NanoAvionics doubles overall production capacity with MAIT expansion
Monday, 13 February 2023 03:36
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer, has recently opened its manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania.
This expansion to the company's existing facilities in Lithuania (HQ), the UK, and the USA has doubled its satellite production capacity, allowing it to meet the growing demands for Russian spacecraft leaks coolant, station crew reported safe
Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:32
An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has leaked coolant, the Russian space corporation and NASA reported Saturday, saying the incident doesn't pose any danger to the station's crew.
Launch demand remains high despite industry struggles
Sunday, 12 February 2023 13:13
Despite concerns about the viability of many new launch vehicle developers, many in the industry say those vehicles are needed as demand for launch outstrips supply.
Plasmos unveils Space Truck
Sunday, 12 February 2023 01:27
Plasmos plans to offer in-space transportation and return payloads to Earth with a Space Truck.
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White House reviewing input on mission authorization concepts
Saturday, 11 February 2023 23:42
The National Space Council is continuing work on a proposed framework for regulating commercial space activities that is being watched closely by both industry and Congress.
Progress cargo spacecraft at ISS suffers coolant leak
Saturday, 11 February 2023 16:40
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station experienced a coolant leak Feb. 11, the second such incident involving a Russian spacecraft at the station in less than two months.
Lunar cubesats encounter technical problems
Friday, 10 February 2023 23:02
One NASA-funded lunar cubesat has recovered from a communications glitch while engineers are developing backup plans for another cubesat that has suffered a propulsion problem.
Inmarsat remains open to ordering its own LEO constellation
Friday, 10 February 2023 21:51
Inmarsat says it is still considering deploying a low Earth orbit constellation of its own despite comments to the contrary by one of its executives this week.
Juice's odyssey of exploration: Jupiter's icy moons
Friday, 10 February 2023 17:45
A grand odyssey of exploration is about to begin. Humankind's next bold mission to the outer solar system, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is poised to explore giant planet Jupiter and its largest moons. These intriguing worlds have piqued our curiosity ever since Galileo first raised his telescope to the planet and discovered its four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, three of which are thought to harbor underground oceans.
Early space probes visiting the Jovian system have raised more questions than answers. But thanks to Juice, many of those answers are now within reach. ESA is launching the spacecraft in April 2023 on an eight-year journey to the distant planet.
To uncover the hidden secrets of these mysterious worlds, Juice is equipped with the most powerful science instruments ever sent to the outer solar system. The spacecraft will face many dangers along the way: radiation, extreme temperatures, and the vast gravitational pull of Jupiter, all while operating hundreds of millions of kilometers from Earth. But in the safe hands of ESA's operators to guide it safely through these challenges, the dangers will be worth it for the science that Juice is destined to uncover.
Loft Orbital creates new subsidiary for government and defense
Friday, 10 February 2023 17:37
Space infrastructure startup Loft Orbital has formed a new subsidiary, Loft Federal, focused on the U.S.
Letter | Steer clear of “collision avoidance”
Friday, 10 February 2023 17:24
In the story “Amazon gets key FCC approval for more than 3,000 LEO broadband satellites” (Feb. 8), the term “collision avoidance” is misused.
Europe shoots for the moon with role in NASA programme
Friday, 10 February 2023 15:10
European astronauts could walk on the Moon for the first time in the coming years, in exchange for the continent taking on a key role in an ambitious NASA space programme.
The US space agency's Artemis programme aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the historic Apollo missions, which ended in 1972.
For the first time, the European Space Agency (ESA) and European aerospace giant Airbus have been entrusted with supplying vital "service modules" (ESMs) for NASA's Orion spacecraft.
In exchange, Europe has three guaranteed seats on the mission's flights, probably from 2027, although discussions are ongoing to try to get earlier spots.
The role of the Europeans is vital—they are providing "half of the spacecraft that will take people to the Moon and, of course, back to Earth safely," said Marc Steckling, Airbus's head of space exploration.
Week in images: 06-10 February 2023
Friday, 10 February 2023 13:10
Week in images: 06-10 February 2023
Discover our week through the lens
India’s SSLV rocket succeeds in second try
Friday, 10 February 2023 12:55
India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) put three satellites into low Earth orbit Feb.
House and Senate plan new NASA authorization bills
Friday, 10 February 2023 11:55
The chair of the Senate Commerce Committee says she will push for a multiyear NASA authorization bill, mirroring plans by her House counterpart.