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Thuraya-3 satellite’s comms payload fails in orbit
Middle Eastern satellite operator Yahsat's subsidiary Thuraya has lost one of its satellite fleet - or rather it has lost is communications payload. The Thuraya 3 communications satellite, located over 98.5 degrees East in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) reportedly...
International Space Station battery debris falls on Florida house….should Keraunothnetophobics be afraid? Probably not
Keraunothnetophobia is the fear of falling human-made satellites and other space objects - not to be confused with Keraunophobia which is the fear of lightning strikes. As such there was fearful news for Keraunothnetophobics in March when it was revealed that a 1 kg...
US Navy makes Exo-atmospheric missile interception to aid defence of Israel from Iran’s mass missile and drone attack
The US Navy used its Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor missiles in action for the first time to shoot down Iranian medium range ballistic missiles in space during mass missile and drone attack on Israel on 13 April 2024 (Iran's attack was in response to a missile...
Analysis: spiralling costs may spell end of the line for Mars Sample Return
The cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return project has risen from a projected US$5.3 billion to US$11 billion, prompting many to question if the mission is worth continuing. In response, the space agency has turned to its field centres for cost cutting ideas, with any...
Analysis: Delta IV Heavy retires as Angara-5 flies from Vostochny on only its fourth launch in its ten years
A pair of major launches, that took place just days apart in April, illustrate how far Russia has lost its way from the days when it was at the forefront of rocket launch technology. The first, from the US, was a swansong launch: the Delta IV Heavy’s last flight. The...
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An audience with Aarti Holla-Maini, Director of UNOOSA
Farah Ghouri finds out how Aarti Holla-Maini, director of the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs, is faring six months into the job, her plans for the office and why she believes the UN’s sustainability guidelines are the “treaty of our times” Six months after taking up...
Round-up of recommended space stories in March 2024
We're keeping an eye on space news, so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of March from across the web: Money money money: NASA gets significantly less than what it wanted with space and planetary science...
Mel’s Good Space
Our modern world relies heavily on space technology to make Planet Earth a more comfortable, safe and efficient place to live but, as many of us in the industry are aware, there is an increasing threat to these benefits. Spacecraft collisions, anti-satellite testing,...
SATELLITE 2024: US launch providers put industry concerns about launch site availability to bed, for the most part
During the Launch Services Executives panel session, Stephanie Bednarek, of SpaceX, said that the company intended to conduct 148 launches during 2024. If achieved, this would be an increase of more than 50 per cent on its tally for 2023. Fellow panellist Mark Peller,...
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