Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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NASA inspector general warns of further delays in returning humans to the moon SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2021 NASA’s plans to return humans to the moon, which it already pushed back to at least 2025, could be further delayed, the agency’s inspector general warned Nov. 15.
Fleet Space raises $26.4 million in Series B round SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2021 Fleet Space Technologies raised $26.4 million in a Series B investment round that puts a value of $126 million on the Australian internet-of-things satellite constellation.
Nelson and Rogozin talk about ASAT test SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson spoke with his Russian counterpart a day after a Russian antisatellite test, as others in the Russian government dismissed the threat to space sustainability that test created.
Northrop-led team proposes Artemis lunar rover SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2021 An industry team led by Northrop Grumman has unveiled the design of a lunar rover it proposes to develop for NASA’s Artemis program.
Arianespace Vega launches CERÉS satellites for CNES NASASpaceflight · 16 Nov 2021 Arianespace’s Vega rocket launched on its third mission of the year with the Capacité de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale (CERÉS) 1, 2, and 3 satellites for the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatia...
U.S. officials: Space station at risk from ‘reckless’ Russian anti-satellite test Spaceflight Now · 15 Nov 2021 Russia shot down an old Soviet-era military spacecraft Monday in an anti-satellite weapons test, smashing the spacecraft into hundreds of thousands of tiny fragments that will remain in orbit for years or decades, U.S. g...
NASA Administrator Statement on Russian ASAT Test NASA · 15 Nov 2021 On Monday Moscow Standard Time, the International Space Station (ISS) Flight Control team was notified of indications of a satellite breakup that may create sufficient debris to pose a conjunction threat to the station.
Russia tests anti-satellite missile, debris disrupts International Space Station NASASpaceflight · 15 Nov 2021 Russia’s Kosmos 1408 satellite was destroyed in orbit earlier on Tuesday in what appears to have been a demonstration of Russia’s Nudol anti-satellite missile. While the Russian government has not yet acknowledged the ca...
SpaceX orbital Starship launch debut officially slips to 2022 – but it’s not all bad news Teslarati · 15 Nov 2021 US government documentation suggests that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aims to complete an environmental review of SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch site...
Russia destroys satellite in ASAT test SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 A Russian satellite broke up in low Earth orbit in a deliberate test of a Russian anti-satellite device that created thousands of pieces of debris.
Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory wins $1 billion contract from AFRL SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory a $1 billion five-year contract for “space and nuclear advanced prototypes, experiments and technology."
Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud [Updated] Ars Technica · 15 Nov 2021 "This test will significantly increase the risk to astronauts and cosmonauts."
How NASA's Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts NASA · 15 Nov 2021 A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans would face on the surface.
Sure, there’s hype. But blockchain has concrete space applications SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 Blockchain's promise of direct, secure transactions between individuals or organizations promises to revolutionize space commerce.
Intelsat and OneWeb demonstrate integrated GEO and LEO broadband service SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 In a demonstration earlier this month, Intelsat and OneWeb provided broadband internet service to U.S. Army users via satellites in low Earth orbit and in geostationary orbit.
DoD eager to leverage LEO broadband constellations SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 The military is hungry for low-latency broadband services from the likes of OneWeb, SpaceX, Telesat and Amazon that promise to connect the world via thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit.
Japan to launch 2nd space defense unit to protect satellites from electromagnetic attack SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 Japan will stand up a second space defense unit within the next 18 months to monitor electromagnetic wave threats to its satellites.
Space Force satellite jammers would shut down enemy communications temporarily SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 The U.S. Space Force will deploy an advanced electronic jammer to disrupt enemies’ satellite communications signals.
A routine Starlink launch turned into something otherworldly this weekend Ars Technica · 15 Nov 2021 SpaceX may conduct a record 30 orbital launches this year.
SpaceX fires up six-engine Starship, aces Starlink launch 18 hours apart Teslarati · 15 Nov 2021 SpaceX has rounded out a jam-packed week of spaceflight activity by completing a record-breaking Starship static fire and first East Coast Starlink...
Chinese crewed moon landing possible by 2030, says senior space figure SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 Chinese boots on the moon will be “entirely possible” by 2030 according to senior Chinese lunar program designer and engineer Ye Peijian.
NGA notes advantages of unclassified commercial data SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is interested in keeping commercial datasets unclassified.
Japanese Epsilon rocket launches nine small satellites Spaceflight Now · 15 Nov 2021 A Japanese Epsilon rocket launched nine small satellites into orbit Nov. 8, deploying technology to prove out ways to eliminate space debris, a miniature lab for biological experiments, and a potpourri of pathfinder prob...
NASA Receives 11th Consecutive ‘Clean’ Financial Audit Opinion NASA · 15 Nov 2021 For the 11th straight year, NASA has received an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2021 financial statements.
STEM-a-Thon Event Headlines American Education Week for NASA NASA · 15 Nov 2021 NASA hosts its 2021 STEM-a-Thon this week, a series of activities and engagements aimed at sparking interest in careers and broadening student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math. .
Amid Ship 20 test success, Starbase prepares future Starships NASASpaceflight · 14 Nov 2021 With a significant milestone under its belt, Ship 20 awaits the next steps in preparing for an orbital velocity flight test, likely watching on as Super Heavy Booster 4 undergoes a more ambitious ground test campaign. Th...
Space industry feels varying effects of supply chain disruptions SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2021 While space companies are feeling the impacts of supply chain disruptions, traditional space companies are experiencing different effects than newer ones.
Industry looks to simplify policy challenges of orbital debris removal SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2021 Policy issues regarding active debris removal are not as difficult to overcome as many believe, industry officials say, but acknowledge that those challenges may hinder efforts to remove the most dangerous pieces of debr...
The mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope: looking into the past NASASpaceflight · 13 Nov 2021 When the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope launches atop an Ariane 5 rocket this December, it will carry with it one of the largest telescopic mirrors ever developed. Considerably larger than the Hubble Space...
NASA Deputy Administrator Among US Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductees NASA · 13 Nov 2021 NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, along with fellow veteran astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Scott Kelly, were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2021 on Saturday, Nov. 13.
Astrophysics decadal survey recommends NASA terminate SOFIA SpaceNews · 13 Nov 2021 The future of NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory remains in limbo after the astrophysics decadal survey gave the program, proposed for termination by NASA, a vote of no-confidence.
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites after upgrading user antennas SpaceNews · 13 Nov 2021 SpaceX successfully deployed another 53 Starlink satellites Nov. 13 in its first dedicated launch for the broadband constellation in two months.
SpaceX launch starts deployment of new Starlink orbital shell Spaceflight Now · 13 Nov 2021 SpaceX shot 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on top of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday from foggy Cape Canaveral, commencing a new phase of deploying the global broadband network with the first launch into a new “sh...
Blue Origin astronaut dies in plane crash SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2021 A biomedical entrepreneur who flew on Blue Origin’s second crewed suborbital spaceflight died in a plane crash Nov. 11.
Mynaric starts trading on Nasdaq SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2021 German laser communications company Mynaric performed an initial public offering of shares on the Nasdaq exchange Nov. 12, raising up to $75.9 million to fund its growth.
NASA Awards Challenge Prizes to Startup Companies NASA · 12 Nov 2021 NASA has awarded $90,000 each to seven entrepreneurial startup companies under its Entrepreneur’s Challenge program.
Space companies forge alliance to reduce in-orbit debris by 2030 SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2021 Ten companies and organizations from across the space industry have vowed to devise concrete measures for reducing the amount of in-orbit debris by 2030.
NASA to Air Spacewalk to Swap Communications Antenna on Space Station NASA · 12 Nov 2021 Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Nov. 30, for a spacewalk to replace a faulty antenna system.
U.S. government contracts lift BlackSky’s financial performance SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2021 U.S. government contracts are boosting the financial performance of Earth observation company BlackSky, executives said Nov. 12 during the company’s first earnings call since going public.
40 years after STS-2: Columbia’s second flight and the path to reusability NASASpaceflight · 12 Nov 2021 April 14, 1981. The orbiter Columbia rested on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, having completed the first-ever Space Shuttle mission. Now a daunting task lay ahead. Something that had never been attempted...

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