STARLINK SATELLITES ARE LEAKING RADIO SIGNALS THAT MAY RUIN ASTRONOMY - SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are leaking radio waves to such an extent that it could threaten our ability to study and understand the early universe, say astronomers. Interference from the thousands of Starlink satellites in orbit, where they provide a global internet service, has been a continuing concern for astronomers, who say that the radio emissions from the craft could affect sensitive telescopes that observe distant, and faint, radio sources. More (Source: New Scientist - Jun 10)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 26 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM VANDENBERG SFB - SpaceX launched its 70th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year on Sunday morning. Onboard were 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, which will be deployed into low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Starlink 15-8 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 7:20 a.m. PDT (10:20 a.m. EDT, 1420 UTC). More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 9)
FURTHER DELAYS OF STARLINER’S NEXT FLIGHT MARK ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FIRST CREWED SPACE STATION DOCKING - One year ago today, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station to begin its long-awaited Crew Flight Test with NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore onboard. A year later, the future of the Starliner program remains uncertain as NASA announced late Friday that the next flight of the spacecraft was being delayed from no earlier than late 2025 to now early 2026 at the soonest. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 9)
NEWSFLASH: ROCKET LAB MAKES SPY SATELLITES NOW - Rocket Lab stock has taken off like -- what else? -- a rocket. Over the past 52 weeks, shares of the maker of tiny satellites and the only slightly bigger rockets that launch them has soared 521%, gaining about 10% per week. At nearly $27 per share currently, Rocket Lab carries a market capitalization of more than $13.3 billion, and is valued at 31 times its annual sales. More (Source: Yahoo - Jun 8)
THE COMPANY HELPING BUILD THE NEXT SPACE STATION IS LAUNCHING TO THE ISS - America’s most expensive government housing project cost north of $100 billion, took 13 years to build, and has been continuously occupied since 2000—yet most of the time no more than six people live there. That’s because the residence in question is the International Space Station (ISS), a million-pound orbital outpost with a footprint larger than a football field and the habitable volume of a six-bedroom house, circling the Earth 250 miles overhead. More (Source: TIME - Jun 8)
CHINA LAUNCHES INTERNET SATELLITE GROUP - China successfully sent a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Friday. The satellite group, the fourth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 4:45 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully. The launch marked the 580th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. More (Source: Global Times - Jun 7)
ATLAS V ROCKET TO LAUNCH AMAZON’S 2ND BATCH OF KUIPER INTERNET SATELLITES ON JUNE 13 - Amazon's second fleet of internet satellites now has a target launch date. The stack of 27 satellites, part of Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation, is scheduled to launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket next Friday (June 13). Liftoff of the mission, known as Kuiper 2, is set for 2:29 p.m. EDT (1829 GMT), from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, ULA announced. More (Source: Space.com - Jun 7)
ELON MUSK SAYS SPACEX WILL DECOMMISSION DRAGON SPACECRAFT AFTER TRUMP THREAT — OR NOT - Elon Musk on Thursday said his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of threats by President Donald Trump to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses. But hours later, Musk said, “Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon,” after a X user urged him to “cool off and take a step back for a couple days.” More (Source: CNBC - Jun 7)
SPACEX LAUNCHES SXM-10 SATELLITE FOR SIRIUSXM ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched its first customer mission of the month shortly after midnight on Saturday morning with a Falcon 9 flight heading to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The late-night launch of the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM, a satellite radio company, lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:54 a.m. EDT (0454 UTC). More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 7)
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