Space

In some emerging use cases in geostationary Earth orbit, conventional satellites weighing several metric tons would be too expensive.

Launch of the next U.S. crew transport to the International Space Station is being delayed until no earlier than Sept. 28 due to an expected large hurricane.

The demonstration saw Northrop Grumman’s hybrid satcom terminal connect with a ViaSat-3 F1 satellite in Geosynchronous orbit at Ka frequencies.

The threats to space systems from directed energy weapons is going to grow, the head of U.S. Space Command warns.

Radian Aerospace of Seattle has unveiled the first prototype of its single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.

Financier and Mission Commander Jared Isaacman is eyeing a more ambitious spacewalk for his next flight.

Chinese and Russia anti-satellite capabilities are driving Western militaries to pursue better situational awareness and countermeasures.

Released Sept. 24, the 27-page audit makes five recommendations.

The agreement was announced Sept. 24 at the Burjeel Institute for Global Health in New York.

The UK’s military space efforts are not matching the change in the threat and more may need to happen, a Royal Air Force official says.

The German Space Command is exploring the possibility of launching an active in-orbit space defense project not unlike what France is pursuing.

The UK Defense Ministry wants to experiment with deployable Enhanced Long-Range Navigation (eLoran) signals.

The launch is slated to take place on a SpaceX Falcon 9X in October 2025, BAE Systems’ Director of Space Doug Liddle says.

The static test fire at Cape Canaveral SFS marked Blue Origin’s first fueling of a New Glenn rocket stage with flight propellants, and the first engine burn of an integrated flight stage.

The Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve is a peacetime effort to develop capacity that the U.S. military can tap during times of conflict or crisis.

The creation of Fada follows the establishment of UAE Space Agency’s strategic partnership with Edge in November 2023.

Chinese space launcher startup Deep Blue Aerospace suffered a landing failure in the latest test of its Nebula-1 when the engine cut off prematurely.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport capsule descended into Kazakhstan early Sept. 23, returning two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut back to Earth .

The praise demonstrates that startups are eagerly awaiting the new form of competition in Europe.

The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine panel also acknowledged the mission’s extreme challenges and received initial comments.

The service’s Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS) program office is completing source selection and expects to announce a contract award by early 2025.

Russia is making up to 116 billion rubles (about $1.3 billion) available for the startup, known as Bureau 1440, to deploy the global constellation.

After launching 326 Earth observation satellites last year, more than 5,400 are due for launch over the coming decade, Debien said.

The EU has been urged to consider jump-starting a new Earth observation project in the face of fresh competition in the sector from SpaceX’s Starshield program.

The EU effort to create a sovereign satellite communications network, known as IRIS², should be unaffected by the exit of Thierry Breton from the EC, program backers say.