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- Rogozin puts poison-pill conditions on OneWeb Soyuz launch SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2022 This week’s Soyuz launch of a set of OneWeb satellites has been thrown into doubt after Russia made new demands on the company.
- Russia places extraordinary demands on OneWeb prior to satellite launch Ars Technica · 2 Mar 2022 Cooperation in space among Russia and the West has been stripped to the bone.
- Russian sanctions throw South Korean satellite missions into uncertainty SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2022 South Korea, at least for now, is pushing forward with its planned launch of two satellites on Russian rockets this year. Still, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that the missions could be delayed due to sanctions imp...
- CesiumAstro raises $60 million in Series B funding round SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2022 CesiumAstro Inc. raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures.
- Romania signs the Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2022 Romania became the 16th country to sign the NASA-led Artemis Accords for cooperation in space exploration March 1.
- Congress presses NASA for more details on Artemis costs and schedules SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2022 Members of Congress, concerned about growing costs and slipping schedules, pressed NASA for more details about the management and overall strategy of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plan.
- SpaceX prepares Falcon 9 booster for eleventh launch and landing [webcast] Teslarati · 2 Mar 2022 SpaceX has confirmed that Falcon 9 is on track to launch another batch of Starlink satellites less than 48 hours after a...
- Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild Ars Technica · 1 Mar 2022 Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.
- Lockheed Martin plots U.K. satellite manufacturing base SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 Lockheed Martin is looking to set up a satellite manufacturing base in the United Kingdom to expand its global space business, the U.S.-based aerospace and defense giant said March 1.
- NOAA, NASA’s GOES-T weather satellite launches on ULA Atlas V NASASpaceflight · 1 Mar 2022 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T advanced weather satellite for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-T launched on an...
- Ohio Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station NASA · 1 Mar 2022 Students from across the state of Ohio will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
- Boeing increases use of 3D printing to speed up production of WGS military satellite SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 Boeing is 3D printing more than a thousand parts for WGS-11+, a new communications satellite it is producing for the U.S. Space Force
- Ukraine official confirms urgent request for Western satellite data Ars Technica · 1 Mar 2022 "Within one hour, there will be an attack on Kyiv again."
- Russia looks to China for collaboration in space but faces isolation over Ukraine invasion SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 Roscosmos is looking to China as a supplier of components and a partner in missions following the invasion of Ukraine, but sanctions could still heavily impact any new plans.
- SpaceX awarded three more NASA astronaut launch contracts Teslarati · 1 Mar 2022 Three months after announcing its intent, NASA has procured three more Crew Dragon astronaut launches from SpaceX, raising the total number of...
- ISS operations remain normal ahead of private astronaut mission SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 NASA said that operations of the International Space Station remain normal despite the growing rift between Russia and the West in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Rocket Lab launches Electron rocket, selects Virginia for Neutron factory SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 Rocket Lab carried out its first Electron launch of the year Feb. 28, placing a Japanese radar imaging satellite into orbit at the same time the company released its financial results and selected Virginia for a rocket f...
- EOS Data Analytics issues urgent plea for imagery of Ukraine SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 EOS Data Analytics is asking Earth observation companies around the world to share up-to-date optical and radar satellite imagery of Ukraine.
- Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 An Atlas 5 successfully launched the latest in a series of geostationary weather satellites March 1, exactly four years after the launch of the satellite it is replacing.
- NASA, ULA Launch NOAA’s Newest Earth Observing Satellite NASA · 1 Mar 2022 NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday. The newest Geostationary Operational Environ...
- A wartime plea to Western satellite companies: “We need this data, please” Ars Technica · 1 Mar 2022 "Within one hour there will be an attack on Kyiv again."
- General Atomics and Orion Space win contracts for military weather satellites SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 The U.S. Space Force selected General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Orion Space Solutions to each develop and launch demonstration satellites for weather imaging and cloud characterization.
- Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman select payload providers for Space Force missile-warning satellites SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2022 Lockheed Martin announced March 1 it has selected Raytheon Technologies to supply a second payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) geosynchronous satellites.
- NASA wants to maintain Russia partnership but is studying “operational flexibilities” Ars Technica · 28 Feb 2022 "We, as a team, are operating just like we were operating three weeks ago."
- SpaceX delivers truckload of Starlink dishes to Ukraine, as promised Teslarati · 28 Feb 2022 The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine reports that a substantial truckload of Starlink dishes has arrived in the besieged country, fulfilling SpaceX...
- NASA Awards Contract for Safety and Mission Assurance Services NASA · 28 Feb 2022 NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide safety and mission assurance services to the agency in various locations across the country.
- NASA Promotes Howard Hu to Lead Orion Ahead of First Artemis Mission NASA · 28 Feb 2022 NASA has selected Howard Hu as the Orion Program manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- Russia-Ukraine war raises questions for upcoming OneWeb launches SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2022
- Rocket Lab’s The Owl’s Night Continues makes first launch from LC-1B at Mahia NASASpaceflight · 28 Feb 2022 Rocket Lab has conducted its first launch from the second launch pad at its spaceport in Mahia, New Zealand on Tuesday, in the second of four planned missions for the Japanese earth observation company Synspective.
- SpaceX heeds Ukraine’s Starlink SOS SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2022 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that he's sending Starlink terminals to Ukraine to help keep the embattled country connected to the outside world as Russia steps up its invasion.
- ESA says it’s “very unlikely” ExoMars will launch this year SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2022 The European Space Agency said Feb. 28 that it is “very unlikely” that its ExoMars mission will launch this September because of sanctions on Russia from its invasion of Ukraine.
- Atlas 5 rocket rolls to launch pad with weather satellite Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2022 United Launch Alliance rolled out an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Monday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Tuesday afternoon with a NOAA weather satellite destined to cover the Weste...
- Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, York Space selected to build DoD’s internet-in-space constellation SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2022 The Space Development Agency announced Feb. 28 it awarded Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems contracts worth nearly $1.8 billion to produce 126 satellites for a global communications network in low...
- ESA statement regarding cooperation with Russia following a meeting with Member States on 28 February 2022 ESA · 28 Feb 2022 We deplore the human casualties and tragic consequences of the war in Ukraine. We are giving absolute priority to taking proper decisions, not only for the sake of our workforce involved in the programmes, but in full re...
- SpaceX a bastion of independent US, European spaceflight amid Russian threats Teslarati · 28 Feb 2022 Russia has invaded Ukraine without provocation, triggering a series of diplomatic responses – sanctions in particular – that recently culminated in the...
- GOES-T nears launch as NASA plans studies of next-generation weather satellite SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2022 The latest in a series of geostationary weather satellites is ready for launch as NASA takes the next step in plans for a next generation of such spacecraft.
- NOAA weather satellite ready for launch after repairs to main camera Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2022 A new NOAA weather satellite destined to track cyclones, wildfires, and solar flares from a perch high above the Western United States and Pacific Ocean is set for liftoff Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch A...
- NASA official says U.S.-Russian partnership continues on space station Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2022 Kathy Lueders, head of NASA’s human spaceflight operations division, said Monday that joint activities on the International Space Station are continuing amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, including preparations for the ret...
- Rocket Lab debuts new launch pad, deploys Japanese radar satellite Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2022 Rocket Lab brought into service a new launch pad at its privately-owned New Zealand spaceport Tuesday with the successful liftoff of an Electron booster and a commercial Japanese radar imaging satellite.
- China launches national record 22 satellites on Long March 8 commercial rideshare SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2022 China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched late Saturday carrying a domestic record 22 satellites for a range of commercial Chinese space companies.