Інформаційна довідка щодо запуску КА «G60 Polar Group 05»

23 January 2025 year Fr. 05:041 (UTC) з центру запуска супутників Тайюань, China, за допомогою ракети-носія «Long March 6А» було здійснено запуск 18-ти КА Китаю «G60 Polar Group 05». G60 Polar Group 05 – це група з 18-ти супутників зв’язку на низькій навколоземній орбіті з корисним навантаженням у діапазонах Ku, Q і V для угруповання […]

Thales Alenia Space and Hispasat begin development of the world's first quantum key distribution system from geostationary orbit

Thales Alenia Space, a Thales joint venture (67%) and Leonardo (33%), as well as Hispasat, operator of satellite services, announced the beginning of the development stage, production, verification and validation. prototype QKD-GEO, quantum key distribution system of Spain from geostationary orbit. With a budget 103,5 million euro QKD-GEO mission is a project, ініційованим Державним секретарем Іспанії з телекомунікацій та цифрової інфраструктури та фінансованим […]

Redwire придбає Edge Autonomy за 925 millions of dollars, розширюючи присутність у сфері оборони

Компанія Redwire, яка спеціалізується на розробці супутників для низької навколоземної орбіти (LEO), а також космічної інфраструктури, оголосила про придбання виробника дронів Edge Autonomy за 925 millions of dollars. Угода включає 150 мільйонів доларів готівкою та 775 мільйонів доларів акціями. Expected, що завершення злиття відбудеться у другому кварталі 2025 year, після схвалення акціонерів та регуляторів. Edge Autonomy, […]

CAA схвалює перший у Великобританії вертикальний запуск

Управління цивільної авіації (CAA) видало першу в історії ліцензію на вертикальний запуск ракети, що прямуватиме в космос з території Великобританії. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) планує здійснювати запуски з космодрому SaxaVord на Шотландських островах. Процес ліцензування враховував низку ключових факторів. Це включало перевірку безпеки, виконання міжнародних зобов’язань та екологічних заходів для запропонованої місії RFA. Схвалений запуск […]

Інформаційна довідка щодо запуску КА «Starlink Group 11-8»

21 January 2025 year Fr. 15:45 (UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US with the help of a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5 ”was launched 27 КА США «Starlink Group 11-8». Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to enlarge […]

Інформаційна довідка щодо запуску КА «Starlink Group 13-1»

21 January 2025 year Fr. 05:24 (UTC) from the Space Center named after. Kennedy, Florida, US with the help of a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5 ”was launched 21 КА США «Starlink Group 13-1». Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 кг і мають конструкцію з двома сонячними батареями для […]

A team of developers from Kyiv won the prestigious NASA International Space Apps Challenge international hackathon

More than participated in the competition 90 thousands of people from all over the world, which created approx 10 thousands of projects. Close 1000 projects were evaluated directly by NASA, among which the Ukrainian team won. Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, education, of science and technology - Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said, that a team from Kyiv has developed an innovative NVS-knot application, який інтегрує супутникові […]

The implementation of Galileo in European public transport schemes is gaining momentum

Galileo improves public transport with advanced location capabilities, improving these services across Europe, to make them more resilient and smarter. As Europe strives for smarter, a safer and more sustainable urban environment, the implementation of space technology is becoming increasingly important. EUSPA, according to its mission, actively supports the implementation of EUSpace data and services, взаємодіючи […]

Informational reference on the launch of the Yunyao-1 spacecraft 37-40, Jitianxing A-05»

20 January 2025 year Fr. 10:11 (UTC) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Китай за допомогою ракети-носія «Ceres-1» було здійснено запуск чотирьох китайських метеорологічних супутників «Yunyao-1 37-40» та супутника невідомого призначення «Jitianxing A-05». CA «Yunyao-1» – is a series of Earth remote sensing meteorological satellites for forecasting weather and atmospheric processes, climate monitoring, study of the planet's ionosphere. КА «Jitianxing […]

Estonia strengthens protection of satellite navigation

In April 2024 In 2018, the Finnish airline Finnair was forced to stop flights between Helsinki and Tartu due to systematic interference with the GNSS signal, which made it impossible for planes to land safely. This incident became an alarm signal: even in peacetime, satellite navigation can be vulnerable, endangering the safety of people and the functioning of modern technologies. Зростаюча загроза Інциденти з глушінням GNSS — […]

The Sierra Space satellite passed another inspection by the space forces program

Navigation satellite, developed by Sierra Space for the US Space Force, passed the inspection, which the company announced 16 January . Sierra Space, located in Colorado, is one of the four companies, selected to participate in the Resilient Global Positioning System program (R-GPS), which aims to augment the existing fleet of GPS satellites with a fleet of smaller and more affordable satellites. Іншими конкурентами […]

The FAA is demanding an investigation into the explosion during Starship's seventh test flight

The launch from the SpaceX base in South Texas was initially successful. The rocket left the launch pad, and its two stages – the Super Heavy booster and the Ship spacecraft – successfully separated. The booster returned to base, where it was successfully intercepted by the "sticks" of the launch tower. However, the spacecraft failed. On schedule, the upper stage had to lead 10 тестових супутників […]

The satellite company Planet brings the former head of the US Space Force to the board of directors

Company, engaged in satellite imaging, Planet has appointed General John "Jay" Raymond to its board of directors, the first head of the US Space Force. This decision is related to the desire to expand the company's presence in the defense and intelligence market. Raymond, who is currently the head of private equity fund Cerberus, has extensive experience in the field of military space operations. He joins Planet, which […]

India became the fourth country, which carried out docking of satellites in orbit

India continues to demonstrate the growing capabilities of its space program, having reached a new historical stage. Two satellites of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully performed a docking maneuver in Earth's orbit 15 January , as part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX). This event made India the fourth country in the world, which was able to dock spacecraft in space. До цього такого успіху […]

US intelligence chooses 13 companies for the satellite data contract

US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (that) announced 15 January about that, that took away 13 companies for the contract for the amount 200 million US dollars to provide commercial satellite data and analytics, marking a change in that, how an intelligence agency obtains critical information for national security. According to the five-year contract, known as Luno B, ці постачальники конкуруватимуть за […]

SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight test 7, but loses the upper degree

The seventh test flight of SpaceX Starship had serious ups and falls. 16 January Company has launched a starship mega-rocket, By sending a reusable vehicle tall 403,5 feet (123 meters) from his Starbase base in South Texas O 17:37. EAST (2237 GMT; 16:37 local time). One of the goals of this ambitious test flight was, щоб зловити гігантський […]

Informational report on the launch of the PRSC-EO1 spacecraft, Tianlu-1, London-1»

17 January 2025 year Fr. 04:07 (UTC) from the Sichan Satellite Launch Center, China launched Pakistan's PRSC-EO1 spacecraft and two satellites of unknown purpose, Tianlu-1 and Lantan-1, using the Long March 2D launch vehicle. Little is known about the purpose of the PRSC-EO1 satellite, but from open information sources it is reported that it is a remote sensing satellite of the Earth, запущений Китаєм […]

Europe is solving the problems of the shortage of launch vehicles to keep up with the times

The EU announces the reduction of the acuteness of the problem of the shortage of launch vehicles. The European Union will introduce more innovation and competition, to demonstrate, що може йти в ногу з глобальними конкурентами. Central to this effort is the European Launcher Challenge program, which the European Space Agency (ЕКА) plans to start in the coming weeks. ЕКА, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, relies on this program, […]

ESA's spacecraft has completed a 12-year mission to map the Milky Way

Gaia spacecraft of the European Space Agency (THIS), which during 12 years engaged in the creation of a 3D map of the Milky Way, stopped scientific operations 15 January 2025 year due to the lack of cold gas fuel, necessary for the rotation of the device. Досягнення місії З моменту запуску в грудні 2013 year Gaia explored almost 2 billions of stars and collected data on their motion, brightness, температуру […]

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket for the first time

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket has made its maiden flight, successfully reaching orbit. Launch details The launch has taken place 16 January 07:03 UTC from the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida. Across 12,5 minutes after launch, the upper stage of the rocket went into orbit. This was the main purpose of the NG-1 test flight. Спроба посадки бустера Компанія також намагалася здійснити посадку […]