Satellite News

A SpaceX satellite launch from Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed today because of a sensor reading. A few hours before, the launch of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket from rival United Launch Alliance was aborted seconds before lift-off (scheduled for 0354 UTC) from Cape Canaveral.

Arianespace’s next Vega mission will orbit Spain’s SEOSAT/INGENIO high-resolution optical imaging platform, which is to monitor the Earth for civil and military uses; and the French Taranis microsatellite, to observe atmospheric emissions that occur above thunderstorms.

Momentus Inc., a commercial space company offering in-space satellite transportation and infrastructure services, and ProXopS, LLC, a Texas-based systems engineering and integration company founded in 2010 with a concentration in space related technologies, announced the execution of a launch agreement for several slots in Vigoride rideshare missions from Q4 2021 to 2023.

SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a fully-owned affiliate of SES, and Isotropic Systems, a developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, has announced a two-phased antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, working in close collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Engineering Team, for tests of Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation.

Here’s how to see planets visible in October’s night sky.

See what’s up in the night sky for October 2020, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

Find out what’s up in your night sky during October 2020 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

On Oct. 1, 1958, NASA was born! See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!