A series of small spacecraft and experiment orders were announced in July. Satellite Vu has ordered the second in its small seven thermal imaging satellite constellation from the Guildford, England-based small satellite manufacturer SSTL using its DarkCarb bus design....
NASA has reported a serious communications issue with its CAPSTONE mission, which was intended to test an orbit for future lunar exploration plans. Following its launch by an Electron rocket on 28 June, after a series of burns, the Lunar Photon converted kick stage...
ESA has selected Airbus UK, Stevenage, to lead the FORUM construction project, according to an announcement on 28 June. The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) satellite is an ESA Earth Explorer mission that aims to help understanding...
Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron rocket from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 0955 GMT on 28 June, to an initial low Earth parking orbit. The Electron was carrying CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation...
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency and conglomerate, has taken what is thought to be the illegal step of unilaterally ordering the switching on of a spacecraft instrument it does not own. The German Max Planck Institute ordered its eRosita instrument on Russia’s Spektr...
NASA has reported that a micrometeoroid strike has caused some damage to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The largest of five meteoroid strikes since its December 2021 launch occurred between 23 and 25 May, causing damage to one segment (segment C3) of its 6 m...
