Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Despite gyro failure, NASA says Hubble Space Telescope still up to world-class science Spaceflight Now · 5 Jun 2024 Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope's three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations bu...
Hubble Good for Another Decade Despite Gyro Woes SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Jun 2024 NASA said today the beloved Hubble Space Telescope will continue making discoveries into the mid-2030s despite failing gyroscopes. Of the six gyros that enable the telescope to point at specific
Boeing’s Starliner CFT launches on third attempt NASASpaceflight · 5 Jun 2024 After years of anticipation, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule has flown its first crew into space on the 100th flight of an Atlas V launch vehicle. Capping off Starliner’s test campaign, the Crew Flight Test (CFT) has...
Hubble goes to single-gyro operating mode as NASA passes on private servicing mission SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2024 NASA will extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope by switching to a mode where the spacecraft operates on a single gyroscope, having rejected for now commercial proposals to reboost or repair it.
The Hubble Space Telescope has lost a majority of its gyroscopes Ars Technica · 4 Jun 2024 "We do not see Hubble as being on its last legs."
NASA Transitions Hubble Space Telescope to One-Gyro Operation Amidst Ongoing Challenges The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 NASA Transitions Hubble Space Telescope to One-Gyro Operation Amidst Ongoing Challenges
Axiom Space & SpaceX Complete First Artemis III Integrated Test The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 Axiom Space & SpaceX Complete First Artemis III Integrated Test
SpaceX "GO" For Starship 4th Flight Test As FAA Grants Launch License The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 SpaceX "GO" For Starship 4th Flight Test As FAA Grants Launch License
Blue Origin works towards New Glenn debut, ramps BE-4 deliveries NASASpaceflight · 4 Jun 2024 Over the past few months, Blue Origin has been busy progressing on many of its projects as target dates move closer. New Glenn continues to inch closer to launch, facilities are being expanded, BE-4 engines have been del...
Ethos Unveils Lunar Infrastructure Technology & Lunar Pad Plans The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 Ethos Unveils Lunar Infrastructure Technology & Lunar Pad Plans
USAF and USSF Successfully Test Minuteman III ICBM The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 USAF and USSF Successfully Test Minuteman III ICBM
K2 Space plans first launch as company wins customers for its large satellite bus SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 K2 Space, a two-year-old startup developing large spacecraft buses, will launch its first satellite this year as it attracts interest from government and commercial customers.
Iridium secures $94 million U.S. Space Force contract for satellite communications support SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 The contract is for ground infrastructure, including a service center that supports DoD users of Iridium communications
Revolv Space seeks to expand satellite duty cycles SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 Startup Revolv Space, based in the Netherlands and Italy, seeks to carve out a niche for itself as a small satellite power-generation specialist.
ESA Publishes an Initial Call for its European Launcher Challenge European Spaceflight · 4 Jun 2024 The European Space Agency has published a Request for Information call aimed at assessing the status and ambitions of current and future European launch service providers. The call is part of the preparatory stage of the...
Making the case for multi-orbit broadband SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 A Q&A with Eutelsat Group CEO Eva Berneke on the French company's multi-orbit broadband.
Europe seeks to launch into clearing skies SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 As Ariane 6 and Vega C face high stakes, ESA champions space sustainability, says Josef Aschbacher, director general of ESA.
Why we need to take satellite ground station security seriously SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 While major strides are being made to protect in-orbit payloads, the ground stations that control those satellites and collect telemetry from them may be woefully undersecured.
Online calculator helps startups decipher U.S. regulations SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 Aegis Space Law is offering a free online calculator to help U.S. space companies navigate the complex regulatory landscape.
Astra consolidates facilities SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 Astra Space, still low on cash as it works to finalize a deal to take the company private, is consolidating its operations at its headquarters less than two years after expanding into a new facility.
Mission complete for ESA’s OPS-SAT flying laboratory ESA · 4 Jun 2024 ESA’s experimental OPS-SAT CubeSat mission came to an end during the night of 22—23 May 2024 (CEST).
Congressional language alters plans for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 Congressional language intended to accelerate work on a future NASA space telescope has the side effect of forcing the agency to disband a team it created to guide the mission’s early development.
Chang’e-6: Moon samples collected and launched into lunar orbit SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 Material from the far side of the moon has begun its journey for Earth after Chinese spacecraft collected samples and launched them into lunar orbit.
Prepare for the European Launcher Challenge ESA · 4 Jun 2024 European Launcher Challenge
Chang'e-6 Launches Ascent Vehicle to Lunar Orbit Following Completion Of Lunar Sample Collection The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 Chang'e-6 Launches Ascent Vehicle to Lunar Orbit Following Completion Of Lunar Sample Collection
Aalto gets $100 million for high-altitude pseudo satellites SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2024 TAMPA, Fla. — Aalto has raised $100 million from a group of Japanese companies to help develop stratospheric pseudo satellites in its first investment since being spun out of Airbus
Launch Roundup – Starship launches for fourth time, Starliner launches on third attempt, Virgin Galactic to fly VSS Unity for last time NASASpaceflight · 3 Jun 2024 There were two high-profile missions scheduled this week after a challenging weekend that saw the scrub of another attempt to launch the first crewed Starliner and the announcement that the dearMoon project is canceled....
His Majesty The King Knights RocketLab Founder Peter Beck The Launch Pad · 3 Jun 2024 His Majesty The King Knights RocketLab Founder Peter Beck
China lands on the Moon again, taking another step toward human missions Ars Technica · 3 Jun 2024 The most dominant space storyline for the rest of this decade is the US-China race.
First metal 3D printing on Space Station ESA · 3 Jun 2024 First metal 3D printing on Space Station
Boost! ESA · 3 Jun 2024 ESA supports Europe's space transportation visionaries and entrepreneurs through Boost! This video shows just some of the companies that have received co-funding from ESA’s Boost! programme: Orbex with its Prime launcher...
Space-based monitoring of electronic signals is now a commercial battleground SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2024 Radio-frequency (RF) monitoring companies are broadening their capabilities beyond ship tracking
No physics? No problem. AI weather forecasting is already making huge strides. Ars Technica · 3 Jun 2024 New model that predicts global weather can run on a single desktop computer.
Starliner launch rescheduled for June 5 SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2024 NASA and Boeing have reset the launch of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for June 5 after United Launch Alliance fixed a computer problem that scrubbed the previous launch attempt.
Starliner Ready for Third Try on Wednesday, June 5 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Jun 2024 NASA, Boeing and the United Launch Alliance said today the ground equipment problem that scrubbed yesterday’s launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test is remedied. They are ready to try
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Suffers Gyroscope Issue Enters Safe Mode The Launch Pad · 2 Jun 2024 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Suffers Gyroscope Issue Enters Safe Mode
What’s Happening in Space Policy June 2-9, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Jun 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of June 2-9, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
Magellan data unveils ongoing volcanic activity on the surface of Venus NASASpaceflight · 2 Jun 2024 In May 1989, NASA launched its Magellan mission to Venus with the goal of mapping the entire surface of the planet using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and measuring the planet’s magnetic field. Magellan would prove to b...
Japanese billionaire cancels planned Starship lunar mission SpaceNews · 2 Jun 2024 A Japanese billionaire who was the first commercial customer for SpaceX’s Starship vehicle has abruptly pulled the plug on his proposed quixotic circumlunar mission.
Elon Musk’s First Starship Customer Calls it Quits SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Jun 2024 The first customer to buy a flight on Elon Musk’s Starship rocket is calling it quits. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said today it is taking too long for Starship to

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