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BREAKING Russian Space Agency: ‘If before 21.30 Friday Russia does not receive guarantees that OneWeb satellites will not be used for military purposes, Soyuz rocked will be removed from the launch’

SpaceBy AIRLIVE March 2, 2022

Mounting international sanctions amid Russia’s war on Ukraine have thrown plans to launch 36 OneWeb satellites this week into uncertainty. The latest batch of satellites for OneWeb’s broadband constellation is currently at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Russian-controlled launch site in Kazakhstan, where Europe’s Arianespace plans to launch them as soon as March 4 on a…

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite terminals have now been deployed in Ukraine with more on the way

SpaceBy AIRLIVE March 2, 2022

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite terminals have now been deployed in Ukraine with more on the way, after a call for help from the country’s vice prime minister on Saturday. Mykhailo Fedorov, who is also Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, tweeted Musk requesting that SpaceX switch on its Starlink broadband satellites to supplement the country’s Internet services…

ALERT Russia is suspending Soyuz joint launch operations from Kourou

SpaceBy AIRLIVE February 26, 2022

Roscosmos suspends Soyuz joint launch operations from Kourou and recalls personnel from Europe’s spaceport. Russia is suspending cooperation with Arianespace on the launch of Soyuz rockets from Europe’s Guiana Space Center and pulling its personnel from the South American spaceport over European Union (EU) sanctions imposed on the nation for the nation’s invasion of Ukraine.…

Up to 40 SpaceX’s satellites are falling from orbit after being struck by a solar storm

SpaceBy AIRLIVE February 10, 2022

SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update Tuesday night. SpaceX said…

REPORT Two SpaceX satellites had near misses with China’s space station

SpaceBy AIRLIVE January 8, 2022

A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the U.S. and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as satellite constellations and debris proliferate in orbit. Two SpaceX satellites had near misses with China’s space station earlier this year — one of them within 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) — in…

Satellites for Agriculture: EOS Data Analytics is Preparing to Launch 7 Optical Satellites

New, SpaceBy AIRLIVE January 1, 2022

The geospatial data analytics market is expanding as interest and demand for solutions that provide accurate data for various industries grows. Agriculture and forestry, health care, urban planning, industrial production, and other areas of human activity require new approaches and more effective solutions. Moreover, more and more businesses are looking for solutions that will help…

NASA and SpaceX have launched DART: mission to shoot rocket into an asteroid

SpaceBy AIRLIVE November 24, 2021

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Just one part of NASA’s larger planetary…

BREAKING ISS astronauts forced to board Crew Dragon and Soyuz to prepare for a possible evacuation

SpaceBy AIRLIVE November 15, 2021

The United States said Monday it was investigating a “debris-generating event in outer space” after astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to prepare for a possible evacuation. It came amid unconfirmed reports that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) test — rare show-of-force demonstrations criticized by the space community because of…

International Space Station to manoeuvre higher to avoid a fragment of a Chinese satellite

SpaceBy AIRLIVE November 10, 2021

The International Space Station will perform a brief manoeuvre on Wednesday to dodge a fragment of a defunct Chinese satellite, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The station crewed by seven astronauts will climb 1,240 metres higher to avoid a close encounter with the fragment and will settle in an orbit 470.7 km (292 miles) above…

Jeff Bezos’ space tourism company Blue Origin has revealed plans to launch a commercial space station called Orbital Reef

SpaceBy AIRLIVE October 27, 2021

Blue Origin and Sierra Space have announced plans for Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit. The station will open the next chapter of human space exploration and development by facilitating the growth of a vibrant ecosystem and business model for the future. Orbital Reef…

ALERT The ISS lost its orientation while testing engines of the Soyuz MS-18

SpaceBy AIRLIVE October 15, 2021

Earlier in the day, the ISS lost its orientation in space while testing engines of the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft, which will bring the “cinema crew” back to Earth this weekend. Previously, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov told the Moscow region-based mission control centre that they had “received an emergency message from colleagues [from the US segment…

FAA is grounding Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two vehicle after they flew outside its designated air space

SpaceBy Sharad Ranabhat September 6, 2021

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has grounded Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two vehicle after the vehicle flew outside its designated air space. The spacecraft was carrying Virgin Galactic’s founder, Sir Richard Branson, along with three other passengers. The spacecraft flew outside its designated airspace for 1 minute and 42 seconds over New…