Italian smallsat developer Argotec has unveiled a new modular satellite bus design that it believes provides flexibility in accommodating a wide range payloads. The post Argotec announces modular satellite platform appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
"You lose it, and then what do you do? You don't give up. You go back in."
March 13, 2025
Golden Dome will require more than just deploying sensors and interceptors. The system needs a 'collaborative autonomous network' The post L3Harris taps commercial AI partners for Pentagon’s Golden Dome program appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
SpaceX continues to press on with pre-flight testing for Flight 9, while internally looking to… The post SpaceX press on with pre-launch testing while working Ship issue mitigation appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
March 13, 2025
Written by Denise Buckner, student collaborator at University of Florida Perseverance is hard at work on Mars, overcoming obstacles for scientific exploration! Just a few sols after successfully sealing the challenging Green Gardens core, Perseverance roved on to the Broom Point workspace to collect another sample called Main River. Broom Point is situated a few […]
March 13, 2025
"Ten years ago this was embraced by everyone, and seen as a win-win for all."
March 13, 2025
The new head of the Federal Communications Commission’s space division says his focus will be licensing reform and spectrum access. The post New FCC space chief seeks licensing reform and “intensive” use of spectrum appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
If satellite manufacturers don’t find ways to compete more effectively, SpaceX could dominate their market. The post Join or die: How satellite manufacturers approach competition with SpaceX appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
In the Florida Everglades, NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign investigates the relationship between tropical wetlands and greenhouse gases.
March 13, 2025
Last year’s increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers. Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion. According to a NASA-led analysis, last year’s rate of rise was 0.23 inches […]
March 13, 2025
In this week's episode of Space Minds, Dan Smoot, CEO of Maxar Intelligence sits down with host David Ariosto. The post When Pixels Become the Priority appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
Watch the replay of our Hera mission Mars flyby event. On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera mission came to within 5000 km of the surface of the red planet and 300 km of Mars’s more distant and enigmatic moon Deimos. During this flyby, Hera performed observations of both Mars and the city-sized Deimos. Hera then needed to swing its High Gain Antenna back to Earth to transmit its data home. On Thursday, 13 March, these images were premiered by Hera’s science team from ESA’s ESOC mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, explaining what they reveal, during our public webcast starting at 11:50 CET. The team was joined by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and renowned science fiction writer Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary, as well as a surprise special guest!
March 13, 2025
Europe’s investment in HydRON, a multi-orbit optical data relay network, signals a pivotal shift in how data is moved across Earth and beyond. The program aims to transform satellite connectivity, […] The post ESA lays foundations for the future of data transmission appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, has captured first-of-its-kind imagery of a lunar lander’s engine plumes interacting with the Moon’s surface, a key piece of data as trips to the Moon increase in the coming years under the agency’s Artemis campaign. The Stereo Cameras for Lunar-Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) 1.1 instrument […]
March 13, 2025
After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commissioned the building of a detailed LEGO model – as well as smaller variants that you can go ahead and build for yourself!
March 13, 2025
While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the surface of the red planet as well as the face of Deimos, the smaller and more mysterious of Mars’s two moons.
March 13, 2025
Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, has awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space, also a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, to build satellites for the European Space Agency’s Moonlight constellation. ESA initiated the Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS) programme in October 2024. The project will deploy five satellites—four for […] The post Thales Alenia Space to Build ESA Moonlight Satellites for Telespazio appeared first on European Spaceflight.
March 13, 2025
High above the Arctic Circle, on the rugged terrain of Andøya, three ESA radionavigation engineers take a rare moment to unwind with a game of shuffleboard. Outside, sheep graze under the shimmering northern lights, a serene backdrop to their demanding mission: test how navigation technologies withstand interference signals. With 100TB of data collected over 5 days, their efforts promise to strengthen the reliability of satellite navigation for the benefit of us all.
March 13, 2025
European scientists are asking volunteers to lie down on a waterbed for 10 days as part of a pioneering dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body.
March 13, 2025
The grant will be used to to expand SpaceX's Bastrop complex, which produces Starlink terminals. The post Texas awards SpaceX $17.3M grant to expand Bastrop tech hub appeared first on TESLARATI.
March 13, 2025
While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the surface of the red planet as well as the face of Deimos, the smaller and more mysterious of Mars’s two moons.
March 13, 2025
While Starlink’s broadband contract wins often grab the spotlight, a panel of multi-orbit operators at the Satellite Conference here highlighted how they are also gaining significant traction with enterprise and government customers. The post Multi-orbit operators push back on Starlink satcoms dominance narrative appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 13, 2025
RBC Signals is acquiring 10 six-meter antennas to expand its ground-station network. The post RBC Signals adds 10 antennas to global ground-station network appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 12, 2025
The international crew of Crew-10 almost made it into space tonight, but the launch was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff because of a ground-side hydraulic issue. Another attempt […]
March 12, 2025
Cognitive Space will work with the Space Development Agency to optimize missile tracking and network routing. The post Cognitive Space claims two SDA awards appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 12, 2025
Read this story in English here. El silencioso avión supersónico de investigación X-59 de la NASA ha superado las pruebas electromagnéticas, confirmando que sus sistemas funcionarán juntos de forma segura y sin interferencias a través de diferentes escenarios. “Alcanzar esta fase demuestra que la integración de la aeronave está avanzando,” dijo Yohan Lin, jefe de aviónica […]
March 12, 2025
The agency has found that building a constellation of networked spacecraft is more complex than initially anticipated The post Space Development Agency adjusts satellite procurement strategy appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 12, 2025
HELSINKI — China is expanding its presence and capabilities in the strategically vital geostationary belt, raising security concerns due to unpredictable satellite movements, according to experts. Participants in a panel […] The post China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security concerns appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 12, 2025
SpaceX launched Starship’s eighth integrated test flight on Thursday, March 6th, producing a remarkably similar showing to its seventh flight. Exactly seven weeks after that test was cut short by an upper stage failure, the system encountered another anomaly.
March 12, 2025
Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA’s MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of a key physical process that is important across the universe, from black holes to the Sun to Earth’s protective magnetic field. This process, called magnetic reconnection, occurs when magnetic field lines tangle and explosively realign, flinging […]
March 12, 2025
Isar Aerospace has won a launch contract from the Norwegian Space Agency as the company prepares for its first orbital launch attempt. The post Isar Aerospace wins Norwegian Space Agency launch contract appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 12, 2025
NASA and SpaceX are ready for the launch of the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10.… The post SpaceX set to launch NASA’s Crew-10 mission to the ISS appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
March 12, 2025
Data from the NISAR satellite will be used to map crop growth, track plant health, and monitor soil moisture — offering detailed, timely information for decision making. When it launches this year, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite will provide a powerful data stream that could help farmers in the U.S. and around the […]
March 12, 2025
Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Monday, March 10, 2025 The Curiosity rover is winding between the spectacular Gould mesa and Texoli butte through beautifully layered terrain. The end-of-drive target from last week’s plan was a rock with a knobby/bumpy texture that appears […]
March 12, 2025
The mission will be the 14th time that a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carries humans to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is set for Wednesday, March 12, at 7:48 p.m. EDT (2348 UTC).
March 12, 2025
"OneWeb customers say that when the service is working great, it's great."
March 12, 2025
The loss of a solid rocket motor nozzle on the second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur last October was caused by a manufacturing defect. The post Manufacturing defect blamed for Vulcan solid rocket motor anomaly appeared first on SpaceNews.
March 12, 2025
The Rocket City Regional – Alabama’s annual For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Regional Competition – is scheduled for Friday, March 14, through Saturday, March 15, at the Von Braun Center South Hall in Huntsville, Alabama. FIRST Robotics is a global robotics competition for students in grades 9-12. Teams are challenged […]
March 12, 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen during sunrise on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov […]
March 12, 2025
The Norwegian Space Agency has awarded a contract to Isar Aerospace for the launch of a pair of satellites for the country’s Arctic Ocean Surveillance initiative. In May 2023, the Norwegian Coastal Administration, Armed Forces, Defence Research Institute, and Space Centre launched the Arctic Surveillance Programme (ASP) to develop satellite-based surveillance capabilities. As part of […] The post Isar to Launch Norwegian Maritime Surveillance Satellites appeared first on European Spaceflight.
March 12, 2025
