Spain’s PLD Space Launches for the First Time
PLD Space, a Spanish rocket startup, successfully launched its Miura-1 suborbital rocket on Saturday.
Starlink Nears Approval in India + Payload Analysis
India is on the verge of approving SpaceX’s Starlink service, paving the way for the launch—or, dare we say, broadband—giant to bring satellite internet to a nation of 1.4B people.
Vector Atomic Delivers Atomic Gyroscope to DIU
The most accurate clock in the world will pass 50B years before it falls a single second behind. A clock like that could change everything we know about timekeeping and tracking our position in the world, dramatically transforming the precision of our measurements across the globe in a moment. This type of clock is a…
Voyager, Northrop Team Up For Private Space Station Competition
Northrop Grumman is pulling out of NASA’s competition to build a private space station in LEO as a solo entity to instead pair up with Voyager’s Nanoracks.
Russian Luch 2 Maneuvers in GEO
GEO operators are on high alert after a Russian craft was spotted maneuvering around in orbit, presumably to take a peek at neighboring satellites.
Russia Blames Onboard Controls for Luna-25 Crash
A faulty onboard control system was behind the Luna-25 hard landing on the Moon last month, Russia announced yesterday.
NASA Awards SmallSat Contracts
NASA is scaling up its number of eyes in space after announcing a new slate of partnerships with the commercial smallsat crew on Monday.
FCC Fines Dish Over Satellite Left In Orbit
The FCC has enforced consequences for the first time on a company that failed to stick to its deorbit plan, the agency announced yesterday.
Vega-C Needs a Nozzle Redesign, Return to Flight Pushes to Q4 2024
Vega-C will not fly again until at least Q4 2024, European officials announced yesterday.
NASA Extends New Horizons Through Late 2020s
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, hurtling through space in the outer solar system, just got a new lease on life. The agency announced Friday that it will be extending the mission until the late 2020s. “The New Horizons mission has a unique position in our solar system to answer important questions about our heliosphere and provide…
