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- Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites begin service SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 Satellite operator SES has begun providing broadband communications with its first six Boeing-builtO3b mPower satellites.
- Op-Ed: Starship’s Road to Commercial Launch – an Unclear Path Space Scout · 30 Apr 2024 Starship is perhaps one of the flashiest development programs in aerospace. With so much hardware in flow, the future promised by SpaceX where payloads of unprecedented mass launch regularly aboard a fully reusable launc...
- New space company seeks to solve orbital mobility with high delta-v spacecraft Ars Technica · 30 Apr 2024 "If we’re going to have a true space economy, that means logistics and supply services."
- Portal Space Systems unveils plans for highly maneuverable spacecraft SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 Startup Portal Space Systems, founded by a former SpaceX and Amazon executive, has unveiled plans for spacecraft that use a novel propulsion technology designed to enable rapid movement between orbits.
- Orbital congestion reaching critical levels, warns new report SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 Slingshot Aerospace publishes its first “State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations"
- China’s Shenzhou-17 crew return to Earth SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 China’s Shenzhou-17 crew returned to Earth Tuesday following six months aboard the Tiangong space station.
- Airbus outlines plans for future high-resolution imaging satellites SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 More than a year after losing two Pléiades Neo high-resolution imaging satellites in a launch failure, Airbus has outlined plans to replace them.
- China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is backing a new suite of diverse, cutting edge missions, advancing its ambitious agenda in space science.
- SES to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 SES is acquiring rival satellite operator Intelsat for $3.1 billion, a deal that would bring together two of the major GEO satellite operators in a market facing increased competition from LEO constellations.
- FAA Learning Period to Get Another Extension SpacePolicyOnline.com · 30 Apr 2024 House and Senate committee leaders announced just after midnight that they have reached agreement on a new FAA reauthorization bill. The vast majority of the bill does not deal with
- SpaceX launches 12th mission of the month Teslarati · 30 Apr 2024 SpaceX launched its 12th mission of the month on Sunday, sending 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. The 23 Starlink satellites...
- Launch Roundup: China returns to the moon, SpaceX keeps up high launch cadence NASASpaceflight · 29 Apr 2024 This week, China returns to the Moon with the Chang’e-6 mission, making the first-ever attempt to collect samples from a site on the far side, near the lunar South Pole.
- Kuva Space wins ESA hyperspectral contract SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2024 Kuva Space will develop onboard hyperspectral data processing and communications links to help Finnish government agencies focused on border security, wildfires and landslides.
- NASA Seeks Input to Prioritize Space Technology Due to Limited Budgets The Launch Pad · 29 Apr 2024 NASA Seeks Input to Prioritize Space Technology Due to Limited Budgets
- China Ready To Launch Sample Return Mission To Far Side Of The Moon The Launch Pad · 29 Apr 2024 China Ready To Launch Sample Return Mission To Far Side Of The Moon
- Two new satellites join the Galileo constellation ESA · 29 Apr 2024 The European Galileo navigation system has two more satellites in orbit following their launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the early morning of Sunday, 28 April, at 01:34 BST/02:34 CEST. With 30 satellites now in orbit, Gali...
- SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 B1060 For 20th and Final Time Carrying Galileo Nav Sats To Orbit The Launch Pad · 29 Apr 2024 SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 B1060 For 20th and Final Time Carrying Galileo Nav Sats To Orbit
- NASA seeks input on space technology shortfalls SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2024 NASA is seeking public input on how to prioritize nearly 200 topics in space technology to improve how it invests limited funding on them.
- NASA Confirms Spacex Starship In-Space Refueling Demo Planned for Next Year The Launch Pad · 29 Apr 2024 NASA Confirms Spacex Starship In-Space Refueling Demo Planned for Next Year
- Federal Advisory Committee Recommends Independent FAA Commercial Space Office The Launch Pad · 29 Apr 2024 Federal Advisory Committee Recommends Independent FAA Commercial Space Office
- China ready to launch lunar far side sample return mission SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2024 China rolled out the rocket to launch its Chang’e-6 mission early Saturday, with the aim of collecting the first lunar far side samples.
- NASA Updates on Starship Refueling, as SpaceX Prepares Flight 4 of Starship NASASpaceflight · 28 Apr 2024 In a recent update to the NASA Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations Committee, the agency provided updates on several key aspects of the Artemis I through IV missions. This included updates on Starship timel...
- Falcon 9 launches Galileo navigation satellites SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2024 A Falcon 9 successfully placed into orbit a pair of Galileo navigation satellites April 27 in a launch that was unusual in several aspects.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy April 28-May 4, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Apr 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 28-May 4, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House is in session Monday-Wednesday.
- SpaceX making progress on Starship in-space refueling technologies SpaceNews · 27 Apr 2024 NASA says SpaceX is on track to demonstrate in-space refueling of Starship next year, a critical technology for returning humans to the lunar surface using that vehicle.
- A new era: Ariane 6 maiden launch campaign gets underway NASASpaceflight · 27 Apr 2024 On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career for what was Europe’s first heavy-lift rocket. Nearly ten months later, Arianespace is back at the launchpa...
- Advisory committee recommends moving FAA commercial space office out of the agency SpaceNews · 27 Apr 2024 An advisory committee for the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space office has recommended that the office be moved out of the FAA.
- Agile Space To Develop Propulsion System for True Anomaly's Jackal for USSF Mission The Launch Pad · 27 Apr 2024 Agile Space To Develop Propulsion System for True Anomaly's Jackal for USSF Mission
- Gravitics Wins $1.7M USSF Tactical Space Ops Space Station Contract The Launch Pad · 27 Apr 2024 Gravitics Wins $1.7M USSF Tactical Space Ops Space Station Contract
- US Space Force Initiates $8 Billion Procurement for Next-Gen Communication Satellites The Launch Pad · 27 Apr 2024 US Space Force Initiates $8 Billion Procurement for Next-Gen Communication Satellites
- Relativity Space shares updated view of future Terran R launch site Teslarati · 26 Apr 2024 Relativity Space has made major changes at Space Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where its Terran R rocket...
- ESA’s 2022 Astronaut Class Graduates Space Scout · 26 Apr 2024 On Monday, 22 April, ESA celebrated the graduation of its class of 2022 astronaut candidates. The ceremony, held at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, signified the successful completion of basic training...
- Space weather requires our attention now more than ever SpaceNews · 26 Apr 2024 Solar Cycle 25 is about to hit its peak, making this an important time to increase space weather monitoring.
- Space Force opens bidding for classified communications satellites SpaceNews · 26 Apr 2024 The Evolved Strategic Satcom satellites are for command and control of U.S. nuclear forces
- Agile Space lands propulsion contract for U.S. Space Force mission SpaceNews · 26 Apr 2024 The company was selected by True Anomaly to power a maneuvering spacecraft to be built for the Space Force’s Victus Haze mission
- Commercial space station module developer Gravitics wins Space Force contract SpaceNews · 26 Apr 2024 Gravitics, a startup developing modules for commercial space stations, will use its technologies for tactically responsive space applications for the U.S. Space Force.
- Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall Ars Technica · 26 Apr 2024 "This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."
- Blue Origin and Startups Propose Missions to Asteroid Apophis Ahead of Rare Earth Flyby The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 Blue Origin and Startups Propose Missions to Asteroid Apophis Ahead of Rare Earth Flyby
- Blue Origin's New Glenn To Launch NASA ESCAPADE NET Late September The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 Blue Origin's New Glenn To Launch NASA ESCAPADE NET Late September
- China Announces South Pole Mission Payloads, Nicaragua Joins ILRS Moon Base The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 China Announces South Pole Mission Payloads, Nicaragua Joins ILRS Moon Base