spaceflight

ThinkOrbital developing satellite repair toolkit with X-ray vision (spacenews.com)

ThinkOrbital later this year will attempt to demonstrate a robotic arm in space equipped with a welder gun that could be used to repair and take X-ray images of satellites....

Deep Blue Aerospace secures fresh funding ahead of first orbital launch (spacenews.com)

Deep Blue Aerospace plans to launch its first Nebula-1 rocket from a new commercial spaceport at Wenchang, Hainan island, before the end of the year. It will also attempt to land the rocket’s first stage, using retropropulsion and landing legs. It is likely to be China’s first attempt at launching and landing an orbital...

Chinese firm files plans for 10,000-satellite constellation (spacenews.com)

Launch Roundup: North Korean launch failure, Starliner CFT, EarthCARE - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)

China’s secretive spaceplane releases object into orbit (spacenews.com)

NASA and ISRO continue discussions about Indian astronaut flight to ISS (spacenews.com)

Electron launches first NASA PREFIRE Earth science cubesat (spacenews.com)

NASA finds more issues with Boeing’s Starliner, but crew launch set for June 1 (arstechnica.com)

Rocket Report: SpaceX focused on Starship reentry; Firefly may be for sale (arstechnica.com)

NASA and Boeing moving ahead with Starliner test flight after propulsion issues (spacenews.com)

US officials: A Russian rocket launch last week likely deployed a space weapon (arstechnica.com)

NASA defends Artemis cost and schedule amid planning of possible changes (spacenews.com)

Intelsat extends satellite life extension contracts (spacenews.com)

Initial Gateway elements beginning systems integration while NASA works on a launch date - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)

NASA, Boeing and ULA announce June 1 as new target date for Starliner’s Crew Flight Test – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)

Dominican Republic considering its own commercial spaceport (spacenews.com)

NASA report identifies cost-effective approaches to dealing with orbital debris (spacenews.com)

ESA selects Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company for commercial cargo program (spacenews.com)

Starliner crewed test flight remains on hold (spacenews.com)

RFA static fires at SaxaVord Spaceport as other UK spaceports continue to develop - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)

How Artemis astronauts will be protected from solar storms (spacenews.com)

U.S. claims recently launched Russian satellite is an ASAT (spacenews.com)

2024-05-21 04:15 UTC - Kuaizhou 11 - Wuhan-1 and others (nextspaceflight.com)

Carried 4 satellites to SSO:...

Ariane 6 inaugural launch planned for first half of July (spacenews.com)

China to expand commercial spaceport to support upcoming launch surge (spacenews.com)