Astroscale is ready to launch its ADRAS-J mission, which will conduct a close approach and orbit around a piece of space debris. The spacecraft is ready, but a launch window is on hold after Rocket Lab’s recent mission failure. Astroscale leadership said ADRAS-J was set to launch in early November, but Rocket Lab has paused…

Satellite has long played a role in agriculture — from GPS satellites enabling precision agriculture, to data from Landsat observation satellites informing decisions and forecasts related to crop yield and water usage. Today, improvements in Earth observation models and an explosion of availability in commercial imagery, along with new applications for remote IoT and heavy…

A payload adapter that is the target for ClearSpace’s future debris removal mission was likely hit by other space debris, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday.  ESA reported that a small, untracked object likely collided with the VESPA payload adapter left in-orbit from a 2013 Vega launch — because ESA is now tracking new…

Satellite Applications Catapult is forming a unique partnership with Space Solar as it looks to meet energy needs of the future. It announced the partnership Aug. 10. The two companies believe the sun and space can power us all into a sustainable future. Space Solar, a spinout from the Catapult, has been operating since April…