Firefly pitches rockets, satellites for Golden DomeCEO Jason Kim said the company’s Alpha vehicle could launch test targets while the Elytra platform could host interceptors for the Golden Dome missile-defense shield The post Firefly pitches rockets, satellites for Golden Dome appeared first on SpaceNews.
Satellite Solar Panel Startup Astradyne Closes €2M Seed RoundItalian startup Astradyne has secured €2 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its Solar-Z product, a lightweight solar array designed to enhance the capabilities of small satellites. Astradyne was founded in 2021 with the aim of developing an off-the-shelf deployable solar array for small satellites that is lighter, more compact, and more […] The post Satellite Solar Panel Startup Astradyne Closes €2M Seed Round appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Boeing turns to 3D printing to speed production of satellite solar arraysThe first 3D-printed arrays will be deployed on small satellites built by Millennium Space The post Boeing turns to 3D printing to speed production of satellite solar arrays appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military networkThe satellites, made by York Space Systems, make up the first plane of a mesh network projected to have 126 spacecraft The post SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military network appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA’s Webb Observes Immense Stellar Jet on Outskirts of Our Milky WayA blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Stretching across 8 light-years, the length of the stellar eruption is approximately twice the distance between our Sun and the next nearest stars, the Alpha Centauri system. The size and strength of this particular […]
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Indonesian communications satellite from Cape CanaveralThe Nusantara Lima satellite is designed to augment communications in the region alongside Indonesia’s Satria satellite, which launched in June 2023. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base at 8:02 p.m. EDT (0002 UTC).
China launches experimental Shiyan-29 to GEO, commercial Ceres-1 carries 3 satellitesChina conducted a pair of launches sending an experimental spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit and three further satellites into polar orbits. The post China launches experimental Shiyan-29 to GEO, commercial Ceres-1 carries 3 satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
A steady space? Bringing stellar legal certainty to space issuesA new space race is heating up across the pond — not to be the first to reach the moon, but to provide a credible and flexible legal framework capable of turbocharging the space sectors in the United Kingdom and Europe. The intensity of this drive has increased over the summer of 2025. On June […] The post A steady space? Bringing stellar legal certainty to space issues appeared first on SpaceNews.
Space Force to use small satellites for geostationary communicationsThe Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program marks the military’s first major attempt to deploy constellations of small satellites in the geostationary belt The post Space Force to use small satellites for geostationary communications appeared first on SpaceNews.
Tech From NASA’s Hurricane-hunting TROPICS Flies on Commercial SatellitesNASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory-foam mattresses, and more. Now, a NASA-funded device for probing the interior of storm systems has been made a key component of commercial weather satellites. The novel atmospheric sounder […]
Trump’s Labor Union EO Designates NASA as Primarily An Intelligence/National Security AgencyAn Executive Order issued by President Trump to exclude NASA and other agencies from collective bargaining rights does so by designating them as having intelligence or national security as a […]
Live coverage: 24 Starlink satellites to launch from California on 100th Falcon 9 rocket of the yearThe Starlink 17-5 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s constellation of more than 8,100 currently in orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at 9:23 a.m. PDT (12:23 p.m. EDT / 1623 UTC).
DGA Selects Infinite Orbits for €50M PALADIN Satellite-Inspection ServiceFrance’s Directorate General of Armament has awarded the €50M PALADIN framework agreement to Infinite Orbits to deliver a geostationary orbit inspection and monitoring service for the nation’s Space Command. The PALADIN project is part of France’s Action et Résilience Spatiale (ARES – Space Action and Resilience) initiative, which aims to monitor and counter direct threats […] The post DGA Selects Infinite Orbits for €50M PALADIN Satellite-Inspection Service appeared first on European Spaceflight.
US-French SWOT Satellite Measures Tsunami After Massive QuakeData provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping to improve tsunami forecast models, benefitting coastal communities. The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite captured the tsunami spawned by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, 11:25 a.m. […]
Space Traffic Report: Busy Week for Falcon 9: TRACERS, Starlink & O3b Satellites!This week’s launches predominantly featured SpaceX’s Falcon 9, beginning with a Starlink mission from Vandenberg,… The post Space Traffic Report: Busy Week for Falcon 9: TRACERS, Starlink & O3b Satellites! appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
How NASA Is Testing AI to Make Earth-Observing Satellites SmarterA technology called Dynamic Targeting could enable spacecraft to decide, autonomously and within seconds, where to best make science observations from orbit. In a recent test, NASA showed how artificial intelligence-based technology could help orbiting spacecraft provide more targeted and valuable science data. The technology enabled an Earth-observing satellite for the first time to look […]
First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelledThe journey to launch is picking up pace for Europe’s MetOp Second Generation weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package. Specialists at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou have completed the critical and hazardous task of fuelling the satellite, marking a major milestone in its final preparations for liftoff.
NASA, JAXA XRISM Satellite X-rays Milky Way’s SulfurAn international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft. Astronomers used X-rays from two binary star systems to detect sulfur in the interstellar medium, the gas and dust found in the space between stars. It’s the first […]
Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sailThe next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, has begun its journey from Europe to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where it is scheduled to launch in November. Carefully packed into a climate-controlled container, the satellite is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the cargo ship Industrial Dolphin.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2 O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralThe mission represents the fifth pair of Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites to launch into medium Earth orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 UTC).




















