Amazon will spend $120 million on a new satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), as the company gears up to launch the first batch of Project Kuiper […]
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Back to news homeAstranis moves to Plan B after first commercial internet satellite malfunctions on orbit
Space-based internet startup Astranis said Friday that its first commercial internet satellite will be unable to provide continuous coverage to Alaska due to a malfunction with both spacecraft’s solar panels. […]
Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month
Starlink satellites are making thousands of avoidance maneuvers as low Earth orbit becomes more crowded, feeding worries that a catastrophic impact is inevitable. SpaceX’s orbital communication satellites performed maneuvers just […]
Muon Space plans a ‘turnkey solution’ for custom Earth observation satellites
Plenty of companies want to operate in space, but few have or need the expertise to do so. They want an eye in the sky, but not a satellite company. […]
A USB standard for satellites? Slingshot 1 takes to orbit to test one
Testing new satellites and space-based technologies has never been easy exactly, but it definitely could be easier. Slingshot 1, a 12U Cubesat mission just launched via Virgin Orbit, is an […]
SpaceX successfully launches 47 Starlink satellites
SpaceX is aiming to launch more rockets in 2022 than it has in any year past, and with today’s successful Starlink launch, it’s well on its way to reaching that […]
Satellite Vu prepares to launch its thermal imaging satellite constellation with $21M A round
Equipped with $21M in new funding, Satellite Vu is almost to send up its initial seven-satellite constellation in 2023 and begin its planned thermal monitoring of the planet. The company’s […]
Astroscale raises $109M for its on-orbit services technology
Japanese space startup Astroscale has raised $109 million in a new Series F round of financing, brining the company’s total funding raised to date to $300 million. The company specializes […]
Max Q: Elon Musk talks Starship, envisions first orbital launch in January 2022
Hello and welcome back to Max Q, your very favorite space news digest. A ton happened this week — launches, financing deals, contract awards, etc., etc. — so let’s dive […]
Will Indonesia Edge Its Way into the Space Race?
BIAK, Indonesia — For 15 generations, members of the Abrauw clan have lived much like their ancestors. They farm with wooden plows in patches of the rainforest, gather medicinal plants […]