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- Saturn finalizing funds for $500 million small GEO satellite program SpaceNews · 21 Dec 2022 Saturn Satellite Networks is close to securing funds for another attempt at getting its small geostationary satellite manufacturing business off the ground, according to an executive for the U.S.-based firm.
- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6B Mission NASA · 20 Dec 2022 NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission.
- Arianespace suffers failure on first operational Vega-C mission NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2022 Arianespace has suffered a failure during Vega-Consolidation’s (Vega-C) first operational launch, which was set to carry the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth-observation satellites to a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Vega-C lift...
- After a long struggle with Martian dust, NASA’s InSight probe has gone quiet Ars Technica · 20 Dec 2022 InSight landed on Mars in 2018 with the aim of studying seismic activity.
- Fiscal year 2023 omnibus bill provides $25.4 billion for NASA SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2022 A fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill will provide NASA with nearly $25.4 billion, an increase of more than 5% from 2022 but less than what the agency requested.
- SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet surpasses one million active users Teslarati · 20 Dec 2022 SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet service has surpassed one million active subscribers just two years after its first limited beta release....
- SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet gains 750,000 subscribers in nine months Teslarati · 20 Dec 2022 SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet service has surpassed one million active subscribers just two years after its first limited beta release....
- Vega C fails on second launch SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2022 The second flight of Arianespace’s Vega C failed to reach orbit Dec. 20 after its second stage malfunctioned, destroying two Pléiades Neo imaging satellites.
- Ukraine will get 10,000+ more Starlink antennas Teslarati · 20 Dec 2022 Ukraine will receive over 10,000 Starlink antennas to help counter Russian air attacks, said Mykhailo Fedorov, deputy prime minister and minister for...
- NeuralAgent and Miratlas jointly address atmospheric impediments to optical communications SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2022 German startup NeuralAgent GmbH is joining forces with French startup Miratlas SAS to address a vexing problem for satellite optical communications: transmitting data through Earth’s atmosphere.
- SpaceX preparing to start Starlink Gen2 launches this month SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2022 SpaceX could start launching second-generation Starlink satellites in the coming weeks to add more capacity to its increasingly congested broadband network.
- NASA to Air Live Coverage of US Spacewalk for Solar Array Installation NASA · 19 Dec 2022 NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk on Wednesday, Dec. 21, to install a rollout solar array to increase electrical power in support of operations and scientific research.
- Russians assess flight worthiness of damaged Soyuz docked at space station Spaceflight Now · 19 Dec 2022 Russian managers are assessing whether a damaged Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station can safely carry its three-man crew back to Earth in late March as planned or whether a replacement must be laun...
- With Hubble and Spitzer, researchers discover water-filled exoplanets NASASpaceflight · 19 Dec 2022 Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and retired Spitzer Space Telescope, a group of researchers has discovered two exoplanets that may be largely comprised of water. Located around a red dwarf star 218 light-ye...
- Russia says it will take no immediate action on damaged Soyuz spacecraft Ars Technica · 19 Dec 2022 In reality, the Soyuz is a hardy spacecraft.
- South Korean spacecraft enters lunar orbit with deceleration maneuver SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2022 South Korea’s first robotic lunar orbiter, Danuri, entered the lunar orbit after conducting its first lunar orbit insertion maneuver Dec. 16.
- SpaceX aces three Falcon 9 launches in 34 hours Teslarati · 19 Dec 2022 SpaceX has successfully launched three Falcon 9 rockets less than 34 hours apart, leaving the company only one mission shy of CEO...
- Weather and range issues delay first Electron launch from Wallops to January SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2022 Rocket Lab will have to wait until January for its next attempt at its inaugural Electron launch from Virginia after suffering delays because of weather and range issues.
- Two Airbus Earth-imaging satellites poised for launch on Vega C rocket Spaceflight Now · 19 Dec 2022 Two Pléiades Neo Earth observation satellites are set to join Airbus’s constellation of high-resolution optical imagers with a launch Tuesday night from French Guiana on the first commercial flight of Europe’s Vega C roc...
- L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2022 L3Harris Technologies on Dec. 18 announced an agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion.
- NASA signs spaceflight safety agreement with AST SpaceMobile SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2022 NASA has signed an agreement with AST SpaceMobile to cooperate on spaceflight safety, even as astronomers grow increasingly concerned about the effects of that company’s satellites.
- Upper level winds scrub first Electron launch from American soil NASASpaceflight · 18 Dec 2022 Rocket Lab, which has operated its Electron small-satellite launcher successfully from New Zealand since 2017, is about to inaugurate its first US-based launch site. After weather and paperwork-related delays, the missio...
- SpaceX launches second mission from Florida within two days NASASpaceflight · 18 Dec 2022 SpaceX has launched the a pair of Falcon 9 missions approximately 23 hours apart from the company’s two Florida launch pads. The first mission carried the first two satellites for a new constellation known as O3b mPOWER...
- SpaceX booster launches for record 15th time on Starlink mission Spaceflight Now · 17 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched 54 more Starlink internet satellites Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using a Falcon 9 booster on its 15th flight to space, a record for the company’s reusable rocket fleet. The mission was...
- FAA clears Rocket Lab for first launch from U.S. spaceport Spaceflight Now · 17 Dec 2022 Rocket Lab said Saturday that the company received final approval from NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration to launch their first mission from the United States on Sunday, clearing final regulatory and technical...
- NASA postpones spacewalk to support Soyuz investigation SpaceNews · 17 Dec 2022 NASA is delaying a spacewalk at the International Space Station by two days to support the Russian investigation into a coolant leak on a Soyuz spacecraft docked there.
- Perseverance prepares to deposit Mars sample cache SpaceNews · 17 Dec 2022 NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will soon start depositing a cache of samples that it has collected since landing last year as part of efforts to eventually return those samples to Earth.
- VentureScope sets up accelerator for U.S. Air Force personnel SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2022 VentureScope, a consulting and venture investment firm that works with entrepreneurs, won a contract to establish to an internal U.S. Air Force accelerator.
- White House revamps membership of National Space Council advisory group SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2022 The White House announced the new membership of an advisory group of the National Space Council Dec. 16 with wholesale changes in the roster reflecting a new emphasis on climate change and workforce issues.
- Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the damaged Soyuz spacecraft Ars Technica · 16 Dec 2022 The biggest concern is the flight computers on board the Soyuz spacecraft.
- 200th launch of SpaceX Falcon rocket boosts O3b mPOWER internet satellites Spaceflight Now · 16 Dec 2022 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:48 p.m. EST (2221 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral on a mission to boost two high-power broadband satellites for SES’s O3b mPOWER network toward a unique equatorial orbit some 5,000...
- Rocket Lab’s Inaugural US Launch – Virginia is for Launch Lovers Space Scout · 16 Dec 2022 Rocket Lab is currently gearing up for its inaugural launch from the United States this weekend.
- NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot NASA · 16 Dec 2022 The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future carry an amazing diversity of Red Planet geology.
- Space company Maxar agrees to go private in $6.4 billion deal CNBC · 16 Dec 2022 Space imagery and infrastructure company Maxar on Friday announced an agreement to go private through an acquisition led by Advent International.
- NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water NASA · 16 Dec 2022 A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday...
- Maxar Technologies acquired by private equity firm in $6.4 billion deal SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2022 Maxar Technologies, a space company that gained global attention with its high-resolution satellite images of the Ukraine war, is being acquired by the private equity firm Advent International for $6.4 billion.
- Falcon 9 launches ocean science mission for NASA and CNES SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2022 A Falcon 9 successfully launched an Earth science mission jointly developed by the United States and France to monitor water levels and the effects of climate change.
- Rocket Report: Meet the Blue Origin Space Rangers; methane rocket fails in debut Ars Technica · 16 Dec 2022 No one has yet stepped forth to win the great methane rocket race.
- China completes seventh space launch inside 10 days SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2022 China launched a Long March 11 solid rocket from Xichang early Friday, completing a campaign of seven orbit launch attempts in just over a week which included the debut of two new launch vehicles.
- SpaceX launches SWOT ocean research mission NASASpaceflight · 16 Dec 2022 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the joint NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:46 AM PST (11:46 UTC) on Friday, Dec. 16, after a 24-ho...