Skylon with SABRE engines. Credit: Reaction Engines By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 10 November 2024 WASHINGTON — Reaction Engines Ltd., a British company that has worked for decades on an air-breathing rocket engine for spaceplanes and other hypersonic vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy. The company formally entered administration,
Artwork: The half-tonne Skynet-1A satellite was launched in November 1969 By Jonathan Amos, Published by BBC News, 9 November 2024 Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 6 November 2024 New members of the Commercial Integration Cell include Blacksky, Kratos, LeoLabs, Iceye and Telesat. WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command announced Nov. 6 it is expanding its commercial intelligence-sharing initiative, adding five new companies to a program that helps coordinate responses
Artist impression of Juno From The Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP,Ministry of Defence, Defence Equipment and Support, Press Release, 4 November 2024 New Juno satellite to support military operations will be designed and built in the UK. Armed forces personnel are to have access to the latest space technology for
Artist rendering of Australia’s JP9102 communications satellites. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 November 2024 The Australian Department of Defence pulls the plug on the JP9102 geostationary satellite program awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2023 WASHINGTON — The Australian Department of Defence announced the cancellation
Picture Credit: Australia Daily Telegraph By Tim McGlone, Published by ABC, 4 November 2024 In short: A rocket launching base at Whalers Way on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula will go ahead after the state's planning minister approved the proposal. Long-time opponents to the project say they are disappointed and remain
Render of Orbex's Prime rocket launching from Sutherland - via Orbex By Will Angus, Published by The Press and Journal, 1 November 2024 It may have seemed like a small step for Forres firm Orbex when rejigged plans for a Sutherland spaceport were approved this week. But Highland business leaders
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Gary Fuller, Published by The Guardian, 1 November 2024 It is easy to understand how the flame and power of rocket launches could cause air pollution. Less obvious is the air pollution caused by
