Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket flies on ULA’s first mission of 2022 Spaceflight Now · 25 Jan 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off Jan. 21 from Cape Canaveral, climbing off of launch pad 41 with thrust from its Russian-made RD-180 main engine and a single Northrop Grumman solid rocket booster to carry...
Comtech rejects $790 million takeover offer SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 Satellite communications equipment maker Comtech Telecommunications said Jan. 25 it has rejected a $790 million offer to take over the company.
Military space advocate Rep. Jim Cooper to retire from Congress SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on strategic forces, announced Jan. 25 that he will not run for re-election in 2022.
Isar Aerospace wins 10 million euro European Commission launch competition SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 Isar Aerospace won 10 million euros in a European Union prize competition, the latest sign of the E.U.’s growing role in supporting Europe’s launch industry.
NOAA to move new weather satellite quickly into position SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will move its next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) into position over the Western United States soon after launch to speed up data delivery to...
Federal Trade Commission blocks Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne is likely to be blocked by the Federal Trade Commission.
To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is really going to work Ars Technica · 25 Jan 2022 At times, it remains difficult to believe this is really happening.
SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth after second trip to orbit Teslarati · 25 Jan 2022 A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft has safely returned to Earth after a month in orbit, completing the company’s 24th successful cargo delivery...
JWST arrives at final orbit SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at its final destination 1.5 kilometers from the Earth Jan. 24, wrapping up a nearly flawless month since its launch.
NASA hosted payloads waiting for rides to orbit SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 NASA continues to face difficulties in sending some of its payloads to orbit as hosted payloads on commercial satellites.
Cause of Lucy solar array deployment problem identified SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2022 Engineers have identified the likely reason one of two solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission failed to latch in place after launch, but NASA is still studying whether to fix the problem.
Living on the edge: Satellites adopt powerful computers SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 Spacecraft operating closer to Earth are adopting state-of-the-art onboard processors. Upcoming missions will require even greater computing capability.
NOAA seeks continuity of space weather observations SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking ahead to a future generation of space weather instruments.
Webb reaches orbital destination a million miles from Earth Spaceflight Now · 24 Jan 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope slipped into orbit around a point in space nearly a million miles from Earth Monday where it can capture light from the first stars and galaxies to form in the aftermath of the Big Bang.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s space station computer is in demand SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 Mark Fernandez, principal investigator for Spaceborne Computer-2, sees a promising future for space-based computing.
Webb arrives in orbit of L2, teams look ahead to five months of commissioning NASASpaceflight · 24 Jan 2022 The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully inserted itself into its orbit at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2 (L2), doing so at 2:05 pm EST (19:05 UTC) on January 24, 2022. The insertion into...
NASA Spinoffs Help Fight Coronavirus, Clean Pollution, Grow Food, More NASA · 24 Jan 2022 NASA's mission of exploration requires new technologies, software, and research – which show up in daily life.
Orbital Insertion Burn a Success, Webb Arrives at L2 NASA · 24 Jan 2022 Today, at 2 p.m. EST, Webb fired its onboard thrusters for nearly five minutes (297 seconds) to complete the final postlaunch course correction to Webb’s trajectory. This mid-course correction burn inserted Webb toward i...
Phase Four and Orbit Fab to work on Maxwell engine refueling SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 Propulsion startup Phase Four has signed a memorandum of understanding with satellite refueling startup Orbit Fab aimed at preparing future Phase Four Maxwell engines for on-orbit refueling.
After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon Ars Technica · 24 Jan 2022 The impact could offer scientists a peek at the selenology of the Moon.
Proposed NTSB commercial space regulation criticized by industry and FAA SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 A proposal by NTSB that would give the agency a greater role in investigating failures of commercial launches is facing strong opposition from both the industry and the FAA.
China’s Galactic Energy raises $200 million for reusable launch vehicle development SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 Chinese commercial rocket maker Galactic Energy raised $200 million in two funding rounds during the second half of 2021, the company announced Monday.
Japan’s H3 rocket further delayed by engine woes SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 After spending most of 2020 and all of 2021 struggling with the expendable H3’s novel LE-9 main engine, officials with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) told reporters last week that the H3 will not be ready...
RUAG Space enters AI partnership for satellite supercomputer SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 Switzerland’s RUAG Space said Jan. 24 it is teaming up with a software provider to run artificial intelligence solutions on its Lynx, which it says is the most powerful commercially available onboard satellite computer.
SpaceX Dragon departs International Space Station to return to Earth Teslarati · 23 Jan 2022 SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule C209 has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and is now on track to reenter Earth’s atmosphere...
Raptor 2 testing at full throttle on the SpaceX McGregor test stands NASASpaceflight · 23 Jan 2022 Numerous Raptor 2 engines are now being put through their paces at SpaceX’s test center in McGregor, involving static fire testing at the five test bays, ahead of the evolved engine being shipped to Starbase to be involv...
Cargo Dragon capsule departs space station Spaceflight Now · 23 Jan 2022 SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft, closing out a month-long mission, undocked from the International Space Station Sunday after a two-delay in its departure to wait for better weather in the capsule’s recovery zone off th...
Cargo Dragon returns to Earth, bringing CRS-24 mission to a close NASASpaceflight · 23 Jan 2022 After a month-long stay at the International Space Station, NASA and SpaceX have successfully returned the CRS-24 Cargo Dragon back to Earth. Ground controllers commanded the undocking of the Dragon spacecraft from the H...
Webb closes in on destination with critical mirror alignment on tap Spaceflight Now · 22 Jan 2022 Thirty days outbound from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope will slip into its parking orbit a million miles away Monday, an ideal spot to scan the heavens in search of faint infrared light from the first generation...
Astra fires up rocket for first time at Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 22 Jan 2022 Astra, a company seeking to carve out a segment of the growing small satellite launch market, test-fired its two-stage rocket at Cape Canaveral on Saturday in preparation for an upcoming demonstration flight for NASA.
Atlas 5 rocket delivers two military inspector satellites to high-altitude orbit Spaceflight Now · 21 Jan 2022 Two satellites for a once-classified U.S. military program to track and inspect other spacecraft in orbit — a mission the Space Force’s top general equates to a “neighborhood watch” — lifted off from Cape Canaveral Frida...
Experimentos STEM de estudiantes ganan una oportunidad de vuelo mediante un concurso tecnológico de la NASA NASA · 21 Jan 2022 La NASA ha elegido a 57 equipos ganadores en un primer desafío nacional diseñado para atraer, involucrar y preparar a los futuros profesionales de las ciencias, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas.
STEM Student Experiments Win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech Contest NASA · 21 Jan 2022 NASA selected 57 winning teams in an inaugural nationwide challenge designed to attract, engage, and prepare future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals.
Plus Ultra’s lunar comsats to hitch rides on ispace moon landers SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022 Spanish-German startup Plus Ultra Space Outposts plans to deploy the bulk of its proposed lunar communications and navigation constellation with ispace, the Japanese lunar transportation venture selling accommodations on...
Space Norway restores redundancy for Svalbard ground stations SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022 Space Norway has restored communications on an undersea fiber-optic cable it operates between its Svalbard satellite station and mainland Norway, which had left the Arctic region without a backup connection after failing...
ULA launches two space surveillance satellites for U.S. Space Force SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022 In its first mission of 2022, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 21 launched a pair of space-monitoring satellites for the U.S. Space Force.
ExoMars on schedule for September launch SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022 After missing its initial launch window in 2020 in part because of the pandemic, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission is on schedule for a launch in September.
Machine to melt Moon rocks and derive metals may launch in 2024 Ars Technica · 21 Jan 2022 "These are the kinds of things that America needs to do to remain a leader in space."
Former NASA administrator Bridenstine endorses candidate in Virginia congressional race SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022 Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine is wading into one of Virginia’s congressional races, backing a Republican candidate with a background in national security space.
ULA’s Atlas V launches satellite-inspection mission for Space Force NASASpaceflight · 21 Jan 2022 United Launch Alliance carried out an Atlas V launch Friday with the third pair of GSSAP satellites for the US Space Force. Flying in its never-before-used 511 configuration, Atlas lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Fo...

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