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SpaceX launched NASA’s Sentinel-6B mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Sunday, November 16. Photo captured by Satnews. Sentinel-6B is the second of twin satellites in the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission. The first, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, launched in November 2020. The mission continues a decades-long effort to […]
Included in the satellites is Spire’s next-generation Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder—a compact, space-ready sensor built to demonstrate global weather forecasting from space Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has now shipped nine satellites, all designed and built by the company’s in-house manufacturing team, have journeyed to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California prior to their launch […]
Climate change effects on the Earth’s water cycle and the availability of water on our planet are the missions of the first European Space Agency Scout mission. Launched from Vandenberg SFB, the twin HydroGNSS smallsats were launched on November 28, 2025, as a payload within a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as a member of […]
The Italian EO IRIDE program with OBH Italia as the prime has added eight satellites to their second constellation, Eaglet II. Italy’s Eaglet II smallsats being prepared for launch. Photo is courtesy of OHB Italia. The Eaglet II satellites lifted off on board a Falcon 9 rocket at 19:44 CET (10:44 local time), November […]
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) launched 11 satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch included satellites for Spire’s Space Services customers, along with three replenishment satellites. Spire launched two satellites for GHGSat carrying payloads to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, expanding GHGSat’s constellation dedicated to high-resolution methane detection.Spire has designed […]
The SpaceX Transporter-15 rideshare mission successfully launched on Friday, November 28, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying 140 small satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit. The mission, the 19th dedicated smallsat rideshare flight for SpaceX, deployed a diverse manifest of 140 payloads for a global customer base, making it one of the largest small-satellite […]
HELSINKI, Finland — ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) have formalized a contract for the direct procurement of a SAR satellite. This milestone acquisition marks the first time the Portuguese Air Force will directly own a satellite, significantly enhancing Portugal’s national […]
HawkEye 360, a leading commercial provider of space-based Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), has announced the launch of its Vessel Custody ID feature, designed to significantly strengthen national security and intelligence operations. This new capability leverages the company’s proprietary space-based Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) data to provide high-confidence, persistent tracking and identification of vessels globally. Key Takeaways […]
The 1st Global Space Awards honors late Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell on Dec. 5 (Image Credit: Space.com) The inaugural Global Space Awards ceremony gets underway this Friday (Dec. 5), as 340guests converge at a glamorous red carpet event held at London’s historic Natural History Museum to celebrate the movers, shakers and […]
Blue Origin’s next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities (Image Credit: Space.com) Blue Origin is gearing up for its NS-37 flight, which will rocket six passengers to suborbital space and back. One traveler on board that mission, which does not yet have a set launch date, is […]
