Picture Credit: Australia Daily Telegraph By Tim McGlone, Published by ABC, 4 November 2024 In short: A rocket launching base at Whalers Way on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula will go ahead after the state's planning minister approved the proposal. Long-time opponents to the project say they are disappointed and remain
Render of Orbex's Prime rocket launching from Sutherland - via Orbex By Will Angus, Published by The Press and Journal, 1 November 2024 It may have seemed like a small step for Forres firm Orbex when rejigged plans for a Sutherland spaceport were approved this week. But Highland business leaders
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Gary Fuller, Published by The Guardian, 1 November 2024 It is easy to understand how the flame and power of rocket launches could cause air pollution. Less obvious is the air pollution caused by
By Victor Tangerman, published by The Byte, 29 October 2024 They range from "small fragments roughly the size of a softball to larger pieces up to the size of a car door." Earlier this month, a massive satellite that belonged to multinational service provider Intelsat and was built by Boeing mysteriously
An artist's concept of a Boeing-built Intelsat EpicNG satellite. Credit: Boeing By Jason Rainbow, Publishd by Space News, 19 October 2024 TAMPA, Fla. — The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost power, ceasing communications services for customers across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia Pacific.
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by yahoo! news, 15 October 2024 The growing number of rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth's atmosphere could trigger the world's next big environmental emergency. Experts are racing to understand the new threat before it's too late. The space industry is booming. Over the
By Leonard David, Published by Space News, 9 October 2024 GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA is faced with the challenge of safely deorbiting, in one fell swoop, over 400 tons of space hardware in a few years. As of now, the agency plans on deorbiting the International Space Station in early
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off April 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Published by Space Report, 20 September 2024 SpaceX is expanding its facilities and renewing its lease at the Port of Long Beach to support its increasing launch cadence out of Vandenberg Space Force Base.
