Satellite News

On Nov. 16, 1974, humans sent their first message to the stars in an attempt to contact extraterrestrials. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden both celebrated SpaceX’s astronaut launch for NASA on Sunday night (Nov. 15), though the tone of their remarks was quite different.

SpaceX’s Crew-1 Dragon Resilience is on its way to the International Space Station for a docking on Monday, Nov. 16. Watch live here.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a post-launch press conference at 9:30 p.m. EST (0230 GMT) to discuss the successful launch of four astronauts on the Crew-1 mission. You can watch it live here.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a post-launch press conference at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT) to discuss the successful launch of four astronauts on the Crew-1 mission. You can watch it live here.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule launched its first operational space taxi flight for NASA Sunday (Nov. 15).

Arianespace has given the “green light” for its Vega launch on 17 November (UTC) which will orbit a pair of European-built satellites: Spain’s SEOSAT-Ingenio and TARANIS of France.

NASA is now targeting 1717 UTC on Saturday, 21 November for the launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, the first of two identical satellites to head into Earth orbit five years apart to continue sea level observations for at least the next decade.