LOGAN, Utah — A NASA cubesat was removed from a recent rideshare launch opportunity on a U.S. Space Force mission because the spacecraft could not meet guidelines for deorbiting at the end of its life. The GTOSat mission, developed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, was manifested to fly as […]
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LOGAN, Utah — Sidus Space could pivot to launching LizzieSat-1 on a rideshare mission if it can’t get safety clearances in time to deploy its first satellite from the International Space Station early next year. It is unclear if Sidus can get all NASA approvals to add operational-life-extending thrusters to […]
WASHINGTON — A delay in the launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission is forcing another asteroid mission hitching a ride to revise its plans. Janus, a NASA smallsat mission selected in 2019, will launch two identical spacecraft as secondary payloads on the Falcon Heavy rocket whose primary payload is Psyche. […]
Updated 9:30 a.m. to correct landing site of booster. LONG BEACH, Calif. — SpaceX launched several dozen payloads on its fifth dedicated rideshare mission May 25, illustrating the continued demand for such missions even as dedicated small launch vehicles emerge. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 […]
A Florida man posing as a rideshare driver was arrested Wednesday on sexual battery charges alleging he picked up a woman at Miami International Airport last month and raped her, authorities said. Fernando Avila Hernandez, 28, of Miami, was listed as an inmate Thursday in the Broward County jail where […]
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the fourth in its series of dedicated rideshare missions April 1, placing one relatively large satellite and dozens of smallsats into low Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:24 p.m. Eastern. SpaceX beat […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 40 payloads into orbit Friday on the company’s fourth “rideshare” mission, a relatively low-cost path to space for a variety of small satellites and sensors that otherwise might have to hitch rides with other providers on a space-available basis. The largest and most expensive […]
HELSINKI — China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched late Saturday carrying a domestic record 22 satellites for a range of commercial Chinese space companies. The Long March 8 lifted off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 10:06 p.m. Eastern Feb. 26, with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation […]