A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Inmarsat-6 F2 Feb. 17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Credit: Inmarsat / SpaceX By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 6 October 2023 An issue with the Inmarsat-6 (I6) F6 2 satellite could send the space insurance market deep into the red, pushing up
By Katyanna Quach, Published by The Register, 6 October 2023 The European Space Agency has funded a mission to launch a fleet of satellites that will help scientists study space weather and how it can increase debris orbiting our home world. The project, dubbed ROARS - Revealing the Orbital and
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying Amazon's two satellites for its space-based internet service on Friday. (Joe Skipper/Reuters) By Christian Davenport, Published by The Washington Post, 6 October 2023 Amazon stretched its reach to space on Friday, sending its first two internet satellites to orbit, a
Rocket Lab will use the former headquarters of Virgin Orbit for producing Rutherford and Archimedes engines. Credit: Rocket Lab/Austin Adams By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 5 October 2023 LONG BEACH, Calif. — Rocket Lab has opened a new engine development center in a building that, six months earlier, was
Blue Origin’s New Glenn New Glenn’s second stage tank at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL., July 14, 2022. (Photo: Blue Origin) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 5 October 2023 Interested companies have until Dec. 15 to respond to the service's dual requests for proposals: one for
Xi Xiangyu of DSEL presents the Queqiao constellation concept in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 2, 2023. Credit: Andrew Jones/SpaceNews By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 5 October 2023 BAKU, Azerbaijan — China’s space authorities want to build an expansive, three-stage communication, navigation and remote sensing network to facilitate deep space
By Christopher Plain, Published by The Debrief, 5 October 2023 NASA has partnered with West Virginia University to develop a multi-platform system of space lasers, which the space agency says will be capable of defending the country’s space assets from catastrophic collisions and other potential spaceborne threats. By using advanced
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 4 October 2023 The money will come from the Japanese government. Astroscale just scored up to $80 million from the Japanese government to continue its fight against space junk. The Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (known as MEXT) picked Astroscale "to
