SpaceX launches Indonesian communications satellite
The SATRIA broadband relay station will boost internet connectivity across the vast Indonesian archipelago.
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The SATRIA broadband relay station will boost internet connectivity across the vast Indonesian archipelago.
"Private astronauts" can soon begin their short trips to space – for just short of half a million dollars. Here's when Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceflights are going to be ready for takeoff.
A new launch target was not announced, but Boeing officials said a flight this year is still feasible. In theory.
It was the second commercial visit to the International Space Station by a crew from Houston-based Axiom Space, which is planning a station of its own.
The Ax-2 flight was the second "private astronaut mission" chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space and sanctioned by NASA.
The first crewed flight of Virgin's spaceplane in two years sets the stage for customers to begin flights to the edge of space in June.
Four TROPICS satellites will monitor tropical storm development and intensification on an hourly basis to improve forecasting.
The third-generation satellite is the first of three designed to provide high-speed internet to customers anywhere in the world.
A Falcon Heavy flight was delayed, but another SpaceX launch went well as two SES satellites were successfully deployed.
The TEMPO spectrometer will measure air quality and pollution across North America to improve forecasting.
Blue Origin says fixes are being implemented and New Shepard sub-orbital flights will resume "soon."
While the Terran 1 rocket didn't reach orbit, builder Relativity Space says it achieved major objectives.
The Capella Space satellites use cloud-piercing radar to monitor Earth around the clock, regardless of weather.
Only two more launches are needed to complete OneWeb's nearly 650-satellite fleet of broadband relay stations.
The second-generation V2 Mini satellites are four times more powerful than previously launched Starlinks, SpaceX said.
The Friday doubleheader saw 51 Starlinks reach orbit, followed by a high-power Inmarsat communications relay station.
The satellite will serve the Americas, Greenland and Atlantic Ocean air and sea lanes.
After 32 launches from Rocket Lab's New Zealand facility, the company is now set for regular flights from Virginia's Eastern Shore.
It was the second Falcon 9 launch helping OneWeb recover from a post-Ukraine break with Russian rockets.
Nine small satellites were lost in the mishap in what was the rocket's first launch with customer payloads on board.
SpaceX offers low-cost rideshare missions to provide access to space for smaller satellite operators.
The SWOT satellite will monitor water height around the world to shed light on the impacts of climate change.
Tokyo-based ispace's Hakuto-R, the first privately developed moon lander, is carrying small UAE and Japanese rovers to the lunar surface.
Inflatable heat shield technology may offer a more efficient way to land astronauts on Mars.
SpaceX's 46th launch so far this year put two Intelsat Galaxy communications satellites in orbit.