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Category: 2. Space
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Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
ST. LOUIS — Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, iQPS, plans to launch eight additional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites through the end of 2026.
Rocket Lab, the U.S. launch provider that sent QPS-SAR-10 into…
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Hubble Space Telescope Provides New View of NGC 3511
The Hubble team has produced a spectacular new image of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 3511.
This Hubble image shows NGC 3511, an intermediate spiral galaxy some 43 million light-years away in the constellation of Crater. Image credit:…
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Seraphim picks 10 startups for 15th space accelerator
TAMPA, Fla. — Seraphim Space announced the startups joining the 15th round of its networking and mentoring accelerator program May 19, reflecting the rising convergence of commercial innovation and national defense priorities.
The 10…
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A Defining Era: NASA Stennis and Space Shuttle Main Engine Testing
The numbers are notable – 34 years of testing space shuttle main engines at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 3,244 individual tests, more than 820,000 seconds (totaling more than nine days) of cumulative hot…
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Commercial radar satellite firm eyes role in U.S. missile defense
ST. LOUIS — The Trump administration’s push to modernize missile defense could open new opportunities for the commercial remote-sensing industry, according to Eric Jensen, CEO of Iceye U.S., a subsidiary of Finnish radar…
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