Unseenlabs, a French radio frequency (RF) data and solutions provider for Maritime Domain Awareness, has announced today the coming launch of BRO-9. This will be the ninth satellite for its constellation dedicated to the geolocation of all the vessels at sea. BRO-9 will be launched in April 2023 as part of the Transporter-7 Mission aboard SpaceX’s launcher Falcon 9 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Read More »Starfish Space raises $14M
Starfish Space, a Seattle-based start-up has raised $14 million in funding to support its plans to develop spacecraft capable of hooking up with bigger satellites to boost their orbits or dispose of them.
Read More »Space Café 33 minutes with Pierre Lionnet, The space economist that challenges the “new space” narrative
The Space Café “33 minutes with Pierre Lionnet", Research and Managing Director at ASD-Eurospace, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global was conducted on 28th February 2023. Pierre is an economist with >25 years of experience in the space sector. He is a well-known expert of space markets and technology trends. He is tweeting on space economics and markets
Read More »ispace Releases Interim Success Report for HAKUTO-R Mission 1
ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, has released an interim success report and announced that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander has entered the second phase of its mission, having traveled to its farthest point from Earth into deep space. The lander is now on a trajectory to the Moon with a scheduled landing for the end of April 2023
Read More »Launcher Orbiter SN1 Mission Update
On January 3, 2023 at 09:55 ET, Launcher successfully launched its first spacecraft (Orbiter SN1) to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 (Transporter-6). Upon successful separation on Launcher’s 24” separation system, the spacecraft powered up and communicated to the ground (command uplink and telemetry downlink) during its first scheduled ground station pass. The Company also communicated with the vehicle for the duration of expected battery life.
Read More »Axiom Space Announces Axiom Mission 2 Crew
Axiom Space has announced the full crew complement for Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the second all-private mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More »SpaceX test-fires 31 engines on Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX’s Starship program has successfully completed a static fire test of Booster 7 ahead of its launch. The test took place on Thursday on the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas.
Read More »Ovzon AB reschedules the launch of Ovzon 3 Satellite
Ovzon AB has learned that there will be additional delays in finalizing the satellite Ovzon-3. Ovzon has also shifted launch provider to SpaceX to accommodate an updated launch window, with liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket targeted between July and September 2023.
Read More »Falcon Heavy Launches US Military Payload
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has launched two U.S. military satellites into geosynchronous orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the fifth successful flight of the rocket. Intended to launch on Saturday, January 14, the mission was delayed for a day, eventually launching on Sunday, January 15.
Read More »NSF and SpaceX reach astronomy coordination agreement
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and SpaceX reached an agreement to reduce the impact of Starlink Gen2 satellites on astronomy. SpaceX was granted a licence from the Federal Communications Commission in December to deploy a quarter of its planned 30,000-satellite Gen2 system.
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