Category: Space

The Atlantic Council, which is an international security think tank, has issued a 100-page study urging the US and its partners to push for new universal standards for safe space operations. “It’s feeling a little tight in here. The Scowcroft Center of the Atlantic Council issued a study on April 12 that stated, “With over seventy nations […]

Philip Chapman, who is an Apollo-era NASA astronaut and the very first Australia-born to qualify for spaceflight, passed away at the age of 86, never making it into the orbit. Chapman passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 5, nearly 50 years after resigning from NASA owing to a shortage of resources for researchers in the astronaut corps. “We […]

ICEYE, a Finnish satellite imaging company, announced Wednesday that it negotiated $50 million in deals for its services in the United States last year while also recruiting some new executives, such as a former Tesla executive. Last year’s overall revenue increase, according to ICEYE co-founder as well as Chief executive Rafal Modrzewski, was “an unexpected […]

Last week, a $1.6 billion satellite for the Space Based Infrared System landed at the Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite is set to deploy on the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on May 17, the United States Space Force reported on March 24. The fifth satellite in the Space […]

SpaceX is one of the most successful space companies of all time, with multiple successful launches and innovations. One of their most famous SpaceX projects is the Starlink Internet Project to deliver a stable internet connection globally. It is an over a decade project currently in the beta testing stage to prove its competence to […]

BlackSky, which deals with Earth observation and geospatial data, revealed on Thursday that it had penned a contract with Rocket Lab to deploy eighth satellites before the end of this year. BlackSky has been partnering with Rocket Lab for the last two years. The latest mission between the two involved a BlackSky satellite heading to […]

Satellite company OneWeb has penned a deal that will generate $73 million for the company to run its operations. The company that they are planning to partner with is Intellian from South Korea. Intellian is a developer of satellites that it supplies for shipping companies, government entities, and military units. The chief executive of Intellian […]

Three groups in the space industry are requesting the continued help from the Office of Space Commerce by the Commerce Department. The three groups, which are Satellite Industry Association, the Aerospace Industries Association, and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, wrote a letter addressing Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, asking her to continue advocating for the small office […]

Late Saturday (February 27), a Brazilian Earth observation spacecraft, together with eighteen passenger satellites from India and the United States, launched into space through an Indian rocket. ISRO (The Indian Space Research Organization) launched the Amazonia-1 satellite into the orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre situated in Sriharikota, India, at 11:54 p.m. EST Saturday. According to ISRO, […]

Australia’s dingo fence was built in 1948 to scare away dingoes preying on farmer’s sheep. This fence is about 5600 kilometers long and extends across three states, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia. A part of the fence passes through the Strzelecki Desert, known for the red sand dunes. From the images captured by […]