SaxaVord spaceport with a completed launch stool visible. Photo: SaxaVord Spaceport By Hans J Marter, Published by Shetland News, 6 March 2024 THE UK Government is to invest £10 million into SaxaVord Spaceport to help accelerate its capital works programme. The announcement was made by Jeremy Hunt, the UK chancellor,
Image: Youtube By Misty Severi, Published by The Washington Examiner, 5 March 2024 Russia and China are looking to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade, which they hope would one day lead to lunar settlements, according to Russia’s space agency Roscosmos. Yuri Borisov, the
An image of how a RFA launch could look. By Hans J Marter, Published by Shetland News, 5 March 2024 PREPARATIONS to become the UK’s first operational spaceport are hotting up in Unst – with the first orbital launch still scheduled for later this year. Following on from the CAA
The Space Force is developing the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program as the ground system for the SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR missile warning satellites. (Graphic: RTX) By Tom Dunlop, Published by UK Defence Journal, 4 March 2024 BAE Systems has been selected by the Space Systems Command (SSC)
Artist’s depiction of OSAM-1 docking with a satellite. Image: NASA By George Dvorsky, Published by Gizmodo, 4 March 2024 The complex project was beset by technical difficulties, cost overruns, and a lackluster performance from the main contractor, Maxar. An ambitious NASA project designed to test satellite refueling in space, known as
A U.S. Space Force technician conducts GPS interference training with a GPS electromagnetic attack system at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. U.S. adversaries will attempt to jam GPS signals during conflicts. Credit: SpaceNews photo illustration/U.S. Space Force photo by Ethan Johnson By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 March 2024 The
The atmospheric reentry process generates extreme heat and mechanical loads, which lead to the satellite's disintegration at the altitude of about 45 miles. (Image credit: ESA) By Marianne Guenot, Published by Business Insider, 2 March 2024 Spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere are leaving behind metal particles. Scientists are racing
By Bruce Gagnon, Posted in Organizing Notes, 1 March 2024 Yesterday was the last day of my space issues speaking tour across South Korea. I had two meetings in the afternoon before my final talk in the evening in Seoul. The first was a meeting with two representatives from SPARK
