Satellite News

The Atlas V rocket carrying the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been postponed by approx. 24 hours.

The first launch of the Soyuz-ST-A rocket from the Kourou spaceport this year is scheduled for 28 November, the Progress Rocket and Space Center announced. The Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M is to loft the FalconEye 2 satellite.

ESA has signed the first three contracts with European economic operators arising from its permanently open call for proposals for commercial space transportation services.

Airbus has been awarded the lead in the European Space Agency (ESA) contract for the TRUTHS A/B1 (System feasibility Studies and Pre-Developments) as part of ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch programme.

China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 conducted its third orbital correction, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

Lacuna Space has added the latest satellite to its demonstration constellation for the Internet-of-Things (IoT).

SES announced Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect as its latest technology partners who will be developing the core infrastructure modem platforms for O3b mPOWER, SES’s non-geostationary-satellite orbit (NGSO) communications system.

A pair of astronomers is advocating a daring new research program: to turn our widening search for life beyond Earth into a hunt for dark matter.