Japan is preparing for the final launch of its flagship H2A missile, which will take place 24 June 2025 year. NHK reported this with reference to sources in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The launch will take place from the Tanegasim Space Center in Kagoshim's prefecture in southwestern Japan. H2A will take out a Gosat-GW satellite, intended for […]

15 April 2025 the year at the central landfill, created in the framework of the project "Development of a three -stage suborbital missile system for the removal of scientific cargoes". The project is implemented by a consortium within the military aviation plant # 1, Military Institute of Technical Weapons and Zakład Produkcji Specjalnej “Gamrat”, with the financial support of the National Research Center […]

25 April 2025 year Fr. 01:52 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 28 KA USA "Starlink Group 6-74". 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 increase the number […]

23 April 2025 the Hubble Space Telescope, a joint project of NASA and ESA, notes 35 years in Earth's orbit. New images have been released to mark the occasion, covering objects from Mars to distant galaxies. A revolution in astronomy. Launched in 1990 year, Hubble became the first telescope, located outside the Earth's atmosphere, which made it possible to obtain high-resolution images, […]

The American company Katalyst Space Technologies announced the acquisition of the startup Atomos Space, specializing in orbital vehicles and service missions in space. Both companies work in the field of maintenance of satellites in orbit — direction, which is rapidly gaining relevance both in commercial, as well as in the defense sector. The agreement was concluded in March 2024 year, however, its cost […]

American company Rocket Lab, Known primarily as a launch vehicle developer, is expanding the range of its space technologies. Recently, she presented a new line of Starray solar panels - a series of standardized and at the same time flexibly tuned solar panels for satellites. The product is designed for the, To simplify the work of companies, which run their first or one -time satellite. Instead of self -development from scratch, customers can […]

24 April 2025 year Fr. 10:17 (UTC) from Jiuquan Space Center, China launched the Shenzhou 20 manned spacecraft using the Long March 2F/G launch vehicle. "Long March 2F/G" is a Chinese medium-range launch vehicle, created on the basis of Long March 2F and adapted to launch modernized spaceships, including cargo and unmanned missions. She has […]

To the International Space Station (ISS) an innovative microscope has arrived, created to explore that, how microorganisms adapt to the extreme conditions of life in space. The device is called the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System — or simply ELVIS. The microscope was developed by researchers at Oregon State University in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and with support from the ISS National Laboratory. […]

The Government of the Bahamas announced, that awaits the future landings of the reusable boosters of the Falcon rocket 9 of the SpaceX company to a sea platform in its own territorial waters. However, for this, the first landing report must be completed first, and an environmental impact assessment report was also approved (Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA), which is currently being finalized by SpaceX. EIA preparation started immediately […]

German startup Atmos Space Cargo considers its first mission with a device to re -enter the atmosphere successful, Even in spite of limited information about his behavior while returning to land. 21 In April, the company launched the Phoenix device as one of the payloads in the SpaceX Bandwagon-3 mission. About an hour and a half after launch, the vehicle separated from the launch vehicle, […]

US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office (NOAA) Significantly review the program of new geoxo geoxo satellites, replacing it with a much more budget-friendly and smaller-scale alternative. This is stated in the financial offer on 2026 year, sent by NOAA in early April. Contraction instead of expansion. The document states, that it is necessary to immediately cancel all the main ones […]

Japan for the first time in history will convey to Ukraine satellite geospatial data, In particular, radar images, obtained from SAR-satellites. About this 21 April reported by the authoritative edition of Intelligence Online. Data transmission will be transmitted through the Q-Schu Pioneers of Space Institute (iQPS). According to the agreement, signed with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, IQPS systems will be integrated into Ukrainian intelligence platforms. SAR-technology (Synthetic Aperture […]

22 SpaceX successfully launched the third mission of a specialized series of medium-inclination orbit launches called Bandwagon-3 on April. However, this time the number of satellites on board was extremely small - only three, which raises questions about the demand for this type of orbit. The launch took place Fr. 00:48 UTC from the SLC-40 site at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Falcon rocket […]

Space startup InfinAstro (official name: Beijing Infinity Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd.) announced the attraction of financing as part of the investment round, which will give impetus to the development of commercial services in orbit in China. Amount of funding: tens of millions of yuan (approximately from 3 to 13 million US dollars) Investors: the main investor was the venture fund Unity Ventures, and InnoAngel also joined […]

21 April 2025 year Fr. 08:15 (UTC) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, The US was launched a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5», "Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32" missions. «Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32» – 32-ha commercial mission to service the International Space Station, operated by SpaceX. The flight will be carried out as part of the second commercial supply contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 delivers […]

Golden Dome, New Donald Trump Administration Initiative, which involves the creation of a large -scale missile shield for the US, already affects the arrangement of forces in the defense industry sector. One of the key companies, L3Harris Technologies, announced this week the expansion of its Fort Wayne manufacturing facility (state of Indiana) on 125 millions of dollars. The main goal is to increase the output of infrared sensor payloads, […]

Don Pettit, the oldest active NASA astronaut, completed its mission on the International Space Station and returned to Earth 20 April, on his 70th birthday. His Soyuz MS-26 capsule successfully landed on 01:20 UTC in the steppes of Kazakhstan after seven months of orbit. Together with Pettit, Russian astronauts Alexei Ovchinin returned to the ground (53 years) and Ivan Wagner […]

20 April 2025 year Fr. 13:29 (UTC) from the vandenberg airbase, California, US with the help of a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5" was launched by the NROL-145 mission spacecraft. The NROL-145 mission is quite secret in nature since the main customer is US National Intelligence Administration, And so the appointment and ka mission "Nrol-174" is not announced and is not known at present. […]

18 April 2025 year Fr. 22:51 UTC successfully launched a Long March 6A rocket from the Taiyuan Spaceport in North China, which delivered six experimental satellites of the Shiyan-27 series into space (01–06). This was reported by the Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (Hes) . Satellites with a classified purpose. No images or technical specifications of the devices were provided. SAST notes, […]

Sidus Space, specializing in the provision of Space Mission decisions, introduced a new ability to almost real time to detect and classify ships, which will provide her hybrid satellite platform Lizziesat, created using 3D printing. The solution is implemented by processing data directly aboard the Lizziesat satellite-through the built-in ORLAITH Ecosystem, which combines the computing module Featheredge and software […]