By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 23 January 2023 Image: Hurricane Sandy turned west in 2012 before making landfall in New Jersey. Without microwave sensor data, forecasters would have called for the storm to make landfall 24 hours later than it did and to strike Maine. Credit: National Weather Service
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 23 January 2023 TAMPA, Fla. — The U.K. announced 50 million British pounds ($62 million) in funding Jan. 23 for projects that could boost the country’s satellite communications industry. The UK Space Agency said the funding pot is open to a wide range of
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 16 January 2023 Quilty Analytics: 'We are witnessing a transformation in the domain of very high resolution imagery' WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine has made the world aware of the geopolitical, social and military impacts of satellite imagery. At the same time, the
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 16 January 2023 The USSF-67 mission carried a military communications satellite and five smaller payloads to orbit. SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket now has five flights under its belt. A Falcon Heavy launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Sunday (Jan.
By Kevin Norquay, Published by Stuff, 15 January 20223 What makes a CEO? In this 12-part series Kevin Norquay talks to business leaders who buck the stereotype. Rocket Lab chief executive Peter Beck is not one to reflect on all he has achieved in life … it takes a full
By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 13 January 2023 WASHINGTON — When U.S. Space Force leaders proposed a new missile warning and tracking architecture last year in the service’s budget request, they called it a bridging strategy — a way to maintain existing capabilities until new ones are fielded. “We
By Alexandra Witze, Published by Nature, 11 January 2023 2022 was a record year for space with 180 successful rocket launches to orbit — the most ever, and 44 more than in 2021. The launches were dominated by rockets from US company SpaceX and from the Chinese government and businesses.
By Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo, Published by Tesmanian, 7 January 2023 The United Kingdom gave SpaceX approval to build more Starlink Gateways as the government works to provide internet access to countryside communities. SpaceX already has three operational Starlink Gateways in the country, which are ground stations with antennas that connect
