Adieu 2019 Hello To What Could Be The Next Inspiring Decade Like the 1960’s!
We want to look to the future which are based on the successes of 2019. Thanks to SpaceX and Blue Origin rocket booster reusability is now beginning to be expected, space planes are returning to space by Virgin Galactic, Sierra Nevada is developing the Shooting Star spacecraft, huge satellite constellations are being built in space Read More
ULA Successfully Launches the Boeing Starliner Spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule on the Orbital Flight Test lifted off on Dec. 20 at 6:36:43 a.m. EST, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This marks the 81st launch of an Atlas V rocket and ULA’s 136th successful launch. Photo caption: Atlas V Read More
NASA Selects United Launch Alliance’s Reliable Atlas V Rocket to Launch GOES-T Weather Satellite
NASA’s Launch Services Program announced today that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) proven Atlas V vehicle to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T mission, the second to last satellite in the GOES constellation. This award resulted from a competitive Launch Service Task Order evaluation under the NASA Launch Services II contract. “ULA is Read More
ULA Atlas V Starliner launch set to lift off on December 20th
Everything is progressing toward the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the Orbital Flight Test, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule. The mission is set to lift off on Friday, Dec. 20, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Today’s forecast shows a 70 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. The Read More
SES and Luxembourg Government Renew Orbital Concession
,.. Establish New Fund for Space Sector SES and the Luxembourg Government announced today that they have reached an agreement to renew SES’s concession to operate satellites flying under Luxembourg jurisdiction for 20 years, effective from January 2022 when the current concession expires, with an annual fee of EUR 1 million from 2025 onwards. As Read More
SES Delivers Connectivity to Verizon and Nokia’s Operation Convergent Response Event for First Responders
Connectivity provided via SES’s innovative Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation will be used for critical tech demos and live action simulations of wildfires, cyberattacks, airports in crisis and other emergencies The world’s leading satellite operator SES today announced that it will be providing satellite capacity to Verizon and Nokia’s Operation Convergent Response (OCR) 2019 event Read More
Lamborghini in Space: carbon fiber materials research on the International Space Station
On November 2, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to the International Space Station (ISS), carrying with it a series of sample composite materials produced by Automobili Lamborghini. The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November 2, Read More
C-Band Alliance Proposes to Clear 300 MHz of Spectrum for Nationwide 5G Deployment
C-Band Alliance updates 5G proposal to the FCC and offers to clear 300 MHz of C-band spectrum, inclusive of a 20-MHz guard band C-Band Alliance updates 5G proposal to the FCC and offers to clear 300 MHz of C-band spectrum, inclusive of a 20-MHz guard band Proposes to make available for 5G use 100 MHz Read More
SES Successfully Prices €500 Million 8-Year Euro Bond
SES S.A. announced today the successful launch and pricing of a bond offering in which it has agreed to sell senior unsecured fixed rate notes due in 2027 for a total amount of EUR 500 million. The notes will bear a Coupon of 0.875% per annum and were priced at 99.762% of their nominal value. Read More
Automobili Lamborghini, the first automaker in the world to conduct carbon fiber materials science research on the International Space Station
The joint research on advanced carbon fiber composite materials initiated two years ago between Automobili Lamborghini and the Houston Methodist Research Institute has now reached an important turning point. No earlier than November 2, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is scheduled to launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to the International Space Station (ISS), Read More