Illustration of satellite coverage for telecommunications services. Credit: ESA-Science Office By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 2 February 2024 HELSINKI — Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology has raised 6.7 billion yuan ($943 million) for the construction of its G60 low Earth orbit megaconstellation. SSST recently secured the series A funding
A Long March 2F carrying Shenzhou-13 rising against the backdrop of the moon on Oct. 15, 2021. Credit: CCTV/framegrab By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 31 January 2024 HELSINKI — China’s experimental reusable spacecraft recently performed maneuvers to raise its orbit but is apparently yet to release objects as
By Magdalena Petrova, Published by CNBC, 20 January 2024 Japan recently became the fifth nation to successfully complete a soft landing on the moon’s surface, joining a select few countries — the U.S., Russia, China and India — in accomplishing this feat. But moon landings are likely to become more common over
By Christopher Stone, Published by Defense News, 16 January 2024 One of the oft repeated phrases by political and military leaders during National Defense Authorization Act and defense budget rollout is how important it is to get the bill passed so we give our men and women in uniform everything
By Kyle Mizokmi, Published by Popular Mechanics, 29 December 2023 Had it not been for a delay in the recent U.S. launch, the two spaceplanes would have entered Earth orbit at about the same time—proving China is trying to compete with America. On December 28 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
By Guardian staff and agencies, Published by The Guardian, 29 December 2023 Launch of plane, which will carry out classified experiments, marks another development in US-China space rivalry The US military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane has blasted off from Florida on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX
By Theresa Hirchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 December 2023 "And so I think, as you see new missions come on, you can presume that that means more Guardians to perform those missions, and we'll have to adjust the strength going up," said CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman. WASHINGTON — Over
Liftoff of the Long March 2F carrying Shenzhou-12 at 9:22 p.m. Eastern, June 16, 2021. Credit: CASC By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 14 December 2023 HELSINKI — China launched its experimental reusable spacecraft for the third time Thursday while maintaining strict secrecy around the mission. A Long March 2F rocket
