Northrop Grumman launches second classified US government mission in two days with NROL-111Northrop Grumman launched three national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on the NROL-111 mission. The company used their solid propellant Minotaur I rocket to place the payloads into a low Earth orbit with a liftoff from Pad-0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia occurring on Tuesday, June 15 at 13:35 UTC (09:35 EDT).
Governments ally for federated quantum encryption satellite networkThe United States and five other countries are banding together with the United Kingdom to develop a satellite-based quantum technology encryption network.
SpaceX’s first flight-proven Starship rolled back to factory for likely retirementWhile SpaceX has spent the better part of three weeks inspecting the first flight-proven Starship to survive a high-altitude launch and landing,...
SLS Core Stage thermal protection system refurbishment in work at Kennedy for Artemis 1NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) programs are working with Core Stage prime contractor Boeing and prime test operations and support contractor Jacobs to finish repairs to thermal protection system (TPS) spray-on foam insulation on the Artemis 1 Core Stage at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Intelsat and SES on course for mammoth C-band paymentsSatellite operators Intelsat and SES say they are on track to meet a key C-band spectrum clearing deadline this year, despite ongoing COVID-19 disruption.
A new documentary highlights the visionary behind space settlement"I see before us two basic choices."
NASA primed for historic flight of experimental Mars helicopterNASA’s Perseverance rover will soon release an interplanetary rotorcraft onto the surface of Mars and drive a safe distance away to observe a series of historic test flights in the ultra-thin Martian atmosphere, which could begin as soon as around April 8, officials said this week.
Toast-shaped ThinSats attract educational and government customersThinSats are starting to catching on. ThinSats, the toast-shaped miniature satellites designed primarily as teaching tools, have attracted Small Business Innovation Research funding from NASA and the U.S. Space Force.
U.S. Space Command to recommend investments in space infrastructure“As we move forward, we’re going to want to find ways to be more mobile in space,” said Lt. Gen. John Shaw, deputy commander of U.S. Space Command.
Arecibo replacement could support space situational awarenessA proposal to replace the giant radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico with a new facility suggests it could be used for tracking space objects as well as for scientific research.
China collects Moon samples, may not share with NASA due to Wolf AmendmentThe country returned about 2kg of rocks from the Moon's surface.
SLS Core Stage tanking test is first Green Run moment of truth for NASASpace Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing plans to conduct a critical propellant loading and countdown demonstration test December 7 with the Artemis 1 flight article in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. As the name implies, the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) is a full rehearsal of the countdown for the final test, an eight-minute long Hot-Fire of the Core Stage. The WDR is the penultimate test in the eight-test Core Stage Green Run design verification campaign. It will mark the very first time cryogenic propellants are loaded into any working article of the rocket stage. The first-ever propellant loading will also verify the leak-integrity of different parts of the stage’s main propulsion system at different points in the test.
Raytheon, L3Harris, BAE Systems get $552 million for GPS user equipmentRaytheon, L3Harris and BAE collectively received $552.5 million in contracts to develop and produce integrated circuit cards for military GPS receivers.



















