spacetoday.net: space news from around the webin association with SpaceNews


Rocket Lab wins launch contract from Japanese company iQPS
Posted: Sat, Aug 19 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
Japanese company iQPS, which had planned to launch a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite with Virgin Orbit, has switched to Rocket Lab. The companies announced...

SpaceX launches Starlinks form Florida, delays California launch
Posted: Sat, Aug 19 11:47 AM ET (1547 GMT)
SpaceX performed one of two launches it planned to carry out overnight. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:36 pm...

Luna-25 enters lunar orbit
Posted: Sat, Aug 19 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Russia said its Luna-25 lander has entered orbit around the moon. The spacecraft, launched last week, performed a maneuver Wednesday to go into lunar...

Intuitive Machines sets November date for launch of first lunar lander
Posted: Sat, Aug 19 11:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
Intuitive Machines has set a mid-November launch date for its first lunar lander mission. The company said in an earnings announcement Monday that its...

Impulse Space raises $45 million
Posted: Sat, Jul 29 12:59 PM ET (1659 GMT)
Impulse Space has raised $45 million to fund work on in-space transportation systems. RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of Raytheon, led the Series...

SpaceX launches Starlink V2 mini satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 29 12:58 PM ET (1658 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of second-generation Starlink satellites Sunday night after a one-day delay. A Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral at 8:...

Long March 2D launches four satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 29 12:57 PM ET (1657 GMT)
A Long March 2D rocket launched four satellites late July 22. The rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 10:50 pm...

Ceres-1 launches two satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 29 12:56 PM ET (1656 GMT)
Chinese startup Galactic Energy sent two satellites into orbit early July 22. The company's Ceres-1 solid-fuel rocket lifted off at 1:07...

Amazon to spend $120 million on Kuiper payload processing facility
Posted: Sat, Jul 29 12:55 PM ET (1655 GMT)
Amazon is spending $120 million on a payload processing facility for its Project Kuiper satellites in Florida. The 31,000-square-meter facility is under...

Space Force to add a third company in next launch competition
Posted: Fri, Jul 21 9:04 PM ET (0104 GMT)
The US Space Force said it changed its plans for the next phase of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) competition because of concerns about...



news in brief
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)

news links
Thursday, July 17
Luxembourg’s SES seals acquisition of Intelsat
Luxembourg Times — 5:56 am ET (0956 GMT)
Trump Nominates Vice Chiefs for Air, Space Forces
Aviation Week — 5:55 am ET (0955 GMT)


about spacetoday.net   ·   info@spacetoday.net   ·   mailing list