

27 - Frank Rubio and his two Russian crewmates are scheduled to depart the ISS at 3:54 a.m. WATCH A NASA ASTRONAUT AND 2 COSMONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH AFTER 1 YEAR IN SPACE ON SEPT. Iran's Communication Minister Isa Zarepour said the Noor-3 satellite had been p. IRAN CLAIMS IT LAUNCHED NEW IMAGING SATELLITE INTO ORBIT - Iran claimed on Wednesday it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, which could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) a. MoreĬHINA ADDS YET ANOTHER YAOGAN SPY SATELLITE TO ITS ORBITAL FLEET - China has launched another new Yaogan reconnaissance satellite.Ī Long March 4C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 4:15 p.m.

The two companies said in a joint statement that they had completed their all-share combination, which. space history.ĮUTELSAT AND ONEWEB COMBINE TO CREATE EUROPEAN SATELLITE GIANT AS MUSK’S STARLINK PRESSURES SECTOR - OneWeb, the British satellite giant, completed its combination with French rival Eutelsat Thursday, setting the stage for a European challenger to Elon Musk’s space internet venture Starlink.

SOYUZ LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN TO END RECORD-BREAKING MISSION RUBIO: “IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME” - NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth early Wednesday, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out an unexpected yearlong stay in space, the longest single flight in U.S. The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Ear. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 10:00 p.m. SPACEX LAUNCHES 22 STARLINK SATELLITES TO ORBIT FROM FLORIDA - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 22 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast Friday evening (Sept. "A total of 20 nano-satellites will be launched and begin operating in 2024. INDONESIA TO LAUNCH 20 NANO-SATELLITES TO MAP SEA ACTIVITIES - Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, has informed that 20 nano-satellites will be launched and made operational in 2024 to map conditions and activities at sea. 29 that it awarded SpaceX a task order to launch the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS), a pair of smallsats tha. NASA SELECTS SPACEX FOR RIDESHARE LAUNCH OF SMALLSAT MISSION - NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of smallsats to study space weather as part of a rideshare mission in 2025. Zhang Qiao of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) present. MoreĬHINA TO SEND NEW MODULES AND CO-ORBITING SPACECRAFT TO TIANGONG SPACE STATION - China will send new modules to its Tiangong space station in coming years to expand the outpost’s volume and capabilities.įuture plans for Tiangong were presented at the 47th International Astronautical Congress in Baku Oct. The spacecraft is called Xuntian, known as the Chinese S. MoreĬHINESE ASTRONOMERS SAY THEIR NEW SPACE TELESCOPE WILL OUTDO HUBBLE - China is readying a major project that not only augments the nation's astronomical research agenda but bolsters the use of the country's space station complex.Īnd there are bragging rights associated with China's star-studded venture. The company admitted it was liable for not shifting its EchoStar-7 to a safer spot and will pay a penalty of $150,000 and implement a compliance plan. MoreįCC ISSUES FIRST-EVER FINE FOR LEAVING JUNK IN SPACE - The FCC has issued its first fine for space junk to Dish Network for not properly deorbiting its satellite. EDT (0536 UTC), on the fourth of five launch op. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 occurred at 1:36 a.m. SPACEX FALCON 9 ROCKET THREADS WEATHER NEEDLE AND LAUNCHES 22 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - Despite blustery winds and wet weather, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral early Thursday morning on the 70th Falcon flight and 44th Starlink delivery mission of the year. MoreĪTLAS 5 TO DELIVER FIRST AMAZON INTERNET SATELLITES TO ORBIT ON FRIDAY - Amazon is getting its own delivery fulfilled this Friday, adding to an extensive portfolio that includes its online marketplace, streaming video, grocery and cloud services, with the launch of two prototype relay stations for a space-based internet service it calls Project Kuiper. Roughly 10 times the number of satellites currently in space are expected to launch by 2030 - And this rapid expansion of Earth-observation and communications satellites is bound to create some conges. ORBITAL 'PARKING SPOTS' COULD HELP PREVENT SATELLITE TRAFFIC JAMS - Space vehicles may soon be assigned parking spots to prevent traffic pileups in Earth's orbit.
