EUTELSAT MISSION MARKS FIRST OF POSSIBLE TRIPLE FALCON 9 LAUNCH DAY FOR SPACEX - SpaceX is aiming for an ambitious launch cadence on Saturday evening with potentially three launches on tap in fewer than five hours. The first two Falcon 9 rockets are set to depart from Florida’s Space Coast with the last mission taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. First up to the plate was the Eutelsat 36D mission, which lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 5:52 p.m. EDT (2152 UTC). More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 31)
NASA SELECTS 10 NEW CUBESAT MISSIONS TO FLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - NASA’s CubeSat initiative supports 10 new missions, promoting educational and technological advancement through modular satellites. These include diverse projects from universities and a K-12 school, focusing on scientific research and sustainable space technology. NASA selected 10 small research satellites across eight states to fly to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s efforts to expand education and science opportunities, support technology advancement, and provide for workforce development. More (Source: SciTechDaily - Mar 31)
NORTH KOREA PREPARING SPY SATELLITE LAUNCH, SOUTH SAYS - South Korea has warned that North Korea is preparing to launch a new satellite as the race to deploy reconnaissance satellites between the two Koreas heats up. "While there are activities preparing for an additional military satellite launch by North Korea, there are no signs as of now of an imminent [launch]," South Korean Colonel Lee Sung-jun, spokesperson for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in a briefing, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap News on Thursday. More (Source: Newsweek - Mar 30)
SPACEX LAUNCHING 22 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 30 - SpaceX has reset the launch of another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to no sooner than Saturday night (March 30). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft was set to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday (March 28), but the company called off the attempt before beginning to fuel the vehicle. SpaceX is now targeting to earlier than Saturday at 10:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 p.m. Pacific time or 0230 GMT on March 31). More (Source: Space.com - Mar 30)
365 DAYS OF SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW EARTH'S SEASONS CHANGING FROM SPACE - For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the recent chirping of birds and blooming of flowers are welcome signs that spring has arrived — and a new video released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a stunning glimpse of what this change of seasons looks like from space. The high-speed video strings together snapshots of our planet's surface taken daily for the past year. These images were taken with the NOAA's GOES-East satellite, which orbits more than 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers) above Earth's equator. More (Source: Space.com - Mar 29)
SPACEX PUSHES LAUNCH OF 22 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE TO FRIDAY - Update 11:04 p.m. EDT: SpaceX is standing down from a Thursday night launch attempt and targeting no earlier than Friday, March 29. As the month of March winds down, SpaceX hopes to squeeze in one more launch from California with a batch of 22 of its Starlink satellites on board. Without stating a reason why, the company decided to call off a launch attempt on Thursday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 29)
WATCH A REAL-TIME MAP OF STARLINK SATELLITES ORBITING EARTH - In an effort to enhance the educational outreach of their Starlink constellation, SpaceX has an interactive global map of their Starlink internet satellites, which provides live coverage of every satellite in orbit around the Earth. This interactive map comes as SpaceX continues to launch Starlink satellites into orbit on a near-weekly basis with the goal of providing customers around the world with high-speed internet while specifically targeting rural regions of the globe. More (Source: Phys.org - Mar 29)
LONG MARCH 6A LAUNCHES SECOND YUNHAI-3 SATELLITE - China added to its fleet of secretive meteorological satellites with the launch of Yunhai-3 (02) late Tuesday. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China, at 6:51 p.m. Eastern (2251 UTC), March 26 . The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) later confirmed launch success, revealing the previously unstated payload to be Yunhai-3 (02). More (Source: SpaceNews - Mar 28)
GOES-U WEATHER SATELLITE TO LAUNCH JUNE 25 AFTER LEAK CAUSES DELAY - NOAA and SpaceX have finally set a date to launch the last satellite of the GOES-R Series into geostationary orbit on June 25 after a lengthy delay due to a rocket booster leak. NOAA called this launch "monumental" and claimed its network of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites is "the nation's most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellite system." More (Source: FOX Weather - Mar 28)
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