Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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MDA gets $131 million from mystery NGSO constellation customer SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2023 An undisclosed customer is paying MDA 180 million Canadian dollars ($131 million) to start engineering a non-geostationary constellation of 36 satellites.
U.S. delegation stokes optimism on wireless and satellite goals at WRC-23 SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2023 Government officials leading the U.S. delegation said their top priorities are to ensure spectrum access for next-generation wireless services and to boost U.S. growth in the space economy.
SpaceX bookends Starship launch with two Starlink missions Teslarati · 20 Nov 2023 While Starship garnered all the attention this weekend on its 2nd integrated flight test, SpaceX also launched 2 Starlink missions from Florida...
Sorry, doubters: Starship actually had a remarkably successful flight Ars Technica · 20 Nov 2023 On just its second flight, Starship now is arguably as successful as NASA's SLS rocket.
ESA Launch Call to Develop Life Support Systems for Space European Spaceflight · 20 Nov 2023 The European Space Agency has launched a call for ideas to develop self-sufficient life support systems that address the challenges of extended space missions in low Earth orbit and beyond. Sustaining life in space requi...
Emirati university signs up to China’s moon base project SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2023 China has added a United Arab Emirates’ university to its list of partners for the country’s moon base ambitions.
Daily Telescope: Spying a double cluster of supergiant stars Ars Technica · 20 Nov 2023 "We had a lovely string of clear nights in late September and early October."
Sierra Space lays off 165 in workforce realignment SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2023 Sierra Space laid off 165 employees who had been working on its Dream Chaser vehicle as part of what the company described as efforts to realign its workforce to other projects.
World View ends plans to go public through a SPAC merger SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2023 World View, the stratospheric ballooning company that has offered an alternative to spacecraft for applications from remote sensing to space tourism, has terminated plans to go public through a special purpose acquisitio...
Rocket engine startup Ursa Major to venture into solid propulsion SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2023 Rocket engine startup Ursa Major plans to break into the solid rocket motor market, the company announced Nov. 20.
Webb detects neon in young star system, provides insight into planet formation NASASpaceflight · 19 Nov 2023 In 2008, observations from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer infrared space telescope hinted at the presence of neon within the protoplanetary disk of Sun-like star SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha). However, Spitzer’s instruments coul...
What’s Happening in Space Policy November 19-December 2, 2023 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Nov 2023 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the next TWO weeks, November 19-December 2, 2023 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are
NASA still studying Orion heat shield erosion from Artemis 1 SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2023 A year after the launch of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is continuing to study the performance of the heat shield on the Orion spacecraft, a review that may take several more months to complete.
SpaceX Launches Second Flight Test of Starship rocket The Launch Pad · 18 Nov 2023 On November 18th at 7:02am CT, SpaceX launched the second integrated flight test of Starship.
WRC-23: Time to Get the Rules Right for Satellite Broadband SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2023 As the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals fast approaches, the global digital divide stubbornly persists. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) counts more than 2.7 billion people wor...
SpaceX launches the second Integrated Flight Test of Starship Teslarati · 18 Nov 2023 Following a brief hold at t minus 40 seconds, Starship took to the morning skies just after 7 a.m. CT from Starbase,...
Starship Gets Further on Second Test, But Still Short of Goal SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 Nov 2023 The second orbital flight test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket got further than the first, but still fell short of the goal. The giant rocket lifted off and the two stages
Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on second flight SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2023 SpaceX’s Starship vehicle reached space on its second integrated test flight Nov. 18 but broke apart late in its ascent after successfully demonstrating the performance of its booster and a new stage separation technique...
Starship’s second test flight: where to watch SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2023 SpaceX's Starship reached an altitude of 148 kilometers shortly after the vehicle's Super Heavy booster broke apart moments after separation.
SpaceX’s Starship rocket reaches space but is intentionally destroyed mid-flight CNBC · 18 Nov 2023 SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket flight on Saturday, with the company pushing development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.
Starship Reaches Space, Falls Short of Orbit Space Scout · 18 Nov 2023 Starship has made it to space. At 7:02 AM CST, the 397 ft tall launch vehicle lifted off from its South Texas launch site, becoming the most powerful rocket ever flown into space. The IFT-2 mission passed SpaceX’s stated...
Investors grant Astra extension on loan SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2023 Investors in launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company Astra Space have given the company a four-day extension on a loan to provide the company more time to line up a longer-term funding deal.
SpaceX Starship set for repeat test flight, seven months after last one blew up Reuters · 18 Nov 2023 SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was set for blastoff on Saturday for a repeat test launch from south Texas, seven months after its first attempt to reac...
SpaceX targets back-to-back Starlink launches from East and West coasts The Launch Pad · 18 Nov 2023 SpaceX is looking to launch back to back Starlink launches from Florida and California tonight.
Delay for Peru’s first telecoms satellite creates opportunity for the Philippines SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2023 A telco in the Philippines has called dibs on a small geostationary spacecraft launching early next year that Astranis had reserved for Andesat, the cellular backhaul provider now facing delays to deploy Peru’s first ded...
At Least 15 Starship Launches Needed to Execute Artemis III Lunar Landing SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Nov 2023 SpaceX will need to launch at least 15 Starships to execute the Artemis III lunar landing NASA said today. Starship cannot fly directly to the Moon, but must refuel in
After upgrades, Starship achieves numerous successes during second test flight NASASpaceflight · 17 Nov 2023 With the Federal Aviation Administration and US Fish and Wildlife Service approving the final signoff and license and SpaceX saying the rocket is ready, Starship set sail from Starbase on its second test flight Saturday....
SpaceX Starship Integrated Flight Test 2: What to Expect Teslarati · 17 Nov 2023 After a one-day delay to replace a failed grid fin actuator, SpaceX is now less than 24 hours from the second test...
Rocket Lab Eyes their Return to Flight Space Scout · 17 Nov 2023 Rocket Lab's Electron rocket is once again looking towards the skies, poised to return to flight no earlier than November 28th following a mission failure and loss of payload on September 19th.
Starship lunar lander missions to require nearly 20 launches, NASA says SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2023 As SpaceX prepares for its next Starship test flight, a NASA official said that the use of that vehicle for Artemis lunar landings will require “in the high teens” of launches, a much higher number than what the company’...
Juice manouevre lines it up for 2024 Earth-Moon flyby ESA · 17 Nov 2023 Juice manouevre lines it up for 2024 Earth-Moon flyby
Here’s why SpaceX really needed to change out that part on Starship Ars Technica · 17 Nov 2023 Grid fins have been essential to the landing of 230 rockets.
Radical Transparency: The promise and peril of generative AI SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2023 For space companies, generative artificial intelligence tools offer the potential to merge datasets and streamline operations.
Daily Telescope: Traveling into the heart of the Heart Nebula Ars Technica · 17 Nov 2023 "That region of nebulosity is definitely my favorite part."
Space Force eyes a future of speed and agility in orbit SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2023 While refueling wasn’t a priority before, mobility and logistics are now a “hugely important area for our combatant commanders."
ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2023 All the major components for the first Vulcan Centaur rocket are now at the launch site as United Launch Alliance prepares for a launch in late December.
Sierra Space lays off hundreds in push toward first Dream Chaser spaceplane launch CNBC · 16 Nov 2023 Sierra Space, one of the sector’s most valuable private companies, laid off several hundred employees and contractors this week, CNBC has learned.
Lockheed Martin to demonstrate space-based 5G network SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2023 Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 16 it plans to launch a satellite to demonstrate 5G fiber-like connectivity from low-Earth orbit.
OHB, feeling undervalued, going private in deal with KKR SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2023 The chief executive of European space company OHB says taking the company private is necessary in a time when small companies, specifically space companies, are undervalued in public markets.
Space Norway buys Telenor’s satellite business to expand space ambitions SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2023 Norwegian state-run telco Telenor announced plans Nov. 16 to sell its satellite division to Space Norway, part of the country’s government, in a deal worth around $216 million.

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