On Tuesday, 6 August 2019, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecom.
Read More »Australia’s Neumann Space Boosts Adelaide’s New Space Hub At Lot Fourteen
South Australian startup Neumann Space has joined the growing space ecosystem at Lot Fourteen, bolstering the precinct’s reputation as the ideal place for innovative collaboration across high-growth industries.
Read More »Arianespace Successfully Launches ESA And Intelsat Payloads
Arianespace marked another success for global telecommunications with launch of the Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C satellites, which were deployed to geostationary transfer orbit on its latest flight using a workhorse Ariane 5.
Read More »Lease Of Land Agreed For Space Hub Sutherland In Scotland
The owners of land earmarked for the Space Hub Sutherland development on the Moine Peninsula have agreed a lease option with developer, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
Read More »NanoRacks Delivers UAE Science Experiments To ISS For Upcoming Emirati Astronaut Mission
The 18th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from SpaceX delivered a historic mission for NanoRacks. NanoRacks, the leading provider of commercial access to low-Earth orbit, transported the materials for the science experiments that will be conducted by the first Emirati astronaut upon his arrival to the International Space Station (ISS) in late September 2019.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Krystal Wilson of Secure World Foundation about Summit for Space Sustainability
Last March, Secure World Foundation was pleased to announce the inaugural Summit for Space Sustainability, to be held in Washington, DC on June 25-26, 2019. Our creation of the Summit was driven by the rapid growth in both the number and diversity of space actors, the emergence of new kinds of space activities, and the resulting space sustainability challenges posed by these developments.
Read More »Firefly Aerospace Welcomes Brad Schneider as Chief Revenue Officer
Firefly has hired Brad Schneider as the Chief Revenue Officer. Schneider has more than 35 years of experience in corporate operations, business, and strategic marketing within the aerospace and defense industry, focusing the last two decades on the development of small satellite and launch vehicle technologies.
Read More »Rocket Lab Celebrates 100th Rutherford Engine Build
Rocket Lab is celebrating completion of the company’s 100th Rutherford engine.Rocket Lab began development on the world’s first 3D printed, electric turbo-pump fed engine in 2013.
Read More »Proton Successfully Delivers the Spektr-RG Astrophysical Observatory Spacecraft into Orbit
A Proton M launch vehicle successfully launched the Spektr-RG astrophysical observatory from Site 81 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 13, 2019 at 3:30:57 p.m. Moscow time.
Read More »B2Space Announce Successful Test Launch of Space Research Balloon
The test launch of a space research balloon from Unst in Shetland has been hailed as a major success. The launch took place on Sunday and B2Space now intends to establish a permanent base with Shetland Space Centre (SSC) on the island to work towards full-scale launches of their “rockoon” system.
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