Startup challenging satellite industry’s multi-orbit playbook
WASHINGTON — Since SpaceX disrupted the satellite communications market with low-latency broadband from low Earth orbit, traditional satellite…
Portal Space taps Quindar for ground mission support of its maneuvering spacecraft
WASHINGTON — Quindar, a Denver-based startup specializing in satellite ground systems, said it signed an agreement with Portal Space Systems…
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the May Puzzler.About 15,000 years ago, southeastern Manitoba sat beneath tens of…
Vast announces line of high-power satellite buses
WASHINGTON — Commercial space station developer Vast is moving into satellite manufacturing with a line of high-power satellite buses. The…
Super Heavy Block 3 the Booster of the Future
Super Heavy…
Anderson confirmed as NASA deputy administrator
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed Matt Anderson on May 18 as NASA’s deputy administrator, the second-in-command of the space agency. The…
ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first global images of Earth’s magnetosphere
KOUROU, French Guiana — The SMILE mission developed jointly by the European Space Agency and China has reached orbit after more than a decade…
Vega C set to launch SMILE to study Earth’s magnetosphere
Vega C set to…
European imaging companies step in to fill warzone gap
MILAN – As U.S. satellite imagery companies have pulled back from sharing visuals of Iran and the broader area around the Gulf conflict,…
Four NASA payloads to fly on Astrolab’s first lunar rover
WASHINGTON — Astrolab’s first lunar rover will carry four NASA payloads on a mission planned to launch later this year. Astrolab announced May…