Space Business News
April 09, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA's TEMPO spacecraft hitched a ride with Intelsat's 40e satellite on a SpaceX rocket



Space Coast FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, on Friday, April 7th, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, with the Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), a high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies and operated by Intelsat, while hosting NASA's TEMPO spacecraft. Intelsat 40e will be positioned at 91 degrees west longitude in geostationary orbit (GEO) more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers), providing ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX prepares for rehearsal, test flight of Starship rocket
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2023
SpaceX plans to carry out a launch rehearsal next week of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, and its first test flight possibly the following week, the private space company said Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Axiom Space's upcoming ISS mission part of increasing commercialization of space
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021
NASA and Axiom Space announced the first possible launch date of the commercial Ax-2 Mission to the International Space Station on Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Soyuz spacecraft that will bring ISS crew back to Earth moved to new port
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that will return three International Space Station crew members to Earth moved to a new docking port on the space station Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
May 8 launch for private mission to ISS with Saudi astronauts
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2023
Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
New book explores possibilities of colonizing planets, moons and beyond
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
Dan Razvan Popoviciu new book New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond (published by Bentham Science) explores the possibilities of transforming humanity into a multi-planetary species, whil ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Makenzie Lystrup named first female director of Goddard Space Flight Center
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2023
Makenzie Lystrup has been named the first female director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, NASA announced Thursday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA awards innovative concept studies for science, exploration
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
Technology in development today could radically change the future of air and space exploration. Nearly silent electric aircraft could ferry people and packages around cities, a sprawling radio teles ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's inland space launch site advances commercial services
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 07, 2023
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which is currently China's only site for launching manned spacecraft into orbit, is looking to tap into the burgeoning commercial market by offering more service ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
SmartSat funds research projects for Space Qualification Mission Waratah Seed
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia's largest space research centre, is committing over AU$1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Apex's Aries spacecraft set for launch on SpaceX's Transporter-10 Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft mass manufacturing company, announced its flagship product, the Aries satellite bus, will fly for the first time on SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission, which is t ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Privately built, liquid-fuel rocket first in world to reach orbit in debut flight
Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2023
The TL 2, a carrier rocket developed by Space Pioneer, reached orbit on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first privately built, liquid-fuel rocket in China to reach orbit. The rocket blasted off ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's Shenzhou XV astronauts complete 3rd spacewalk
Beijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2023
The astronauts of China's Shenzhou XV crew have completed three spacewalks since their journey into space four months ago, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The third spacewal ... more

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