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THE 10 MOST EXPENSIVE SATELLITES CURRENTLY IN ORBIT THE 10 MOST EXPENSIVE SATELLITES CURRENTLY IN ORBIT - Satellites are perhaps the most wondrous piece of technology mankind has invented. The idea of creating an artificial device and launching it into space to orbit our planet is simply amazing. It is also rather expensive. Much of that cost is due to the logistics of the rocket launch itself. It takes a lot of energy to escape Earth's gravitational pull, which translates into thousands of tons of expensive fuel per launch. The spacecraft itself is also usually lost, though recent advancements are trying to change that. Then there is the massive cost of creating the satellite itself, which is packed with delicate instruments and must survive in outer space without any possibility of routine maintenance or repairs.   More
(Source: BGR - Dec 15)


ULA POSTPONES ATLAS V ROCKET LAUNCH FOR AMAZON LEO TO TUESDAY, CITING WINDS ULA POSTPONES ATLAS V ROCKET LAUNCH FOR AMAZON LEO TO TUESDAY, CITING WINDS - Facing a gusty, windy weather forecast, United Launch Alliance officials have postponed their date to launch an Atlas V rocket from Monday, Dec. 15, to Tuesday, Dec. 16, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. ULA is now targeting 3:28 a.m. Tuesday for liftoff. The 29-minute launch window will last until 3:57 a.m., and the Atlas V will carry 27 Amazon Leo internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.   More
(Source: Florida Today - Dec 15)


FALCON 9 ROCKET LAUNCHES STARLINK SATELLITES BEFORE MAKING 550TH SPACEX LANDING FALCON 9 ROCKET LAUNCHES STARLINK SATELLITES BEFORE MAKING 550TH SPACEX LANDING - Almost 10 years to the day since it successfully landed its first rocket stage, SpaceX today (Dec. 14) recovered its 550th Falcon 9 booster. The touchdown came after the rocket's first stage had lofted 27 Starlink satellites into space, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday at 12:49 a.m. EST (0549 GMT or 9:49 p.m. PST local time on Dec. 13).   More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 15)


FALCON 9 LAUNCH OF 29 STARLINK SATELLITE FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS ON HOLD FALCON 9 LAUNCH OF 29 STARLINK SATELLITE FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS ON HOLD - SpaceX has put on hold its plan to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A new launch date has not been announced. The Starlink 6-99 mission will add another 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to its broadband internet constellation in low Earth orbit. The company has launched more than 3,000 of its Starlink satellites so far in 2025.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 15)


SPACECRAFT FROM CHINESE LAUNCH NEARLY SLAMMED INTO STARLINK SATELLITE, SPACEX SAYS SPACECRAFT FROM CHINESE LAUNCH NEARLY SLAMMED INTO STARLINK SATELLITE, SPACEX SAYS - One of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites just dodged a bullet in orbit. That bullet was one of the nine spacecraft that launched atop a Chinese Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday (Dec. 9) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. It zoomed dangerously close to a Starlink satellite, according to SpaceX, which was none too pleased with the close shave.   More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 14)


STUDY: CURRENT, FUTURE MEGACONSTELLATIONS RISK SPACE-BASED ASTRONOMY STUDY: CURRENT, FUTURE MEGACONSTELLATIONS RISK SPACE-BASED ASTRONOMY - One of the biggest impacts to the low Earth orbit environment in the near-term and long-term future are satellite megaconstellations, according to a new study, published in the journal Nature. Companies, like Amazon, OneWeb and SpaceX, along with governments, like China and the United States are keen on the idea of controlling hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of satellites that serve a connected purpose. The paper published on Dec. 3 comes from three researchers at NASA Ames Research Center in California.    More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 13)


SPACE FORCE ROLLS OUT NEW NAMING SCHEME FOR SATELLITES AND SPACE WEAPONS SPACE FORCE ROLLS OUT NEW NAMING SCHEME FOR SATELLITES AND SPACE WEAPONS - The U.S. Space Force is rolling out a new naming scheme for its satellites, cyber tools and other space-warfare systems, a move aimed at giving its arsenal the kind of recognizable identities long used across the military. In a keynote address at the Spacepower conference Dec. 11, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said the service will begin assigning meaningful nicknames to operational systems, drawing on themes meant to reflect each mission area’s character and give guardians a clearer cultural anchor.    More
(Source: Space News - Dec 13)


SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS COULD OBSCURE MOST SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS BY LATE 2030S: 'THAT PART OF THE IMAGE WILL BE FOREVER LOST' SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS COULD OBSCURE MOST SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS BY LATE 2030S: 'THAT PART OF THE IMAGE WILL BE FOREVER LOST' - Rapidly growing swarms of satellites around Earth are no longer just a nuisance for ground-based observatories — the reflections they cause are now intruding on space-based telescopes as well, according to new research. Roughly 15,000 satellites currently circle the planet in vast internet-providing fleets, more than half of them belonging to SpaceX's Starlink network, which has more than 9,000 spacecraft in orbit. In 2023, astronomers reported that some of these satellites were already photobombing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, as sunlight glinted off their surfaces leaving bright trails that erase, obscure or mimic genuine cosmic signals.   More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 13)


3 FOREIGN SATELLITES AMONG 9 LAUNCHED BY KINETICA 1 3 FOREIGN SATELLITES AMONG 9 LAUNCHED BY KINETICA 1 - CAS Space, a leading commercial rocket maker, launched the 11th Kinetica 1 carrier rocket on Wednesday afternoon, deploying nine satellites, including three for the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Nepal. The rocket lifted off at 12:03 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China and successfully placed the payloads into their preset orbits, the company said in a statement. The satellites included six Chinese multifunctional satellites, an Earth-observation satellite for the UAE, a scientific satellite for Egypt and an educational satellite for Nepal.   More
(Source: China Daily - Dec 12)


SPACEX BREAKS LAUNCH PAD TURNAROUND RECORD WITH FLIGHT OF FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACEX BREAKS LAUNCH PAD TURNAROUND RECORD WITH FLIGHT OF FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched another batch of 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit on its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon breaking its pad turnaround record by nearly five hours. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred shortly before sunset at 5:01 p.m. EST (2201 UTC). The liftoff broke the pad turnaround record for SpaceX, following close on the heels of the NROL-77 mission, two days, two hours, 44 minutes and 55 seconds earlier. The previous record of two days seven hour 29 minutes and 10 seconds was set back in October.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 12)

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