Satellite News

SpaceX’s massive, reusable Starship rocket made two test flights in 2023, and company representatives now say the third flight test could come as soon as February 2024.

The brightest fast radio burst ever observed flashed from a group of ancient galaxies, the Hubble Space Telescope has found, and astronomers are surprised.

The United Arab Emirates will build an airlock for NASA’s moon-orbiting Gateway space station, and will get to send an astronaut to the outpost for the contribution.

A Kuaizhou 1A solid rocket launched four Tianmu-1 weather satellites on Jan. 5, on the first of what will be many Chinese missions in 2024.

British researchers have tested a prototype self-eating rocket that could launch tiny satellites cheaply and without leaving any debris behind.

On Jan. 9, China launched its Einstein Probe to observe the X-ray sky, hunting for high-energy light from neutron stars, feeding black holes and other exotic objects.

Despite anomalies experienced by the Peregrine lunar lander scientists are looking ahead to upcoming missions under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mysterious “odd radio circles” or ORCs that compass entire galaxies may have finally been explained, with astronomers pointing the finger at winds from bursts of supernova star explosions.