Belgian satellite maker Aerospacelab has secured $110 million to expand manufacturing capacity and bolster its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned sovereign multi-orbit broadband constellation.

Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories on Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission. All four optical links were successful.

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This video shows a timelapse of the launch preparations for Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite, which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission. MetOp-SG-A1 was launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana, on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).

MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 25, 2025
The International Space Station received more than 5,000 pounds of supplies after a SpaceX cargo spacecraft arrived there Monday. NASA reported in a press release that a cargo Dragon ship, serial number C211, docked with the Harmony utility hub of the ISS at 7:05 a.m. EDT as part of the 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission, or CRS-33, after launching Sunday via a SpaceX Falcon 9 ro

Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2025
Elon Musk's companies xAI and X filed a sweeping US antitrust lawsuit Monday against Apple and OpenAI, alleging the tech giants formed an illegal partnership to stifle competition in artificial intelligence and smartphone markets. The 61-page complaint, filed in federal court in Texas, accuses Apple and OpenAI of entering an exclusive deal that makes OpenAI's ChatGPT the only generative

London, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
New research from Aston University could transform how Uganda manages its biomass resources by providing community-level data instead of national averages. Scientists at the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) have created detailed maps of forest biomass supply and local energy demand. Their work highlights where demand exceeds availability, where supply is balanced, and where

Washington (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
Bad weather on Monday forced SpaceX to postpone the latest launch of its massive prototype Starship rocket, key to founder Elon Musk's dreams of colonizing Mars and NASA's plans to return astronauts to the Moon. The tenth test flight, which could now happen as soon as Tuesday, comes at a time of heightened scrutiny for the world's most powerful launch vehicle following a string of explos