Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Amazon launches first Kuiper satellites The Launch Pad · 9 Oct 2023
Arianespace Launch Europe’s Final Mission of 2023 Aboard Vega European Spaceflight · 9 Oct 2023 Arianespace launched a Vega rocket in the early hours of 9 October, carrying two primary payloads and ten small secondary payloads. The VV23 flight was Europe’s third and final mission of 2023. The Avio-built Vega rocket...
Vega launches a dozen smallsats SpaceNews · 9 Oct 2023 A Vega rocket successfully launched a dozen small satellites Oct. 8 while its more powerful version remains grounded for another year.
PLD Space Successfully Debuts Suborbital Miura 1 Rocket European Spaceflight · 9 Oct 2023 Spanish launch startup PLD Space has successfully launched the maiden flight of its suborbital Miura 1 rocket. The launch was conducted at 00:19 UTC on 7 October from the El Arenosillo Test Centre in Huelva, Spain. The f...
Axiom Space To Collaborate With Prada On Artemis Spacesuits The Launch Pad · 8 Oct 2023 Axiom Space continues to work on the development of their first spacesuit which will be used for NASA's Artemis missions. In a surpise annoucement Axiom Space is partnering with Prada, the renowned Italian luxury fashion...
RocketLab Opens New Engine Facility In Former Virgin Orbit HQ The Launch Pad · 8 Oct 2023 Rocket Lab opened its Engine Development Center in Long Beach, California on October 4th. The new facility, spanning a sprawling 13,400 square meters, is poised to play a pivotal role in advancing the production of Rocke...
Luna-25 Crash Caused By Computer Glitch The Launch Pad · 8 Oct 2023 Russia's attempt to land its first lunar mission in nearly half a century ended in disappointment as the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed on the moon's surface in August. The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has now attributed...
Virgin Galactic Completes Fourth Commercial Mission The Launch Pad · 8 Oct 2023 Virgin Galactic has completed its fourth commercial mission, continuing its monthly commercial suborbital spaceflights mission.
Azerbaijan signs up to China’s international moon base project SpaceNews · 8 Oct 2023 Azerbaijan signed up to China’s International Lunar Research Station project Tuesday, on the sidelines of a major international space conference.
SOFIA provides insights into the metallic characteristics of asteroid Psyche NASASpaceflight · 8 Oct 2023 On Oct. 12, 2023, NASA’s Psyche mission and spacecraft will launch out into the asteroid belt to research asteroid 16 Psyche. Psyche, the asteroid, is thought to be metal-rich and is one of the largest asteroids within t...
What’s Happening in Space Policy October 8-14, 2023 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Oct 2023 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 8-14, 2023 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in recess except for
Head of ‘disruptive’ space procurement agency hits back at critics: ‘Change is hard’ SpaceNews · 8 Oct 2023 The head of the Space Development Agency is pushing back at critics who presumably don’t want the military acquisition culture to change, SDA’s director Derek Tournear said in a social media post.
KSC Flyover: SLC-40 crew tower rising, Roberts Road expansion detailed NASASpaceflight · 7 Oct 2023 Florida’s Space Coast has been awash with launch activity as of late, thanks in large part to the ever-increasing cadence that SpaceX is fostering. Even with this, several facilities in and around the Cape Canaveral Spac...
PLD Space launches first suborbital rocket SpaceNews · 7 Oct 2023 Spanish company PLD Space launched its first suborbital rocket Oct. 6, with the company calling the flight a success despite reaching a lower altitude than planned.
Russia Traces Luna-25 Crash to Onboard Control System Failure SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Oct 2023 Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos has concluded that Luna-25 failed because the onboard control system did not receive required data from the accelerometer to trigger an engine shutdown at the
ULA Atlas 5 launches first Project Kuiper satellites SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 United Launch Alliance launched two prototypes Oct. 6 for the more than 3,200 Project Kuiper broadband satellites Amazon plans to build and deploy over the next six years.
Virgin Galactic performs fourth commercial suborbital flight SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Virgin Galactic continued its monthly cadence of commercial suborbital spaceflights Oct. 6, carrying three customers that included the first person from Pakistan to go to space.
Slingshot Aerospace harnessing AI to track suspicious satellites SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Slingshot Aerospace unveiled data that shows Russia’s new spy satellite Luch-2 is conducting operations akin to those of its predecessor Luch-1
Amazon launches first internet satellite prototypes CNBC · 6 Oct 2023 Your Amazon order of internet satellite prototypes have shipped.
Northrop and Voyager emphasize benefits of commercial space station partnership SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Northrop Grumman and Voyager Space executives said their decision to work together on a commercial space station project, rather than pursue competing efforts, is a natural progression for an emerging industry.
How wrong were space SPAC projections? SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Wildly missed revenue projections cast a long shadow over space firms that went public by merging with a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, as their shares continue to underperform
Connecting the Dots | Double whammy for space insurance SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 An issue with the Inmarsat-6 (I6) F6 2 satellite could send the space insurance market deep into the red, pushing up rates that were already rising following news of ViaSat-3’s
When funding is down, shore up your brand SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Economic headwinds: You feel them at the pump, the grocery store, and now in space. Investment in the space industry has fallen back to Earth, totaling only $2.2B in Q1,
Stoke Space raises $100 million for reusable rocket development SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Stoke Space, a startup that recently tested a prototype of the upper stage of a reusable rocket, has raised $100 million to continue development of that vehicle.
Rocket Report: NASA to test new RS-25 engines; Russia’s phantom rockets Ars Technica · 6 Oct 2023 "Really it was more of a timeline and uncertainty shrinker, if you will."
POLARIS Spaceplanes take Delivery of a Pair of Aerospike Engines European Spaceflight · 6 Oct 2023 Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has announced that on 4 October, it took delivery of a pair of its in-house designed AS1 aerospike engines. The company is developing AURORA, a multipurpose spaceplane and hyperso...
India shifted launch of its Chandrayaan-3 moon lander to avoid space objects SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 The liftoff time for India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander was shifted four seconds to avoid close approaches to other space objects.
Pale Blue raises $7.5 million to mass produce water vapor thrusters SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 Japanese small satellite thruster developer Pale Blue has raised $7.5 million to establish a mass production facility for its water vapor propulsion systems.
Musk: “Decent Chance” of Starship Reaching Space Next Time SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Oct 2023 Elon Musk thinks Starship has a “decent chance” of reaching space on the next launch after he changed the design of how the first and second stages separate. On the
Starship satellite launches a year away SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2023 SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says it will be about a year before the company’s new Starship vehicle will be ready to start launching satellites.
Washington reusable rocket startup Stoke Space raises $100 million CNBC · 5 Oct 2023 Washington-based startup Stoke Space raised $100 million in new funds, the company announced Thursday, as it aims to develop a fully reusable rocket called “Nova.”
India hopes reforms will make it a global space hub SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 The Indian government is continuing a series of reforms aimed at increasing private involvement in the space sector and attracting global capital.
Investing in Space: Trust NASA’s private orbital station development process CNBC · 5 Oct 2023 “Refining strategies and evolving partnerships are part of the process.”
Space Force releases final call for bids for national security launch services SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 The U.S. Space Force on Oct. 4 released two solicitations for the next round of national security launch contracts, known as National Security Space Launch Phase 3.
Russia blames Luna-25 crash on computer glitch SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 Russia says its first lunar lander mission in nearly half a century crashed in August because of faulty commands in an onboard computer during a maneuver.
NASA expands purchase of commercial Earth-observation data with latest award SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 Airbus DS Geo, Capella Space, GHGSat, Maxar, PlanetiQ, Spire Global and Umbra were selected under the fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide Earth observation data and services in suppo...
Powering Artemis: RSRMVs Arrive at KSC Space Scout · 5 Oct 2023 Artemis 2's Solid Rocket Motors, or RSRMVs, have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center as NASA and their international partners gear up for humanity's return to the moon.
LMI gets $98 million contract for space wargaming software SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 The U.S. Air Force awarded the Logistics Management Institute, known as LMI, a $98 million contract for modeling and simulation software to analyze warfighting missions in space.
China wants a lunar satellite constellation to support deep space missions SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 China’s space authorities want to build an expansive, three-stage communication, navigation and remote sensing network to facilitate deep space operations.
PLD Space Prepare for Third Attempt at Maiden Miura 1 Flight European Spaceflight · 5 Oct 2023 Spanish launch startup PLD Space has announced that it has kicked off a launch campaign to perform the maiden flight of its suborbital Miura 1 rocket. The company’s first attempt to launch the maiden flight of Miura 1 on...

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