China launches third Gaofen-9 satellite, postpones Beidou mission
HELSINKI — China launched a Gaofen-9 series Earth observation satellite and two smaller spacecraft Wednesday, a day after postponing a Beidou navigation satellite ...…
Flying cubesats from home: Pandemic accelerates trend toward remote operations
Students operating the twin Electron Losses and Fields Investigation (ELFIN) cubesats were heading into finals at the University of California, Los Angeles, when ...…
Xplore wins NOAA contract to study commercial solar observatory
SAN FRANCISCO – Seattle startup Xplore won a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract for a design study of a commercial solar observatory at Earth-Sun ...…
Cubesat built in Monaco reveals new partnership approach
SAN FRANCISCO – When the Arianespace Vega rocket returns to flight, it will carry a GeoOptics CICERO radio occultation cubesat built by Orbital Solutions Monaco ...…
NASA ISS manager to retire
WASHINGTON — Kirk Shireman, who has managed the International Space Station program for NASA for five years, will retire later this month, the agency announced June ...…