NASA Provides More Details to Congress about VIPER Decision
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 […].
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 5th batch of Starshield satellites for the NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from California
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). .
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
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. .
Space Force awards Raytheon $196.7 million for additional work on GPS ground control system
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..
ESA, OpenCosmos sign contract for NanoMagSat mission
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..
Watch live: Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C
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..
December’s Night Sky Notes: Spot the King of Planets
by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Jupiter is our solar system’s undisputed king of the planets! Jupiter is bright and easy to spot from our vantage point on Earth, helped by its massive size and banded, reflective cloud tops. Jupiter even possesses moons the size of planets: Ganymede, its largest, is […].
Astroscale approaches critical design review for OneWeb de-orbit mission
The British subsidiary of Japan’s Astroscale is preparing for a critical design review early next year of a servicer that will attempt to remove a OneWeb broadband satellite from low Earth orbit in 2026. The post Astroscale approaches critical design review for OneWeb de-orbit mission appeared first on SpaceNews..