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A NEW SATELLITE WILL MAP THE CARBON CONTENT OF RAINFORESTS FROM SPACE, AND IT’S SET TO LAUNCH THIS MONTH A NEW SATELLITE WILL MAP THE CARBON CONTENT OF RAINFORESTS FROM SPACE, AND IT’S SET TO LAUNCH THIS MONTH - After more than ten years of development, the European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a satellite that will map the carbon content of the world’s rainforests. The probe, named Biomass, was recently shipped to French Guiana, where it’s slated to lift off from Europe’s Spaceport on April 29 aboard a 230-ton Vega-C rocket. Over the next five years, the spacecraft will orbit the Earth and monitor forests’ above-ground biomass—think trunks and large branches—as well as the height of trees in Africa, Asia and South America. Those measurements, captured with the help of a first-of-its-kind radar, can then serve as a proxy for tracking stored carbon.   More
(Source: Smithsonian Magazine - Apr 12)


NOAA BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD AFFECT WEATHER SATELLITE, OTHER SPACE PROGRAMS NOAA BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD AFFECT WEATHER SATELLITE, OTHER SPACE PROGRAMS - The White House’s budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would seek to make major changes in a weather satellite program as well as transfer space weather and space traffic management efforts. NOAA received a draft of the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) April 10. The document, known as a passback, offers the agency a chance to seek any final changes in the proposal before the budget proposal is formally released by the administration.   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Apr 12)


SPACEX DELAYS LAUNCH OF STARLINK SATELLITES FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACEX DELAYS LAUNCH OF STARLINK SATELLITES FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - SpaceX scrubbed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket early Friday for undisclosed reasons. It had been scheduled to loft 21 satellites for the company’s Starlink network. Liftoff from pad 39A was rescheduled for later on Friday at 9:15 p.m. EDT (0115 UTC). This will be the 28th launch of the company’s internet satellites so far in 2025. Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour before liftoff.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 11)


CHINA AND PAKISTAN AGREE TO FLY 1ST FOREIGN ASTRONAUT TO CHINESE SPACE STATION CHINA AND PAKISTAN AGREE TO FLY 1ST FOREIGN ASTRONAUT TO CHINESE SPACE STATION - For the first time, the Chinese space program will train a Pakistani astronaut, who will also be the first foreign astronaut to visit China's space station. The agreement, called the "Cooperation Agreement on the Selection, Training of Pakistani Astronauts and Participation in China's Space Station Flight Mission," was signed by officials from the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSE) and the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) on Feb. 28.   More
(Source: Space.com - Apr 11)


POOR WEATHER FORCES A SCRUB OF THE KUIPER 1 LAUNCH ON A ULA ATLAS 5 POOR WEATHER FORCES A SCRUB OF THE KUIPER 1 LAUNCH ON A ULA ATLAS 5 - A band of off-shore thunderstorms forced United Launch Alliance to scrub a launch attempt of the first of dozens of missions on behalf of its largest commercial customer, Amazon. Its Atlas 5 551 rocket will carry 27 Project Kuiper satellites onboard. The mission, referred to as Kuiper 1 by ULA and Kuiper Atlas 1 (KA-01) by Amazon, will send the first batch of its full production satellites into low Earth orbit. Amazon’s satellite internet constellation, called Project Kuiper, is designed to rival others, like SpaceX’s Starlink and Eutelsat’s OneWeb.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 10)


NEW CREW DOCKS TO STATION ABOARD SOYUZ SPACECRAFT NEW CREW DOCKS TO STATION ABOARD SOYUZ SPACECRAFT - At 4:57 a.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station’s Prichal module. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky launched at 1:47 a.m. on April 8 (10:47 a.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hatch opening is scheduled for 7:20 a.m. with NASA’s live coverage resuming at 7 a.m. on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms.   More
(Source: NASA - Apr 10)


RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE THREATENING SPACEX'S STARLINK SATELLITE CONSTELLATION, NEW REPORT FINDS RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE THREATENING SPACEX'S STARLINK SATELLITE CONSTELLATION, NEW REPORT FINDS - SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation is facing threats from Russia and China because it was tapped for military use in Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the nation in 2022, according to a new report evaluating the counterspace capabilities of a dozen countries over the past year. The report, published on Thursday (April 3) by the nonpartisan policy think tank Secure World Foundation (SWF), highlights how humanity's growing reliance on space — especially for national security — has led an increasing number of countries to develop their own counterspace capabilities.   More
(Source: Space.com - Apr 9)


RUSSIA TAKES AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO THE SPACE STATION RUSSIA TAKES AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO THE SPACE STATION - A Russian spacecraft safely delivered an American astronaut Jonathan Kim and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, a flight hailed by Moscow as an example of fruitful Russia-U.S. space cooperation. The Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Kim and Russians Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky, docking three hours later with the ISS, Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation said.   More
(Source: Reuters - Apr 8)


NOAA’S GOES-19 SATELLITE NOW OPERATIONAL, PROVIDING CRITICAL NEW DATA TO FORECASTERS NOAA’S GOES-19 SATELLITE NOW OPERATIONAL, PROVIDING CRITICAL NEW DATA TO FORECASTERS - NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, the latest and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, officially began operations as GOES East today. This milestone comes after its June 25, 2024 launch, and subsequent post-launch testing of its instruments, systems and data. GOES-19 replaces GOES-16 as GOES East, positioned 22,236 miles above the equator at 75.2 degrees west longitude. GOES-16 will now become a backup for NOAA’s operational geostationary constellation, maintaining its operational readiness for future use, if needed.   More
(Source: NOAA - Apr 8)


SPACEX TO LAUNCH SECOND ACCELERATED GPS 3 SATELLITE MISSION IN LATE MAY SPACEX TO LAUNCH SECOND ACCELERATED GPS 3 SATELLITE MISSION IN LATE MAY - Following the successful accelerated launch of a Global Positioning System on a Falcon 9 rocket in mid-December, the U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin and SpaceX are preparing to launch another GPS 3 satellite on a fast tracked basis. The satellite, dubbed GPS 3 Space Vehicle 08 (SV-08), is targeted for launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than late May.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 8)

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