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Arianespace wins contract for Optus 11 launch
Posted: Fri, Nov 26 7:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Arianespace has won a contract to launch an Australian communications satellite. The Optus-11 Ku-band communications satellite is set to launch in the second...

Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:50 AM ET (1550 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a pair of BlackSky imaging satellites Wednesday. An Electron rocket lifted off at 8:38 pm EST (0138 GMT Thursday) and deployed...

Vega launches satellites for French military
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
A Vega rocket successfully launched three French military smallsats Tuesday. The Vega lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 4:27 am EST (0927 GMT)...

NASA report warns of further Artemis delays
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
NASA's inspector general warned of further delays in NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon. In a report Monday, the Office...

Russia destroys satellite in ASAT test
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
Russia destroyed a defunct satellite with an antisatellite weapon, creating thousands of pieces of debris in low Earth orbit. The U.S. government said Monday...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Nov 20 10:44 AM ET (1544 GMT)
SpaceX performed its first Starlink launch in two months Nov. 13. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 7:19 am EST (1219 GMT) from Cape...

Falcon 9 launches Crew-3 mission
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 9:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after a launch Wednesday night. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off at 9:03...

NASA postpones crewed lunar landing to at least 2025
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
NASA officially gave up Tuesday on any chance of landing humans on the moon in 2024. In a briefing with reporters, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson...

Crew-2 astronauts return to Earth
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:55 AM ET (1355 GMT)
Four astronauts safely returned to Earth Monday night on a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour undocked from the station at 2:05...

HakwEye 360 raises $145 million
Posted: Sat, Nov 13 8:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
HawkEye 360 announced Monday it raised $145 million in a new funding round to expand its satellite constellation.The company said Insight Partners and Seraphim...



news in brief
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)

news links
Friday, July 18
Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India
New York Times — 6:59 am ET (1059 GMT)
U.S. Space Force preps in the Pacific
Washington Times — 6:55 am ET (1055 GMT)


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