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Japan launches military communications satellite on 4th flight of H3 rocket (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Japan’s new H3 rocket flew for the fourth time ever on Monday morning (Nov. 4). The H3 launched Kirameki 3, a military communications satellite also known as DSN-3, from Tanegashima Space Center on Monday at […]
Astronomers urge FCC to halt satellite megaconstellation launches (Image Credit: Space.com) Over 100 astronomers from leading U.S. universities have signed an open letter calling for an assessment of potential impacts of satellite megaconstellations on Earth’s environment. The researchers urge the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which approves satellite deployments in the U.S., to halt megaconstellation […]
Japan launches military communications satellite on 4th flight of H3 rocket (Image Credit: Space.com) Japan’s new H3 rocket flew for the fourth time ever on Monday morning (Nov. 4). The H3 launched Kirameki 3, a military communications satellite also known as DSN-3, from Tanegashima Space Center on Monday at 1:48 a.m. EST (0548 GMT; 3:48 […]
Rocket Lab plans to launch a hush-hush mission early Tuesday morning (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live. The mission, for a “confidential commercial customer,” is set to lift off atop an Electron vehicle from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site on Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. EST (0930 GMT). Rocket Lab will webcast the […]
Five years of the Space Force’s strategic progress (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. This December, the Space Force celebrates its fifth birthday. For some, this will come as a surprise. Has it really been five years […]
Japan launches Kirameki 3 military communications satellite with H3 rocket (Image Credit: Space News) [embedded content] Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. HELSINKI — Japan launched the Kirameki 3 communications satellite for defense purposes early Monday with the fourth flight of […]
SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including Boeing Starliner crew, fly Dragon spacecraft to new ISS parking spot (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Four astronauts moved their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to a new space station docking port on Sunday (Nov. 3) to make way for an incoming cargo ship. The SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including two crew members […]
China’s Shenzhou 18 crew have returned home after more than six months in space. Astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu lived on board China’s Tiangong space station since April 25 this year. They concluded their mission on Sunday (Nov. 3), touching down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China. The landing occurred […]
Chef Duff Goldman spins up moon-shaped cake for NASA ‘Taste of Space’ (Image Credit: Space.com) Duff Goldman has given a surprising amount of thought to baking cakes in outer space. The founder of the Baltimore bake shop Charm City Cakes who rose to fame on the Food Network show “Ace of Cakes,” Goldman has for […]
Your Guide to the Leonids: How to See November’s Fiery Meteor Display (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The fallen-off bits of an ancient comet will graze our atmosphere this month, producing one of the more famous annual meteor showers known for being bright and colorful. This year, the Leonid meteor shower will streak across Earth’s skies from […]
