News
-
All-Italian launch from French Guiana lofts innovative environmental satellite
Read more →: All-Italian launch from French Guiana lofts innovative environmental satelliteA Vega rocket lifted off from French Guiana at 10:50 p.m. local time (9:50 p.m. EDT) Thursday. Credit:…
-
KVH Expands Maritime Network via Intelsat’s Horizons 3e
Read more →: KVH Expands Maritime Network via Intelsat’s Horizons 3eKVH Industries expanded its mini-VSAT Broadband High Throughput Satellite (HTS) network to the Pacific Ocean via the Horizons 3e…
-
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has big plans to expand New Glenn rocket factory in Florida
Read more →: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has big plans to expand New Glenn rocket factory in FloridaThe Blue Origin space venture aims to add to the massive facility it’s already built near Cape Canaveral…
-
Arianespace Successfully Launches Italian Earth Observation Satellite
Read more →: Arianespace Successfully Launches Italian Earth Observation SatelliteArianespace successfully launched the Italian Space Agency’s Prisma satellite on a Vega rocket at 10:50 p.m. local time from…
-
Phase Four and Sunrise Bring Electric Propulsion to Japan
Read more →: Phase Four and Sunrise Bring Electric Propulsion to JapanPhase Four, producers of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, created a new agreement with Japan-based…
-
Spacewalkers hook up new batteries outside International Space Station
Read more →: Spacewalkers hook up new batteries outside International Space StationEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH…
-
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equity
Read more →: GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equitySpace has always fascinated us geeks. Thanks to Star Wars, Star Trek and countless other science fiction media,…
-
Orbital Insight Launches New Monitoring Product
Read more →: Orbital Insight Launches New Monitoring ProductOrbital Insight launched its refinery outage product, a daily data feed that detects maintenance activity changes up to three…
-
Lockheed Martin Accelerates Transition to Software-Defined Space
Read more →: Lockheed Martin Accelerates Transition to Software-Defined SpaceAerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin will integrate its new software-defined satellite architecture, SmartSat, on 10 of its nanosatellite missions this…
-
Vega launches Italy’s PRISMA Earth Observation Satellite
Read more →: Vega launches Italy’s PRISMA Earth Observation SatelliteItaly’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite launched aboard Arianespace’s Vega rocket Thursday. Vega lifted off from its launch pad…
-
Two Minotaur launches planned this year from Virginia
Read more →: Two Minotaur launches planned this year from VirginiaFile photo of a Minotaur 5 launch in 2013 from pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located…
-
Vega launch timeline with PRISMA
Read more →: Vega launch timeline with PRISMAThe Italian PRISMA Earth observation satellite is set to ride a Vega launcher into a 382-mile-high (615-kilometer) orbit…