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SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket just hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 launched a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) (Oct. 24) from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 p.m. EDT (1713 GMT; 10:13 a.m. local time). The clandestine mission, known as NROL-167, was […]

On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the Fourth International Conference on Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology (TeanGeo 2024) officially began at the Laico Hotel in Tunis. Under the authority of the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the event aims to promote the growth of geospatial science and technology in North Africa and beyond.

SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 23). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday (Oct. 22) but called that try off due to weather concerns. The Falcon 9’s first

Intelsat declared a “total loss” of one of its satellites on Monday (Oct. 21) and is investigating the cause of the issue. The Intelsat-33e communications satellite is no longer operational after an outage Oct. 19; affected customers are being moved to other platforms, the company added in a statement. Meanwhile, U.S. Space Force was tracking

SpaceX’s Starlink internet service continues to make inroads around the globe. Starlink provided Wi-Fi on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time, during a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital of Doha to London. The 777 is the “largest and longest-range passenger aircraft equipped with Starlink to date,” SpaceX representatives said in an

Blue Origin launched its second human-rated spacecraft on Wednesday (Oct. 23) after a more than two-week delay. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company launched its uncrewed NS-27 mission at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) today, sending a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip to suborbital space. No people launched aboard NS-27, but the mission

China’s next space station mission is almost ready for launch. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft, now sits on its pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, ready for launch to the Tiangong space station. The 203-foot-long (62 meters) rocket was transferred 0.93 miles (1.5 kilometers) by rail from

About 42,231 African names have been sent to space aboard the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA’s) Europa Clipper Mission, a stellar journey to study Jupiter’s most interesting moon, Europa. SpaceX launched the mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket on October 14, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 53 of the

MaxIQ Space, a leader in space-focused STEM education, has partnered with Parklands College and the Sakhikamva Foundation to launch a 1U payload aboard the Aerospace Systems Research Institute’s (ASRI) Phoenix hybrid rocket. The test launch, scheduled for December 2024, is a significant milestone for space education and commercial ventures in Africa, marking a critical step

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of two nearby stars that have been in close contact for centuries, revealing once again the complex yet volatile relationship of a stellar duo. The striking, hour-glass-shaped nebula seen in the new image was forged from the centuries-long interaction between its two distinct occupants: a compact,