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'WE ARE NOT GIVING UP YET': PRIVATE MISSION TO RESCUE NASA'S SWIFT TELESCOPE IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, AND ENGINEERS ARE RACING TO FIX IT 'WE ARE NOT GIVING UP YET': PRIVATE MISSION TO RESCUE NASA'S SWIFT TELESCOPE IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, AND ENGINEERS ARE RACING TO FIX IT - A private mission to rescue an ailing NASA space telescope may now need a rescue of its own. The LINK spacecraft — designed by private company Katalyst Space to boost the orbit of NASA’s ageing Swift Observatory — is reportedly spinning unexpectedly in the weeks after its launch, so much so that stabilizing the spacecraft will likely delay the telescope rescue.   More
(Source: Live Science - Aug 1)


TRACKING SATELLITES AND SPACE DEBRIS USING RADIO ANTENNAE TRACKING SATELLITES AND SPACE DEBRIS USING RADIO ANTENNAE - Every year, thousands and thousands of satellites get launched into orbit around our planet. The result is an increasingly congested "space" above Earth populated by equipment that provides services to the surface. At the same time, these satellites affect ground-based astronomy and create potential for damage when they eventually fall through Earth's atmosphere to the surface. In addition, near-Earth space hosts old rocket bodies and other materials (cameras, gloves, etc.) left in orbit by past missions.   More
(Source: Universe Today - Jul 31)


SPACEX LAUNCHES CLASSIFIED PAYLOAD FOR NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE SPACEX LAUNCHES CLASSIFIED PAYLOAD FOR NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE - A classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office headed to orbit in the predawn hours of Thursday, July 30. The NROL-95 mission launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flying from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC).   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 31)


SPACEWALK PREPS, BIOPRINTING, AND EXERCISE RESEARCH TOP STATION SCHEDULE SPACEWALK PREPS, BIOPRINTING, AND EXERCISE RESEARCH TOP STATION SCHEDULE - Expedition 75 is gearing up for a busy August with three spacewalks planned at the International Space Station. The orbital residents are also printing living cells and tissues and studying how to increase the effectiveness of exercising in space. Mission managers discussed a series of spacewalks and their associated tasks during a news conference on Thursday. NASA flight engineers Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will conduct the first spacewalk at 7:35 a.m. EDT on Thursday, August 6, for solar array work.    More
(Source: NASA - Jul 31)


NASA LAUNCHED THIS SPACECRAFT TO SAVE A SATELLITE. NOW, IT NEEDS SAVING TOO NASA LAUNCHED THIS SPACECRAFT TO SAVE A SATELLITE. NOW, IT NEEDS SAVING TOO - Things aren't going so well for NASA's latest satellite rescue mission. NASA launched the Swift Boost mission on July 3, sending a specialized spacecraft to low Earth orbit on the final flight of Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus XL rocket. The spacecraft is called LINK and was built by Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies. LINK was sent to orbit to try and link up with NASA's Swift observatory, a highly successful scientific satellite designed to search for gamma-ray bursts, some of the most energetic events in the universe.   More
(Source: Space.com - Jul 30)


AST SPACEMOBILE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH DATE FOR BLUEBIRD SATELLITES 11, 12, AND 13 AST SPACEMOBILE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH DATE FOR BLUEBIRD SATELLITES 11, 12, AND 13 - SpaceMobile, Inc., the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced that the launch of BlueBird 11, 12, and 13 satellites is currently scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 3:42 a.m. EDT with an additional opportunity available at 5:10 a.m.   More
(Source: Yahoo - Jul 29)


AMAZON SEEKS FEDERAL APPROVAL TO LAUNCH 5,105 SATELLITES FOR DIRECT-TO-DEVICE NETWORK AMAZON SEEKS FEDERAL APPROVAL TO LAUNCH 5,105 SATELLITES FOR DIRECT-TO-DEVICE NETWORK - Amazon has asked federal regulators to approve a request to launch up to 5,105 internet satellites as part of a constellation that will provide direct-to-device connectivity. The company first telegraphed plans to launch a D2D network in April, when Amazon announced that it would acquire satellite operator Globalstar in a deal worth about $11.6 billion. D2D networks provide connectivity straight to smartphones or other devices via satellites in place of traditional cell towers.    More
(Source: CNBC - Jul 28)


NASA ASTRONAUT, 2 COSMONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH AFTER 241 DAYS ON SPACE STATION NASA ASTRONAUT, 2 COSMONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH AFTER 241 DAYS ON SPACE STATION - A U.S.-Russian crew returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Sunday morning (July 26), after 241 days in orbit. A Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos undocked from the orbiting lab on Sunday at 3:03 a.m. EDT (0703 GMT). The Soyuz, known as MS-28, landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan 3 hours and 24 minutes later, at 6:27 a.m. EDT (1027 GMT).   More
(Source: Space.com - Jul 27)


NASA ‘HEARS’ FROM LOST SPACECRAFT AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS NASA ‘HEARS’ FROM LOST SPACECRAFT AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS - NASA re-established contact with a wayward sun-watching science satellite Sunday nearly two years after the spacecraft suddenly dropped off line during a test, the agency said in a statement Monday. NASA’s Deep Space Network, or DSN, “established a lock on the STEREO-B (spacecraft’s) downlink carrier at 6:27 p.m. EDT,” NASA said in a statement. “The downlink signal was monitored by the Mission Operations team over several hours to characterize the attitude of the spacecraft and then transmitter high voltage was powered down to save battery power.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 26)


LIGHTNING STRIKE ON CHINESE ROCKET CAPTURED IN EPIC LAUNCH PHOTO LIGHTNING STRIKE ON CHINESE ROCKET CAPTURED IN EPIC LAUNCH PHOTO - Lightning struck a Chinese rocket shortly after liftoff this week, as seen in incredible video and photographs. A Long March-3B rocket lifted off from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday (July 23) carrying a communications relay satellite destined for geostationary orbit. Some 30 seconds into flight, lightning struck the rocket, leading to awestruck cries from crowds gathered nearby to watch the launch.   More
(Source: Space.com - Jul 26)

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