A transmit antenna at U.S. Space Force's Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 1 in Australia. (Image: Doug Humphries, BAE Systems) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 14 August 2025 DARC is designed to track multiple small moving objects in geosynchronous orbit — all around the globe, 24 hours a
Illustration of the Skyrora XL and its launch tower. Credit: Skyrora By Martin Smith, Published by NASA Spaceflight, 14 August 2025 Edinburgh-based Skyrora was granted its Spaceflight Operator Licence from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on August 5 — the first vertical launch license awarded to a British company
Gilmour photo showing Eris seconds after lift off By Harry Baker, Published by Live Science, 31 July 2025 Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a spaceport in Queensland. It was the country's first orbital launch attempt
By Timiebi Aganaba, Adam Fish, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Tony Milligan,Published by The Conversation, 21 July 2025 “India is on the Moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had joined the short list of countries to have visited the Moon,
DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico By USSF Major Jacob Singleton, Published by Space Systems Command, 29 May 2025 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The engineer took a brief pause from holding his breath to shout, “Steady!” Sweat dripped down his forehead partly from the 100º F weather, but
LeoLabs’ new radar site in Arizona in December 2024. Photo courtesy of LeoLabs By Greg Hadley, Published by Air and Space Forces, 15 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - As the Space Force looks to expand its ability to track objects in orbit, a series of ground-based radars coming in
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 4 April 2025 Stock falls and rare earth restrictions weigh on satellite makers TAMPA, Fla. — Space companies were swept up in a broad stock market sell-off as governments around the world reacted to sweeping U.S. tariffs targeting dozens of countries. Shares of
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
