HELSINKI — China launched its first Long March 12 rocket Saturday, marking an advance in its crewed moon plans and the debut of a new spaceport that will boost the […] The post China launches first Long March 12 from new commercial spaceport in boost for country’s lunar plans appeared first on SpaceNews..
NASA-funded technology aims to solve lunar power challenges The post Lockheed Martin unveils solar power array for Artemis program appeared first on SpaceNews..
Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise has announced that local contractor Macaulay Askernish has been selected to construct the enabling infrastructure for Spaceport 1 in North Uist. This will be the third rocket launch site in Scotland to break ground, after Sutherland Spaceport in Melness and SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland. Approval for the construction of […] The post Scotland Breaks Ground on Third Rocket Launch Site appeared first on European Spaceflight..
NASA has provided more details of its decision to cancel the VIPER robotic lunar rover mission in response to a letter from a key House committee. It doesn’t specifically answer […].
The mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base will be the seventh flight for the NRO in 2024. Liftoff from pad 4 East is set for no earlier than 12:10 a.m. PST (3:10 a.m. EST, 0810 UTC). .
The mission is set to be the first of a pair of Falcon 9 launches spanning just a few hours. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for no earlier than 12:00 a.m. EST (0500 UTC) on Nov. 30. .
This latest award brings Raytheon's total OCX contract value to nearly $4.5 billion since the program's inception in 2010 The post Space Force awards Raytheon $196.7 million for additional work on GPS ground control system appeared first on SpaceNews..
European smallsat developer Open Cosmos has signed a contract with ESA for a trio of cubesats to study the Earth’s magnetic field and ionosphere. The post ESA, OpenCosmos sign contract for NanoMagSat mission appeared first on SpaceNews..
The Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is ready for liftoff! Tune in to ESA WebTV on 4 December from 22:00 CET to watch the satellite soar into space on a Vega-C rocket to be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Sentinel-1C is scheduled to liftoff at 22:20 CET..