NOAA

By Mark Carreau
NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On L1 mission is poised to initiate continuous in-space monitoring of the Sun for the first time following its launch next month.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
An executive order issued by President Trump seeks to streamline the regulation of U. S. commercial space operations.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s upcoming Tracer mission is to provide fly-through data from interactions between the solar wind and Earth’s protective magnetic field.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation plans to vote April 30 on President Donald Trump’s nominee to head NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The space agency is contracting the two satellites on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Next program.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The RFI for Space Weather Geostationary Series (SW GEO) Spacecraft was issued on Feb. 18.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The partners will use Vertix AI, Google Cloud’s machine learning platform, to analyze decades of solar activity data.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NEON is to succeed the current Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) programs.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA's contract with the Southwest Research Institute includes the development and operation of two magnetometers as part of NOAA's Space Weather Next program.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
A new decadal survey of future solar and space physics research calls for an increased focus on the Sun and its interactions across the Solar System.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
The Round D, which raised more than initially expected, was led by RPM Ventures.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
As part of the first phase of its rollout, the Traffic Coordination System for Space is sending alerts to nine satellite operators.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The company recently used the antenna system to support the checkout phase of satellites it built for the Space Development Agency (SDA).
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
NOAA expects Lockheed to deliver the fully instrumented aircraft in 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
It will take the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-U spacecraft until about July 8 to reach its intended perch 22,263 mi. above Earth.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The agency needs more than the Defense Department’s space collision avoidance services to keep its satellites out of harm’s way.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Lockheed Martin will build up to seven spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Extended Observations program.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The satellite will be equipped with upgrades including a coronagraph to more closely monitor solar activity like the ramp-up in flares experienced in May.
Space

By Guy Norris
The agency and airframer are overcoming atmospheric and technical challenges to see how sustainable aviation fuel affects emissions and contrails.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The Earth’s average surface temperature in 2023 surpassed predictions and was the warmest on record.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The QuickSounder is the first in a new generation of small, low-Earth-orbit satellites for weather and climate-change observations.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Spire Global has won a $4.6 million, 12-month NASA contract to develop a microwave sounder device for the NOAA Near-Earth Orbit Network satellite constellation.
Commercial Space

By Christine Boynton
Summer 2023 has seen its fair share of challenges, including record-breaking high temperatures—something airlines may have to contend with more in the future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Intuitive Machines plans to raise $20 million from a sale of its stock and warrants to an undisclosed institutional investor.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
True Anomaly says it is aiming to produce one example of its Jackal space domain awareness satellites every five days.
Commercial Space