Author: starpathwp-production
-
CesiumAstro Highlights Element LEO Satellite Platform for Space Communications
CesiumAstro is highlighting the Element LEO satellite platform, a purpose-built spacecraft architecture designed to support advanced communications, networking and data transport missions in low Earth orbit. The Element reflects CesiumAstro’s system-level approach to space infrastructure combining satellite bus design, RF payloads and software-defined architectures into a tightly integrated LEO platform optimized for modern satellite networks.…
-
SpaceX experiences Falcon 9 upper stage anomaly following Starlink deployment
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage as seen during its first burn on the Starlink 17032 mission on Feb. 2, 2026. Image: SpaceX via livestream Update Feb. 2, 9:30 p.m. EST (0230 UTC): SpaceX announced an anomaly on the upper stage. SpaceX kicked off the month of February with a Monday morning Falcon 9…
-
Countdown underway for critical moon rocket fueling test Monday
A full moon rises behind NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket atop pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. If a practice countdown and fueling test Monday go well, NASA is expected to press ahead with launch of the Artemis 2 mission on Feb. 8, sending four astronauts on a flight around the moon. Image:…
-
-
SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit
This time-lapse image of Venus and the Pleiades shows the tracks of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. The image received an award in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest. (Torsten Hansen / IAU OAE / Creative Commons Attribution) SpaceX founder Elon Musk wasn’t kidding about his plans to go big with orbital data centers: The company is…
-
Here’s why Blue Origin just ended its suborbital space tourism program
Blue Origin has “paused” its New Shepard program for the next two years, a move that likely signals a permanent end to the suborbital space tourism initiative. The small rocket and capsule have been flying since April 2015 and have combined to make 38 launches, all but one of which were successful, and 36 landings.…
-
China launches satellite for Algeria
China launched an Algerian remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday. A Long March-2C carrier rocket lifted off from the launch center at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), successfully sending the satellite into its planned orbit. The Algerian satellite will be primarily used for land planning and disaster prevention…
-
NOAA Plans Multibillion-Dollar Expansion of Commercial Weather Data Purchases
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to sharply increase its purchases of commercial weather data, potentially committing billions of dollars over the next decade, a senior U.S. Commerce Department official said on Tuesday. “We’re going to be looking at a high ceiling in billions of dollars over 10 years, which is going to show…
-
Musk Weighs Options to Consolidate SpaceX With Tesla or xAI, Sources Say
Elon Musk has held internal discussions about potentially consolidating parts of his business empire, including exploring whether SpaceX could merge with Tesla or absorb his artificial intelligence startup xAI, according to company filings and sources cited by Reuters and Bloomberg. SpaceX has evaluated the feasibility of a combination with Tesla, an idea that some investors…
-
Azercosmos Signs Space and Satellite MoU With Chad
Azerbaijan’s space agency Azercosmos has signed an MoU to collaborate with the Republic of Chad on satellite services and space activities. The agreement covers cooperating on developing the space ecosystem, strategic consultancy, spectrum management, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, satellite communications, satellite operations and ground systems, as well as regulatory matters related to space…