit and a low Earth orbit flight-representative terminal on the ground.
Webinar: U.S. – Japan Perspectives on Space Sustainability SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 Join us for an engaging session to explore how both the United States and Japanese space agencies and industry are approaching the challenges of space sustainability. Why do both countries
Starliner CFT Lifts Off! SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Jun 2024 It took three tries, but Boeing’s Starliner Crew Flight Test is now in orbit on its way to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will
Starship finds success on fourth flight test NASASpaceflight · 5 Jun 2024 Just over a year after the first integrated flight test, SpaceX successfully launched the fourth flight of Starship on Thursday. For the first time, Super Heavy completed a successful landing burn while Starship made it...
SpaceX sends 20 Starlink satellites airborne on special day for Falcon 9 Teslarati · 5 Jun 2024 SpaceX sent 20 more Starlink satellites into space on Tuesday night on a special day for the Falcon 9 rocket: the 14th...
Ariane 6 first flight payloads moved to the encapsulation hall ESA · 5 Jun 2024 Ariane 6 first flight payloads moved to the encapsulation hall
Firefly inks multi-launch deal with Lockheed Martin for Alpha rocket rides SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 The agreement includes 15 firm launches as well as options for an additional 10 missions
Starliner lifts off on crewed test flight SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is in orbit on its first crewed flight after two recent launch scrubs and years of development delays.
Boeing Starliner launches for the first time carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS CNBC · 5 Jun 2024 Boeing launched its first Starliner flight with astronauts on Wednesday, beginning a crucial final flight test of the long-delayed spacecraft.
The Satellite Breakup: Military’s Push to Go Small SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 Taking cues from the Space Development Agency, the Space Force is rethinking its future satellite architecture
EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission ESA · 5 Jun 2024 ESA’s EarthCARE mission has completed its important ‘Launch and Early Orbit Phase’ and is ready to begin the commissioning of its four scientific instruments. The data they gather will improve our understanding of the ro...
First detection of negative ions on the Moon ESA · 5 Jun 2024 The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.
Europe’s largest ground segment updated with no user impact ESA · 5 Jun 2024 Over 200 dedicated professionals from ESA, EUSPA and European industry across four Galileo centres and seven external entities have seamlessly upgraded Galileo’s massive ground segment. In a remarkable feat of coordinati...
Uncontrolled reentry of space debris poses a real and growing threat SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 The Florida crash landing of space debris jettisoned from the ISS has spun up worrisome views regarding the escalation of human-made space debris plummeting to Earth in an uncontrolled manner.
Pale Blue gets additional funds for water vapor thrusters SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 Pale Blue has raised an extra $8.5 million in venture capital to mass-produce water vapor propulsion systems and upgrade the technology, the Japanese small satellite thruster developer announced June 4.
Slingshot unveils AI that spots satellite anomalies and potential bad actors SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 The AI tool named ‘Agatha’ was developed under a DARPA contract
Towards zero-debris CubeSats ESA · 5 Jun 2024 In the past few years CubeSats revolutionised space applications in low Earth orbit, levelling the playfield and opening space to commercialisation, especially for smaller and medium companies. While their benefits are u...
Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the second of a pair of NASA cubesats designed to monitor infrared emissions at the Earth’s poles.
Ariane 6 inaugural launch targeted for 9 July ESA · 5 Jun 2024 Ariane 6 key visual
Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Scheduled for 9 July European Spaceflight · 5 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has announced that the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled to take place on 9 July from The Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Director General Josef Aschbacher revealed the dat...
NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 5 Jun 2024 Data from the pair of CubeSats will offer new insights into how much heat the Arctic and Antarctica radiate into space and how this influences global climate.
Third time’s the charm for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Spaceflight Now · 5 Jun 2024 The launch of two NASA astronauts dealt with two previous scrubs due to a valve issue on the Atlas 5 rocket and then a ground system issue at the launchpad. Liftoff happened at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC) on Wednesday, Jun...

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