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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
Artemis 2 splashes down
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:47 AM ET (1447 GMT)

Space Force picks 14 companies for GEO surveillance program
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)

Report warns of growing counterspace concerns
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 10:32 AM ET (1432 GMT)

news links
Monday, April 20
Musk’s SpaceX threatens to withhold mobile service from Australia
Australian Financial Review — 5:35 am ET (0935 GMT)
Jeff Bezos’s rocket catches up with Elon Musk’s in space rivalry
The Daily Telegraph — 5:30 am ET (0930 GMT)
Blue Origin Rocket Stumbles on First Commercial Mission
Wall Street Journal — 5:29 am ET (0929 GMT)


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