Japanese company ispace says it believes its second lunar lander mission crashed because of problems with a laser rangefinder used to determine altitude during its descent. The post Laser rangefinder problems blamed for second ispace lunar lander crash appeared first on SpaceNews.

BIFROST is a Danish-Swedish surveillance satellite originally developed by Space Inventor. Since then, Terma, Gatehouse SatCom, DTU, and Swedish Unibap Space Solutions have joined the development project, which is financially […] The post Space Inventor Launches First Danish Arctic Satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

Dragoon is the first of 12 satellites York is building under a contract with the Space Development Agency The post York Space launches U.S. military satellite on SpaceX rideshare appeared first on SpaceNews.

A consortium of Ukrainian, Nordic and eastern European companies is hoping to raise more than 100 million euros ($115 million) to build a constellation of 70-plus imagery satellites that would provide intelligence along Russia’s border. The post Ukraine and partner countries to raise funds for imagery satellites to lessen reliance on the U.S. appeared first

An Atlas 5 launched a second group of satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation June 23. The post Atlas 5 launches second set of Project Kuiper satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Golden Dome initiative represents the largest missile defense effort in United States history — a $175 billion shield against weapons of mass destruction, aiming to be fully operational within […] The post The key to Golden Dome’s success: make it usable appeared first on SpaceNews.

While Arianespace is committed to moving to its peak launch rate of the Ariane 6 “as soon as possible,” it may take several years to do so. The post Increase in Ariane 6 launch cadence could take several years appeared first on SpaceNews.

Former NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman says he is interested in pursuing some of the goals he had for the agency from outside it. The post Isaacman interested in privately funded science missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

‘RocketGPT’ among first deployments of government-compliant ChatGPT designed for sensitive aerospace data The post ULA testing OpenAI’s government-compliant chatbot  appeared first on SpaceNews.

China launched the ChinaSat-9C communications satellite Friday to replace an aging, foreign-built predecessor and boost domestic broadcasting capabilities. The post China launches ChinaSat-9C geostationary communications satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.