The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling. The Nancy Grace Roman Space […]
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Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
Skip to content “Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions.” Nine propane-fueled engines power Isar Aerospace’s […]
NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray […]
Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
One week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an attempted rescue […]
This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
“These are things that tend to be really hard.” The Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload resides in the […]
A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it
Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer. NASA’s Swift observatory is unwrapped after shipment to […]
China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites “merged” on July 2 and have remained together since then. This image from a telescope […]
Astroscale aced the world’s first rendezvous with a piece of space junk
Astroscale’s US subsidiary won a $25.5 million contract from the US Space Force in 2023 to build a satellite refueler […]