On a recent suborbital Blue Origin flight, six more people gained the credentials to call themselves astronauts (or, more accurately, space travellers). However, the moment was of especial importance for one passenger, who had waited 63 years to reach space. Ed Dwight...
We’re keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don’t have to wade through it all. Apart from our own stories, here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of May (space orders can be found in another post): ...
A US$175 million insurance claim has been filed for the ‘total loss’ of the SkyTerra-1 communications satellite, after its 22 m diameter main mesh antenna developed a fault, Seradata understands. No details have been released by its owner, Ligado Networks (formerly...
The Chang’e 6 mission is under way. Its goal is to be the first to bring back a sample from the far side of the Moon. It uses backup hardware originally designed for the near side version of this mission, Chang’e 5, which flew in November 2020. Ahead of the mission, a...
SES has made an agreed bid of US$3.1 billion in cash for rival satellite operator Intelsat. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, will see two of the ‘Big Four’ fixed-satellite service (FSS) commercial satellite operators merge to form a mega GEO...
