WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION? - Americans, Russians and spacefarers from other countries have been working together aboard the International Space Station for a quarter-century. But the ISS is nearing the end of its operational life. What's next for the space station, and what comes after it retires? Following the ISS retiremen... More (Source: - Jan 23)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 21 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites for its internet megaconstellation shortly after midnight on Tuesday. However, there may have been additional satellites onboard as well. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 12:24 a.m. E... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 22)
HOW NEW NASA, INDIA EARTH SATELLITE NISAR WILL SEE EARTH - When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) new Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) launches in coming months, it will capture images of Earth’s surface so detailed they will show how much small plots of land and ice are moving, down to fractions of an in... More (Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Jan 22)
CHINA LAUNCHES FIVE NEW SATELLITES - China on Monday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket with five satellites onboard. The rocket blasted off at 6:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent a group of satellites, including the Yunyao-1 37-40 and JTX-A-05 models, into their planned orbit... More (Source: www.gov.cn - Jan 21)
PIXXEL HAS LAUNCHED FIREFLY HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE - Pixxel has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission via SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base. This marks a significant milestone for Pixxel as it begins comm... More (Source: SatNews - Jan 21)
SCIENTISTS CALL ON UN TO HELP SOLVE EARTH'S SPACE JUNK PROBLEM - An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals. The researchers — led by experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Plymouth in the U.K. and the University of Tex... More (Source: Space.com - Jan 21)
SPACEX LAUNCHING 21 STARLINK SATELLITES EARLY JAN. 21 ON 1ST FLIGHT SINCE STARSHIP EXPLOSION - SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Jan. 21), five days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites is scheduled to lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space... More (Source: Space.com - Jan 21)
SHENZHOU XIX ASTRONAUTS PREPARE FOR SECOND SPACEWALK - The astronauts of the Shenzhou XIX mission aboard China's Tiangong space station are scheduled to carry out their second spacewalk in the coming days, the China Manned Space Agency said on Sunday. The three astronauts — mission commander Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe, Lieutenant Colonel Song Lingdon... More (Source: Ecns.cn - Jan 20)
SPACEX SET TO LAUNCH HISDESAT'S SPAINSAT NG I SATELLITE ON JANUARY 28 - The SpainSat NG I secure communications satellite, owned by the Spanish governmental operator Hisdesat, is scheduled to launch on January 28. SpaceX, the U.S.-based aerospace company, will carry out the mission, utilizing its Falcon 9 rocket to place the satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Flo... More (Source: Space Daily - Jan 20)
AIRPLANE IN KEEP OUT ZONE FORCES SCRUB OF STARLINK 11-8 LAUNCH 11 SECONDS BEFORE LIFTOFF - Update 11:04 a.m. EST (1604 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch and pushed to Monday SpaceX is preparing to launch its next batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Monday morning mission is carrying 27 second-generation Starlinks, a new record for this type of satelli... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 20)
SPACEX LAUNCHING 27 STARLINK SATELLITES JAN. 19 IN 1ST FLIGHT SINCE STARSHIP EXPLOSION - SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites Sunday (Jan. 19), just three days after a test flight of the company's Starship megarocket ended in an explosion. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Forc... More (Source: Space.com - Jan 19)
XPLORE ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF ITS XCUBE-1 HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE - Xplore Inc., a dual-use space company in Bellevue, Wash., announced the successful launch and operation of its first hyperspectral satellite, XCUBE-1. The satellite was launched 21 2024, at 3:34 a.m. PST as part of the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX, facilitated by Maverick Space Systems.... More (Source: Military Aerospace - Jan 18)
PAKISTAN LAUNCHES FIRST HOME-MADE OBSERVATION SATELLITE - Pakistan launched its first home-made observation satellite on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China, Pakistan's space agency said. The PRSC-EO1 satellite will boost Pakistan's ability to monitor and manage natural resources, respond to disasters, and improve urban plann... More (Source: Reuters - Jan 18)
SIERRA SPACE SATELLITE PASSES MILESTONE IN SPACE FORCE PROGRAM - A navigation satellite designed by Sierra Space for the U.S. Space Force has cleared an early review, the company announced Jan. 16, Sierra Space, based in Colorado, is one of four companies selected for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program, aimed at bolstering the existing GP... More (Source: Space News - Jan 17)
NASA ASTRONAUT STUCK IN SPACE VENTURES OUTSIDE - Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, ventured outside for a spacewalk on Thursday for the first time since arriving on board seven months ago. Ms Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore were due to return to Earth after a week-long miss... More (Source: BBC News - Jan 17)
HISTORY MADE: BLUE ORIGIN BECOMES FIRST NEW SPACE COMPANY TO REACH ORBIT ON ITS FIRST LAUNCH - Blue Origin entered into the history books in the predawn hours of Thursday. The company, founded by Jeff Bezos, became the first to successfully reach orbit on their first launch with a new orbital-class rocket in the new era of commercial spaceflight that dawned in the last two decades. After d... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 17)
IRIDE PATHFINDER SATELLITE HAS LAUNCHED - The first IRIDE satellite – the Pathfinder Hawk – is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 January. As its ‘Pathfinder’ name suggests, this new microsatellite is a prototype for one of the six IRIDE... More (Source: European Space Agency - Jan 16)
NASA’S LATEST CUBESAT LAUNCHES TO EARTH’S THERMOSPHERE - A NASA-developed CubeSat, Technology Education Satellite 22 (TES-22), launched at 11:09 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 14, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The small satellite will test a variety of technology, including a deployable drag sail to help deorbi... More (Source: NASA - Jan 16)
PLANET LAUNCHES HIGH-RESOLUTION PELICAN-2 SATELLITE & 36 SUPERDOVES - We are thrilled to announce today that our high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite and 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4G were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Our Planet team has successfully made contact with Pelican-2... More (Source: Planet Labs - Jan 16)
