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SpaceX launches Space Force weather satellite designed to take over for a program with roots to the 1960s

SpaceX launched a military weather satellite designed to replace aging satellites from a program dating back to the 1960s. The United States Space Force-62...

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National Space Council meeting to discuss legislative proposal for new space activities framework

The furtherance of international space cooperation is expected to be at the heart of the third meeting of the National Space Council under the...

The 2023 SpaceNews Icon Awards: Winners

SpaceNews established the awards in 2017 to recognize and celebrate the people, programs and institutions shaping a rapidly evolving global space economy. Chosen by...

SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards honorees: Space Stewardship

First awarded in 2019, the Space Stewardship Award seeks to recognize individuals and organizations going above and beyond to safeguard the orbital commons.  The...

Senate passes orbital debris bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed a bill that would direct NASA to create an orbital debris remediation program, sending it on to the...

SpaceX slams FAA report on falling space debris danger

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX called on the Federal Aviation Administration to correct a report to Congress warning that, by 2035, falling debris from U.S.-licensed...

Atlas 5 to deliver first Amazon internet satellites to orbit on Friday

Amazon is getting its own delivery fulfilled this Friday, adding to an extensive portfolio that includes its online marketplace, streaming video, grocery and cloud...

FCC fines Dish Network for botched satellite de-orbit

TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Communications Commission has fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to properly remove a satellite from geostationary orbit, the U.S....

Sierra Space tests inflatable module technology

KIHEI, Hawaii — Sierra Space conducted another test of its inflatable habitat technology, demonstrating that the module exceeds its requirements even with the addition...

New ISS crew arrives on Soyuz

BRUSSELS — A Soyuz spacecraft delivered a new crew to the International Space Station Sept. 15 as NASA and Roscosmos updated plans for later...

US seizes initiative on space security for the first time in decades

Something very interesting has happened recently in the usually staid diplomatic world of outer space security. Part of it was almost expected: A two-yearlong,...

Target of European debris removal mission hit by other debris

WASHINGTON — A payload adapter that is the target of a European debris cleanup mission may have itself been damaged by a debris impact....

Scout Space, Stanford University win Space Force contract extension

WASHINGTON — The startup Scout Space in partnership with the Stanford University Space Rendezvous Laboratory won a $1.5 million contract to help the U.S....

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