Launch Orders Japan’s H3 gains launch order for Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) mission SpaceX is awarded US Space Force launch orders worth US$733.5 million for seven launches for SDA and two for NRO Firefly Alpha gets multi-launch contract for True...
A communications satellite in Intelsat’s Epic fleet created debris in space after it suffered an explosion in geostationary orbit at 0430 GMT on 19 October. Update on 29 October: Initial reports estimated that the event created 20 pieces of debris, but it was later...
On 12 September I was asked to do an interview with Al Jazeera English covering the Polaris Dawn spacewalk. What was meant to be a 5-minute overview of what the mission meant to the commercialisation of space ended up being a 45-minute, live play-by-play of the...
There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders this month. NASA is going to fund a Starship Space debris inspection mission launching in late 2026 In a blow for Europe’s (late and expensive) Ariane 6, Eutelsat signs multi-launch agreement for Japan’s...
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we’re keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don’t have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of September (space orders can be found...
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we’re keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don’t have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of August (space orders can be found in...
