Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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China’s Chang’e-7 moon mission to target Shackleton crater SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2024 China will attempt to land on the illuminated rim of Shackleton crater near the lunar south pole with its 2026 Chang’e-7 mission.
Orbital Outpost X names Negar Feher CEO SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2024 OOX announced the appointment of Feher, who has held management and technical roles at Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, Momentus Space and SpaceRyde.
PLD Space wins Spanish government funding for Miura 5 launch vehicle SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2024 PLD Space has secured 40.5 million euros ($43.8 million) from the Spanish government after completing a preliminary design review of its Miura 5 launch vehicle.
JAXA’s SLIM is Back To Work on the Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 30 Jan 2024 JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, has resumed operations on the lunar surface. SLIM landed upside down because of an engine failure leaving the solar cells pointing in
Grasp instrument monitors Earth’s atmosphere and surface SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2024 Grasp is moving ahead with plans to establish a 10-satellite constellation in the next four years.
CRS NG-20 launches cargo, science to ISS aboard Falcon 9 NASASpaceflight · 30 Jan 2024 The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path that will take it to the International Space Station. However, as a first, it has launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 instead of an...
ABI shows promise for methane monitoring SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 BALTIMORE – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) constellation could provide valuable data on methane emissions. With imagery from the GOES Advanced Basel...
Ground delays holding back Eutelsat’s global LEO broadband services SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 Eutelsat expects to take a 7% revenue hit as delays securing landing rights in India, Thailand, Turkey, and elsewhere prevent the OneWeb broadband constellation it finished launching nearly a year ago from providing glob...
Former head of NRO’s space launch office joins Stellar Solutions SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 Retired U.S. Space Force Col. Chad Davis was named director of sigint programs
Airbus takes over Space Coast constellation factory SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 Eutelsat OneWeb has sold its 50% share of the factory that built more than 600 satellites for its low Earth orbit constellation to Airbus, the operator’s joint venture partner.
Op-Ed: The Load Bearing Rocket, A Falcon 9 Analysis Space Scout · 29 Jan 2024 While NASA and its international partners look to the Moon and beyond under the Artemis Program, the mid to late 2020s will see a dramatic shift to the landscape of Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The International Space Station,...
Northrop Grumman’s orbital refueling port selected for U.S. military satellites SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 A satellite refueling nozzle developed by Northrop Grumman is the first to be selected as a preferred standard for U.S. military satellites.
A Moore’s Law for space SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 With the number of spacecraft launches doubling every two years, Edward Lu argues we must prepare for a "Moore's Law" for space.
Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust Ars Technica · 29 Jan 2024 "I think of the civilizations in those galaxies looking back at the Milky Way."
SLIM moon lander revived after solar power setback SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2024 Japan’s SLIM moon lander has resumed operations more than a week after its imperfect yet historic lunar landing.
Everything rockets ESA · 29 Jan 2024 Europe's rockets
It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew Ars Technica · 29 Jan 2024 Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.
Construction of Ariane 6 Booster Storage Building Continues European Spaceflight · 29 Jan 2024 The booster storage building (BSB) is currently under construction at the Guiana Space Centre on the grounds of the Ariane 6 launch facility (ELA-4). Once complete, the building will be a key element in enabling the rapi...
What’s Happening in Space Policy January 28-February 3, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Jan 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of January 28-February 3, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in
Ingenuity’s mission ends after 72 flights NASASpaceflight · 28 Jan 2024 NASA announced its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, had ended its mission after experiencing an anomaly during its 72nd flight on Jan. 18. Images recovered after the flight showed severe damage to at least one of the aircraft...
Cygnus ready for first launch on Falcon 9 SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2024 A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time, a combination that required more changes to the rocket than to the spacecraft.
A handful of space companies are running out of cash and time. Here are three at risk CNBC · 27 Jan 2024 The space sector’s on the tail end of a boom-and-bust cycle. While many companies battened down the hatches to survive, a few publicly-traded names are running on fumes.
Space Force selects vendors for suborbital launch services SpaceNews · 27 Jan 2024 Kratos Space & Missile Defense Systems, L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace, and Corvid Technologies were awarded indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts for Sounding Rocket Program-4.
Spanish Government Awards €40.5M Loan to PLD Space for Miura 5 European Spaceflight · 27 Jan 2024 PLD Space has won the second and final round of a Spanish government call to develop sovereign launch capabilities. On 30 January 2023, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the country’s Center for Tec...
JAXA’s SLIM Literally Lost An Engine, and NASA’s LRO Spots SLIM on the Surface SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Jan 2024 A NASA spacecraft orbiting the Moon has spotted JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, that landed on the surface last week. The lander already was imaged much more
Virgin Galactic launches four private astronauts as it prepares to end Unity flights SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 Virgin Galactic conducted its first suborbital mission of 2024 on Jan. 26 as the company prepares end flights of its current spaceplane.
FCC reaffirms orbital debris mitigation rules SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 The Federal Communications Commission has clarified, but not altered, rules to mitigate orbital debris.
US seeks dismissal of Ligado’s $40 billion roadblocked 5G spectrum claim SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 The United States government has called on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to throw out a lawsuit from Ligado Networks seeking $40 billion over the company’s derailed wireless network plans.
NG-20 Prepares to Fly to ISS From Florida Space Scout · 26 Jan 2024 Final preparations are underway for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (NG-20), currently set to launch on January 29th 2024. This mission’s Cygnus spacec...
Satellites and the specter of IoT attacks SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 As Internet of Things (IoT) components proliferate in satellites, new cybersecurity risks must be addressed.
New effort seeks to study health issues for private astronauts SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 Medical researchers and commercial spaceflight advocates are working to begin a new effort to study the health issues and risks that space travel poses to a more diverse population of private astronauts.
ESA Astronaut Aboard Space Station Controls Robot on Earth European Spaceflight · 26 Jan 2024 ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt successfully completed a series of tests for the Surface Avatar project that included controlling Bert, a four-legged robot developed by DLR. The Surface Avatar project was launched in...
Rocket Report: Iran reaches orbit; Chinese firm achieves impressive landing test Ars Technica · 26 Jan 2024 "Our investors’ continued support is a recognition of our 18 months of hard work."
Zeno to recycle decades-old radioactive material to fuel its radioisotope power systems SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 Zeno Power Systems is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy to recycle decades-old radioactive material to produce radioisotope power sources.
Northrop charges on lunar Gateway module program reach $100 million SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 Northrop Grumman has taken another charge on its contract to build a module for NASA’s lunar Gateway, bringing its losses for the year on that program to $100 million.
Farewell to Ingenuity, NASA’s Plucky Mars Helicopter SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Jan 2024 NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made its last flight on Mars. The plucky technology demonstrator that engineers were not sure would fly at all in the thin Martian atmosphere made 72
Lockheed Martin, Boeing win contracts to design U.S. military narrowband communications satellites SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 Lockheed Martin and Boeing each won a $66 million contract to design a narrowband communications satellite to expand the existing network known as the Mobile User Objective System.
Wet dress rehearsal on the horizon for Starship’s third flight NASASpaceflight · 25 Jan 2024 SpaceX is deep into preparations for the next Starship flight, focusing on the Orbital Launch Pad (OLP). Booster 10 and Ship 28 are set to return to the launch site in the coming week or two, ahead of a Wet Dress Rehears...
Ingenuity’s Mission Comes to an End Space Scout · 25 Jan 2024 On January 25, 2024, NASA’s Ingenuity mission officially concluded. The small, autonomous helicopter performed 72 flights on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet. This mission far exceeded the 5 p...
Europe sets up space finance taskforce SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 The European Commission is joining forces with the European Space Agency and Europe’s investment arm to help more space companies get financing, including from a largely untapped multi-billion-dollar fund for strategic i...

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