Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, with Vega C
On Tuesday April 29th, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST), Arianespace is to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission called “VV26”, will ...
SpaceX launches “never hibernate” NROL-69’s classified mission
On Monday, March 24 at 1:48 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-69 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews. This was the second flight for the first ...
SpaceX welcomes and celebrates successfully rescuing NASA’s stranded astronauts
After 171 days in space, Dragon and Crew-9 NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Rocosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 5:57 p.m. ET on ...
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Three launches remain on schedule for Wednesday, so far
Three launches from three different agencies and locations are still scheduled for tomorrow: Rocket Lab, SpaceX and Firefly Rocket Lab's launch for OroraTech's "Finding Hot Wildfires Near You" SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 11-7 smallsats on Wednesday Firefly Alpha is ...
Isar Aerospace targets new launch window on March 27 for first test flight
Satellite launch service company Isar Aerospace has announced that the second launch window for the first test flight of Spectrum opens not earlier than Thursday, 27 March, from 12:30pm to 03:30pm. The launch date remains subject to weather, safety and ...
Sidus Space and Arkisys ‘leap forward’ in space operations in 2025
Arkisys™, a provider of on-orbit services on a stable long duration platform to support ISAM applications, announces the successful collaboration with Sidus Space, sending the iSSI™ post launch connectable interface to LEO on LizzieSat™-3 which deployed from the SpaceX Transporter 13 on March ...
Ligado details bankruptcy exit plan
Ligado Networks entered Chapter 11 in January. It has now presented its exit plan to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. A key portion of the exit scheme is an agreement with AST SpaceMobile for 40 MHz of Ligado’s L-band spectrum, which ...
Space42 + Cobham Satcom launch IP NEO to enable seamless connectivity across critical sectors
Space42 (ADX: SPACE42) and Cobham Satcom have launched their new satellite broadband terminal, IP NEO, for commercial use. Developed by Cobham Satcom in partnership with Space42’s mobility and satellite solutions arm, Thuraya, the IP NEO is designed to support industries ...
U.S. Space Forces – Korea stands up 1st forward operating CJSpOC in support of FS 2025
Above: A combined assault force of U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) special operations personnel conduct a direct action raid on a time sensitive target in an underground facility during a multi-day training event associated with exercise Freedom Shield 25 ...
Ovzon’s “High North Expedition” validates ability to meet NATO’s Arctic requirements
Ovzon recently completed an overland expedition to the High North, successfully validating the performance, mobility, and resiliency of the Ovzon 3 satellite and the Ovzon T6 and Ovzon T7 mobile satellite terminals in demanding conditions more than 480km (300 miles) ...
Momentus + Solstar Space announce strategic partnership for on-demand space comms
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) and Solstar Space Company(“Solstar”) earlier this month signed a strategic partnership agreement and will collaborate on creating new ways of operating in space by enabling customers to have on-demand connectivity with their systems in space. This ...
Forrester’s Digest: France orders Eutelsat to stop Russia channels
French audio-visual regulator Arcom has ordered Eutelsat to stop transmitting two Russian channels from its satellites—Eutelsat must cease transmissions of the channel within three days. The affected channels, STS and 5 TV (also known as Channel 5), are linked to ...
IEC Telecom unveils new level of network management supporting vessel operators ahead of Starlink pricing shift
With Starlink’s unlimited plan set to be phased out by the end of April or early May, the importance of controlling airtime consumption is once again coming to the forefront in response to this industry shift, IEC Telecom is launching ...
