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      NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life By Mike Wall 3 hours ago Perseverance and its fly-along helicopter buddy will land in February 2021   NASA’s boldest-ever Mars rover is on its way to the Red Planet. The car-size Perseverance rover launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida’s […]

SpaceX’s customer for the Anasis-2 mission was Lockheed Martin on behalf of the government of South Korea. WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 20 launched Anasis-2, South Korea’s first military communications satellite. The rocket lifted off at 5:30 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Less than nine minutes after liftoff the Falcon […]

A SpaceX rocket will launch Starlink and BlackSky satellites today. Here’s how to watch. By Amy Thompson 4 hours ago Liftoff is at 4:18 p.m. EDT (2118 GMT). CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is continuing its rapid launch cadence as the private spaceflight company prepares to launch its third set of Starlink satellites in just three weeks. The new batch will […]

The European rocket challenging SpaceX and Rocket Lab in the growing U.S. small satellite market PUBLISHED FRI, JUN 19 20202:17 PM EDTUPDATED FRI, JUN 19 202011:23 PM EDT Michael [email protected]   A host of small satellites manufactured in the United States are set to launch on a rocket from South America on Saturday, in a […]

Space Force thinking about NASA-style partnerships with private companies by Sandra Erwin — June 4, 2020   Col. Eric Felt: “The Space Force is going to be the most high tech of all of the services.” WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force will be far smaller than the other military services but way more dependent on technology to […]

Axiom Space picks Thales Alenia to build commercial space station modules By Meghan Bartels a day ago xiom Space, a company that aims to launch a private space station, has selected a builder for two critical modules for the commercial orbital platform. The new commercial agreement marks a step forward in Axiom Space’s quest to add a […]

SpaceX launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 Planet SkySats, nails rocket landing By Amy Thompson 2 days ago The Starlink constellation is growing fast. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched its first rideshare mission into orbit today (June 13), lofting a new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites along with three small Earth-observation satellites […]

MEET THE FIRST NASA ASTRONAUTS SPACEX WILL LAUNCH TO ORBIT Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are longtime colleagues and friends By Loren [email protected]  May 20, 2020, 8:00am EDT Share this story NASANASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to star in the biggest spaceflight event of the decade: launching on the inaugural flight of SpaceX’s Crew […]

India opens its space industry to private companies Seeing as India has launch sites nicely close to the equator, they should be interested MON 18 MAY 2020 // 05:04 Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor India has decided to open its space industry to private companies. India has a thriving space programme, with the Mars Orbiter Mission that has circled the red planet for […]

Viasat Hybrid Adaptive Network Fits U.S. Space Force Vision, Company Says By Frank Wolfe | March 19, 2020 Viasat says its Hybrid Adaptive Network (HAN) fits with the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Vision for Enterprise Satellite Communications (SATCOM) to bolster the speed, agility and resilience of military satellite communications for aircraft and other users. Released on Jan. 23 […]