Illustration of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) polar satellite. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 23 October 2024 The company is building two satellites for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8
Orbex has been planning a spaceport facility in Sutherland, image: Orbex Published by BBC News, 4 December 2024 A rocket manufacturer is to "pause" construction of a spaceport in Sutherland to instead focus its launch efforts in Shetland. Orbex announced it would now aim to launch its first rockets from
The site received opposition from locals (Image: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar/HIE) By Laura Pollock, Published by The National, 2 December 2024 Ground has been broken at Scolpaig Farm in North Uist where Spaceport 1 will be completed and a first lift-off is hoped to take place by autumn 2025. It is one
Galileo satellite, Image: ESA By Jeff Froust, Published by Space News, 1 December 2024 WASHINGTON — The new European Union commissioner responsible for space says he will focus on improving European competitiveness and security in space, including passage of a long-delayed space law. Andrius Kubilius formally started his tenure as
By Nqobile Dludla, Edited by Rod Nickel, Published by yahoo!finance, 28 November 2024 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia said on Thursday it has issued a cease-and-desist order to Elon Musk's satellite internet provider Starlink for operating in the country without a license. Starlink, the satellite unit
United Launch Alliance hoists its Vulcan first stage booster into the Vertical Integration Facility-G adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket will launch the USSF-106 mission for the U.S. Space Force, Vulcan's first national security flight. (Image credit: United Launch Alliance) By Julian
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, June 17, 2021. U.S. SPACE FORCE By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 26 November 2024 Cumbersome acquisition practices will keep Europe from fully harnessing
A fireball erupts during an engine test of an Epsilon S rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 26. (Captured from JAXA’s live footage) By Ryo Sasaki, Published by The Asahi Shimbun, 26 November 2024 TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Japan’s space agency halted an engine combustion test of its
