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Rocket Lab launched a small Earth-observation satellite for NASA early this morning (May 25). An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site today at 3:41 a.m. EDT (0741 GMT; 7:41 p.m. local New Zealand time), carrying the first of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate-studying …

Rocket Lab Launches NASA Cubesat To Study Heat Lost From Earth’s Poles. Read More »

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found what they say are three of our universe’s earliest galaxies, spotted actively forming when the cosmos was just 400 million to 600 million years old. In the JWST’s images, this galactic trio resembles fuzzy red smudges feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen.Over millions of years, it …

James Webb Space Telescope Spots 3 Of Our Universe’s Earliest Galaxies. Read More »

We may be less than two weeks away from Starship’s next test flight. SpaceX announced today (May 24) that it’s targeting June 5 for the fourth-ever liftoff of Starship, the giant vehicle it’s developing to get people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond. That date is written in pencil rather than pen, however, …

SpaceX Targeting June 5 For 4th Test Flight of Starship Megarocket. Read More »

A U.S. Senate committee heard from the head of NASA what the nature of a developmental mission means: sometimes, you need to wait. NASA administrator Bill Nelson, while mindful of what he calls a “space race” with China to establish a sustained presence on the moon, said Thursday (May 23) he will only commit to …

Safety Comes 1st For Artemis Moon Missions Despite ‘Space Race’ With China, NASA Chief Says. Read More »

In a news report released by Eutelsat Group, the satellite operator has extended its partnership with InterSAT, one of Africa’s leading satellite service providers, to support InterSAT’s growth in the Pan-African enterprise and retail segments. In addition, InterSAT will incorporate Ku-Band capacity over Central and Eastern Africa from Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 70B satellite in this latest …

Eutelsat Group Extends Partnership with InterSAT to Expand its Pan-African Satellite Services. Read More »

The SpaceX launches just keep on coming. A Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 more of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday (May 23), at 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 GMT on May 24). It was the third mission in the past two days for the company. The Falcon 9’s …

SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites On 3rd Mission In 2 Days. Read More »

NASA’s mission to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche has fired up its ion engines and is now cruising across the solar system under the power of solar-electric propulsion. The launch of the spacecraft, which is also called Psyche, on October 13, 2023 gave it enough of an initial boost to take it across more than …

Asteroid-Bound Psyche Spacecraft Fires Up Ion Thrusters, Starts Cruising Through Space. Read More »

China launched four satellites on Tuesday (May 21) to test out new technologies. A Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket lifted off into clear skies above Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 12:15 a.m. EDT (0415 GMT, 12:15 p.m. Beijing time) on Tuesday. The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) confirmed launch success shortly …

China Launches Test Satellite To Very Low Earth Orbit. Read More »

According to a press release by EUMETSAT, the intergovernmental organisation and the African Union Commission have signed a memorandum establishing frameworks for African environmental and meteorological services to access EUMETSAT’s data from its next-generation satellite systems. This agreement ensures that EUMETSAT and the AUC will collaborate on deploying new infrastructure for data reception and developing …

EUMETSAT Signs MoU with AUC to Establish Frameworks to Strengthen Cooperation on Earth Observation Data for Socioeconomic Impact. Read More »

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Wednesday night (May 22), the second mission in less than 24 hours for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:35 p.m. EDT (0235 GMT on May 23). The …

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites On 2nd Leg Of Spaceflight Doubleheader. Read More »