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HOW MANY SATELLITES CAN WE SAFELY FIT IN EARTH ORBIT? - Experts have been sounding alarm bells for years that Earth orbit is getting a bit too crowded. So how many satellites can we actually launch to space before it gets to be too much?
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IRAN SENDS SATELLITES TO RUSSIA FOR ROCKET LAUNCH, TASNIM REPORTS IRAN SENDS SATELLITES TO RUSSIA FOR ROCKET LAUNCH, TASNIM REPORTS - Iran has sent two locally made satellites to Russia to be put into orbit by a Russian space vehicle, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported Saturday, in the latest space cooperation between the two U.S.-sanctioned countries. The development of Kowsar, a high-resolution imaging satellite, a...   More
(Source: VOA News - Oct 13)


SPACEX PULLS OFF MID-AIR LAUNCH PAD CAPTURE OF DESCENDING SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER SPACEX PULLS OFF MID-AIR LAUNCH PAD CAPTURE OF DESCENDING SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER - In one of the most dramatic, high-risk space flights to date, SpaceX launched a gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship rocket on an unpiloted test flight Sunday and then used giant “mechazilla” robot arms on the pad gantry to pluck the returning first stage out of the sky in an unprecedented feat of en...   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 13)


CHINA LAUNCHES THIRD HIGH ORBIT INTERNET SATELLITE CHINA LAUNCHES THIRD HIGH ORBIT INTERNET SATELLITE - China launched a new communications satellite towards geostationary orbit Thursday, although its precise role remains undisclosed​. A Long March 3B lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China, at 9:50 a.m. Eastern, Oct. 10 (1350 UTC). The China Aerospace Science and Technol...   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 12)


SHIJIAN-19 REUSABLE SATELLITE LANDS AFTER 2 WEEKS IN SPACE SHIJIAN-19 REUSABLE SATELLITE LANDS AFTER 2 WEEKS IN SPACE - China’s first retrievable and reusable satellite returned to Earth late Thursday following two weeks of experiments in low Earth orbit. The Shijian-19 satellite touched down at 10:39 p.m. Eastern Oct. 10 (0239 UTC, Oct. 11) at the Dongfeng landing site near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in th...   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 11)


OCEAN EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER DEORBITING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OCEAN EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER DEORBITING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - NASA is faced with the challenge of safely deorbiting, in one fell swoop, over 400 tons of space hardware in a few years. As of now, the agency plans on deorbiting the International Space Station in early 2031 by dragging it back toward Earth and dumping it into an isolated patch of the Pacific Ocea...   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 11)


X-37B BEGINS NOVEL SPACE MANEUVER X-37B BEGINS NOVEL SPACE MANEUVER - The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) will begin executing a series of novel maneuvers, called aerobraking, to change its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of its service module components in accordance with recognized standards for space debris mitigation. Since December 28, 2023, the United S...   More
(Source: United States Space Force - Oct 10)


NASA “REALLY LOOKING FORWARD” TO NEXT STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT NASA “REALLY LOOKING FORWARD” TO NEXT STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT - As SpaceX prepares for the test flight of its Starship vehicle, NASA is closely watching as it waits for the company to achieve the next milestones on development of the lunar lander version of the vehicle. SpaceX announced late Oct. 7 that it was preparing to launch Starship on its fifth integra...   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 10)


DRAGON'S-EYE VIEW: ASTRONAUT CAPTURES AMAZING SHOTS OF HURRICANE MILTON FROM SPACE DRAGON'S-EYE VIEW: ASTRONAUT CAPTURES AMAZING SHOTS OF HURRICANE MILTON FROM SPACE - NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has given us dramatic, Dragon's-eye views of Hurricane Milton churning its way toward landfall. Dominick posted a timelapse video on X (formerly Twitter) today, showing Hurricane Milton through the window of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, which is docked...   More
(Source: Space.com - Oct 8)


NASA IS WORKING ON A PLAN TO REPLACE ITS SPACE STATION, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT NASA IS WORKING ON A PLAN TO REPLACE ITS SPACE STATION, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT - The next year is crucial for the future of NASA and its plans to extend human activity in low-Earth orbit. For the first time in decades, the US space agency faces the not-too-distant prospect of failing to have at least one crew member spinning around the planet. Over the next several months, NA...   More
(Source: Ars Technica - Oct 7)


BRIGHTNESS OF FIRST CHINESE BROADBAND CONSTELLATION SATELLITES ALARMS ASTRONOMERS BRIGHTNESS OF FIRST CHINESE BROADBAND CONSTELLATION SATELLITES ALARMS ASTRONOMERS - The first satellites of a Chinese broadband constellation are significantly brighter than those of Western systems, posing a new challenge for astronomers. In a paper posted on the arXiv preprint server Sept. 30, a group of observational astronomers reported on observations of a set of 18 Qianfan...   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 7)


ULA LAUNCHES SECOND VULCAN FLIGHT, ENCOUNTERS STRAP-ON BOOSTER ANOMALY ULA LAUNCHES SECOND VULCAN FLIGHT, ENCOUNTERS STRAP-ON BOOSTER ANOMALY - United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two “certification” test flights needed before the new launcher can be used to carry high-priority national security payloads for the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. One of two so...   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 7)


SPACEX RESOLVES MISHAP MOVES STARLINK LAUNCH INTO ONEWEB 20 SLOT POSTPONING ONEWEB SPACEX RESOLVES MISHAP MOVES STARLINK LAUNCH INTO ONEWEB 20 SLOT POSTPONING ONEWEB - A batch of 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers, was scheduled to launch on Tuesday, October 8 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:49 PM – 12:23 AM PDT however as of O...   More
(Source: SatNews - Oct 3)


ASTRONAUTS STRANDED IN SPACE ARE NOW ONE STEP CLOSER TO RETURNING HOME ASTRONAUTS STRANDED IN SPACE ARE NOW ONE STEP CLOSER TO RETURNING HOME - On Saturday afternoon, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral for a mission that marked the first human spaceflight to lift off from the company's Space Launch Complex-40. The mission, however, will likely be remembered for something different. In August, ...   More
(Source: Smithsonian Magazine - Oct 3)


U.S. FACES STIFF COMPETITION FROM CHINA IN SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING U.S. FACES STIFF COMPETITION FROM CHINA IN SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING - A new report by a group of national security think tanks sheds light on the rapidly evolving global commercial remote sensing industry and delves into the heated competition between the United States and China. Titled “Gold Rush: The 2024 Commercial Remote Sensing Global Rankings,” the repo...   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 2)


SPACEX DRAGON WITH CREW-9 ABOARD DOCKS TO STATION SPACEX DRAGON WITH CREW-9 ABOARD DOCKS TO STATION - NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at the International Space Station Sunday, as the SpaceX Dragon Freedom docked to the orbiting complex at 5:30 p.m. EDT while the station was 260 statute miles over Botswana. Following Dragon’s link up to the Harmony m...   More
(Source: NASA - Oct 1)


SPACEX POSTPONES MONDAY’S ONEWEB SATELLITE CONSTELLATION LAUNCH DUE TO A BOOSTER MISHAP AFTER CREW-9 LAUNCH — TO RESUME AFTER “WE BETTER UNDERSTAND ROOT CAUSE” SPACEX POSTPONES MONDAY’S ONEWEB SATELLITE CONSTELLATION LAUNCH DUE TO A BOOSTER MISHAP AFTER CREW-9 LAUNCH — TO RESUME AFTER “WE BETTER UNDERSTAND ROOT CAUSE” - The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to send up 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation from Vandenberg Space Force Base, originally planned for late Sunday night, has been postponed due to a mishap that occurred Saturday with the landing of a second stage booster associated with...   More
(Source: SatNews - Oct 1)


CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST REUSABLE, RETURNABLE TEST SATELLITE CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST REUSABLE, RETURNABLE TEST SATELLITE - China sent its first reusable and returnable test satellite, Shijian-19, into space on Friday, using a Long March-2D rocket for the launch, Xinhua reports. The rocket blasted off at 6:30 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China....   More
(Source: Kazinform - Sep 29)


CHINA'S CAS SPACE LAUNCHES 5 SATELLITES WITH ITS 4TH ROCKET CHINA'S CAS SPACE LAUNCHES 5 SATELLITES WITH ITS 4TH ROCKET - A commercial Chinese rocket maker has completed its fourth solid rocket launch, sending five satellites into orbit. CAS Space's Kinetica-1 (also known as Lijian-1) solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 7:33 p.m. EDT on Sept. 24 (2333 GMT; or 7:33 a.m. ...   More
(Source: - Sep 29)


EUROPEAN TWIN SATELLITE MISSION BIDS TO CREATE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON DEMAND EUROPEAN TWIN SATELLITE MISSION BIDS TO CREATE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON DEMAND - European scientists are preparing to launch a space mission that has been designed to create total eclipses of the sun on demand. The robot spacecraft Proba-3 will be launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in a few weeks in a mission which will involve flying a pair of satellites in close fo...   More
(Source: The Guardian - Sep 29)


SPACEX LAUNCHES TWO TO SPACE STATION, GIVING STARLINER ASTRONAUTS A RIDE HOME IN FEBRUARY SPACEX LAUNCHES TWO TO SPACE STATION, GIVING STARLINER ASTRONAUTS A RIDE HOME IN FEBRUARY - SpaceX launched a reduced two-man crew on a flight to the International Space Station Saturday, along with supplies and a pair of empty seats for two Starliner astronauts waiting to hitch a ride home in February after an unexpected eight-and-a-half-month stay in orbit. Running two days late becau...   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Sep 29)

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