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NASA’s contract overhaul puts Dream Chaser’s ISS future in jeopardy
NASA has announced significant modifications to its contract with Sierra Space for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, effectively scrapping guaranteed resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and downgrading its debut flight to a standalone orbital demonstration. This development raises serious questions about whether the long-awaited “baby shuttle” will ever fulfill its original promise of…
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Planet to Double Pelican Manufacturing Capacity With New Berlin Facility
Planet is growing its presence in Europe by opening a new satellite manufacturing facility in Berlin. At this facility, Planet will produce next-generation, high-resolution Pelican satellites. This strategic decision aims to help Planet meet growing demand from the European market, responding to what it sees as an urgent need for persistent and high-performance satellite and…
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The crew of Artemis II will fly on Integrity during mission to the Moon
The first astronauts set to fly to the Moon in more than 50 years will do so in Integrity. NASA’s Artemis II crew revealed Integrity as the name of their Orion spacecraft during a news conference on Wednesday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “We thought, as a crew, we need to name this…
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke, and others make major progress on Cape launch facilities
The two spaceport launch facilities in the Cape Canaveral area — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and the U.S. Space Force’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) — are on the verge of even bigger changes than have been seen in the last few years. In a recent flyover of the Cape, NSF obtained new…
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A “cosmic carpool” is traveling to a distant space weather observation post
Scientists loaded three missions worth nearly $1.6 billion on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch Wednesday, toward an orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, to measure the supersonic stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. One of the missions, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will beam back real-time observations…
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Planet Labs to Expand Satellite Production in Berlin with Eight-Figure Investment
California-based Planet Labs plans to establish its first satellite production facility outside the United States in Berlin, investing an eight-figure sum to double its high-resolution satellite output, the company said. The move will add up to 70 employees to the 150 staff already working at its Berlin-based European headquarters, according to CEO Will Marshall. The…
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ULA launches third batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance launches their Atlas 5 rocket on June 25, 2025, with a batch of 27 Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon towards low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Roughly an hour past sunrise, an Atlas 5 551 rocket from United…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 25, 4 a.m. EDT (0800 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship. SpaceX was back at the launch pad Thursday morning, launching its 86th Starlink mission of the year…
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China launches satellites from sea
A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Wednesday in east China’s Shandong Province, sending satellites into a preset orbit. The rocket blasted off from the sea at 3:56 p.m. (Beijing Time) near the city of Rizhao. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. The rocket also carried a test satellite into…
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SpaceX Seeks Approval for 15,000 Satellites to Use MSS Spectrum
SpaceX has filed with the FCC asking to launch 15,000 new satellites for direct-to-device service that would use the spectrum SpaceX purchased from EchoStar. According to the filing SpaceX submitted to the FCC last week, this would consist of 15,000 satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) operating in mobile satellite…