Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane during the Galactic 03 flight Sept. 8. Credit: Virgin Galactic By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 8 September 2023 WASHINGTON — Operating under a veil of secrecy reminiscent of a national security launch, Virgin Galactic performed its third commercial suborbital spaceflight Sept. 8 with
Final images of Aeolus during its brief phase as space debris acquired by the Space Observation Radar TIRA of Fraunhofer FHR. (Note the color represents the radar echo intensity, not temperature.) Credit: Fraunhofer FHR By European Space Agency Published by SciTechDaily, 7 September 2023 Aeolus was in orbit around Earth
By Derek Cai, Published by the BBC, 7 September 2023 Japan on Thursday successfully launched a rocket with a lunar lander at its fourth try this year, after previous attempts were foiled by bad weather. The lander, dubbed the "moon sniper", is expected to attempt a Moon landing in February
By Julin Borger, Published by The Guardian, 7 September 2023 Biography alleges Musk told engineers to turn off communications network to hobble Ukraine drone attack on Russian warships Elon Musk ordered his Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off near the Crimean coast last year to hobble a Ukrainian
U.S. Air Force crews set up satellite communications equipment at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Credit: U.S. Air Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 7 September 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force should overhaul its current approach to procuring commercial satellite communications services, the RAND Corp. recommends in a
By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 7 September 2023 After its latest successful test campaign, HyImpulse has qualified its HyPLOX-75 hybird rocket motor for flight. The qualification of the motor brings the company one step closer to the maiden flight of its suborbital SR75 rocket. The single-stage suborbital rocket
Frank Kendall, Air For secretary, speaks at the annual Air Force Association conference in Sept. 2021. (AFA) By Michael Marrow, Published by Breaking Defense, 6 September 2023 Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's letter didn’t specify what “broader and more comprehensive” changes officials are examining, though he did
By Ian DeMartino, Published by Sputnik, 6 September 2023 The first pilotless vehicles were developed by the United Kingdom and the United States during World War I but they were not used during the conflict. Reconnaissance drones were first used on a mass scale in Vietnam. However, deadly drone use
