DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OPTS TO NOT END SATELLITE DATA FOR STORM FORECASTS - The U.S. Defense Department won't end the dispersal of key satellite weather data on Friday as planned. One month ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice about the change by the U.S. Navy, effective July 1. Then NOAA said the change would be delayed by one mont... More (Source: Accuweather - Aug 1)
CUMULUS CLOUDS SCRUB LAUNCH OF CREW-11 MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION - A group of astronauts and a cosmonaut originally slated to fly on other missions finally got their ticket to ride, but will have to wait at least another day before getting to launch. The quartet, led by NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, will head to the International Space Station beginning with a launc... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 1)
SPACEX LAUNCHES WEST COAST FALCON 9 ROCKET ON STARLINK 13-4 MISSION - Some classified satellites might have hitched a ride with 19 Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX from the company’s West Coast launch site on Thursday. Liftoff from a fog-shrouded pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California occurred at 11:32:09 a.m. PDT (2:35:09 p.m. EDT / 18:35:09 U... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 1)
WATCH SPACEX LAUNCH CREW-11 ASTRONAUTS TO THE ISS FOR NASA TODAY - SpaceX is poised to launch its next astronaut mission today (July 31), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the four-person Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA from Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 G... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 31)
'THE MOST SOPHISTICATED RADAR WE'VE EVER BUILT': US-INDIAN NISAR SATELLITE LAUNCHES TO TRACK TINY CHANGES ON EARTH'S SURFACE - The U.S. and India just sent a powerful new set of radar eyes into the sky. The NISAR satellite, a joint mission of NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lifted off today (July 30) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in southeastern India, opening a new era of radar Earth observation... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 31)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON A FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched its next batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly before midnight on Tuesday. The Starlink 10-29 mission added another 28 satellites into the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from Space Launch Comple... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 30)
NASA-ISRO’S NISAR EARTH SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH - The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to launch at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 p.m. IST), Wednesday, July 30, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast aboard an ISRO Geosynchronous... More (Source: NASA - Jul 29)
NASA’S SPACEX CREW-11 ROCKET ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon crew spacecraft atop, for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission rolled out to the launch pad early Sunday, July 27, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket was raised to vertical position at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, awaiting lift off... More (Source: NASA - Jul 29)
CHINA 'SUCCESSFULLY' LAUNCHES LOW EARTH ORBIT INTERNET SATELLITES - China on Sunday said it has "successfully" launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites, which will constitute an internet constellation, state media reported. The satellites were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi province, Beijing-based Xinhua New... More (Source: Anadolu Ajansı - Jul 28)
HURRICANE FORECASTERS ARE LOSING 3 KEY SATELLITES AHEAD OF PEAK STORM SEASON − A METEOROLOGIST EXPLAINS WHY IT MATTERS - A dwindling fleet of aging satellites used to track hurricanes is raising concerns as three key observatories near the end of their missions just before peak storm season. A veteran meteorologist explains that these satellites are crucial for capturing real‐time weather data and providing early wa... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 28)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 24 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO A POLAR ORBIT - SpaceX launched another 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit onboard a Falcon 9 rocket flying from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday night. The Starlink 17-2 mission took a southerly trajectory as the rocket soared from Space Launch Complex 4 East. It will deploy the satellites into a p... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 28)
SPACEX CREW-11 ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE IN FLORIDA AHEAD OF LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION - The next four people to launch to the International Space Station have arrived at their launch site. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, together with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov flew on a NASA aircraft from Elling... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 28)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the predawn hours of Saturday with its latest batch of Starlink satellites. The flight came about a day and a half after the internet constellation experienced a global outage for more than two hours. The Starlink 10-26 ... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 27)
NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR AGENCY’S SPACEX CREW-11 LAUNCH, DOCKING - NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 12:09 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 31, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The targeted doc... More (Source: NASA - Jul 27)
RUSSIA LAUNCHES SATELLITE FOR IRAN TOWARD ORBIT ALONGSIDE 2 SPACE WEATHER PROBES - Two Russian space weather satellites are on their way to orbit, along with an Iranian spacecraft and a passel of cubesats. A Soyuz 2.1b rocket lifted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia today (July 25) at 1:54 a.m. EDT (0554 GMT; 8:54 a.m. Moscow time), carrying Russia's Ionosfera-M 3 and 4 ... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 26)
HOW NASA IS TESTING AI TO MAKE EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITES SMARTER - A technology called Dynamic Targeting could enable spacecraft to decide, autonomously and within seconds, where to best make science observations from orbit. In a recent test, NASA showed how artificial intelligence-based technology could help orbiting spacecraft provide more targeted and valuabl... More (Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Jul 25)
SEE TIANZHOU 9 CARGO MISSION DOCK AT CHINA'S TIANGONG SPACE STATION - A new Chinese freighter spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station last week, packed with supplies. Tianzhou 9 launched July 14 atop a Long March 7 rocket at 5:34 p.m. EDT (2134 GMT; 5:34 a.m. on July 15 China Standard Time), sending the spacecraft into orbit. Just over three hours later, a... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 25)
SHARP-EYED US-INDIAN SATELLITE SET TO LAUNCH JULY 30 TO MONITOR EARTH'S SURFACE, WARN OF NATURAL DISASTERS - The first equal partnership between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to take flight on July 30 with the launch of the NISAR Earth-observation satellite. Standing for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, NISAR will scan our planet to provide the most detailed map of the... More (Source: Space.com - Jul 24)
NASA PROBES WILL STUDY HOW SOLAR WIND TRIGGERS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS "SPACE WEATHER" - SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous "space weather" affecting satellites, electrical grids and other critical systems. The identica... More (Source: CBS News - Jul 24)
