Space

The Knockin radio telescope in Shropshire, a 25-meter dish that forms part of the UK’s national e-MERLIN interferometer network, may be forced to close as the Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks 162 million pounds in savings by 2029-30, according to a BBC report published July 2. The cuts, which have been described by physicist […]

ESA Authorizes Airbus to Build Aeolus-2, Successor to Pioneering Space Wind Mission Featured image: Artist’s concept of the Aeolus-2 satellite in orbit; credit: ESA/Airbus The European Space Agency has signed a formal contract with Airbus Defence and Space UK to proceed with the development of Aeolus-2, the operational successor to the groundbreaking Aeolus wind mission […]

NASA Awards Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly $590 Million for Lunar Lander Missions Featured image: Artist’s concept of a commercial lunar lander on the Moon; credit: NASA NASA has selected three aerospace companies for four robotic lunar lander missions worth nearly $590 million, the agency announced June 30, advancing the backbone of its Moon Base […]

The European Space Agency has signed a formal contract with Airbus Defence and Space UK to proceed with the development of Aeolus-2, the operational successor to the groundbreaking Aeolus wind mission that demonstrated the first space-based measurements of global wind profiles. The contract, valued at approximately 70 million euros for the Phase B2 design and […]

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation has crossed a critical threshold. With 396 satellites now in orbit following a ULA Atlas V launch on July 1-2 carrying 29 spacecraft, the company announced it has enough satellites deployed to begin providing continuous service across initial latitudes. Chris Weber, Vice President of Amazon Leo Business, said the […]

Knockin Radio Telescope at Risk of Closure as UK Science Funding Faces Deep Cuts Clark – 1ban.news Date: 2026-07-02 Featured image: The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory; credit: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics The Knockin radio telescope in Shropshire, a 25-meter dish that forms part of the UK’s national e-MERLIN interferometer network, may be […]

Amazon Has Enough Satellites to Launch Its Starlink Competitor Featured image: Artist’s concept of Amazon Kuiper satellites in low Earth orbit; credit: Amazon Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation has crossed a critical threshold. With 396 satellites now in orbit following a ULA Atlas V launch on July 1-2 carrying 29 spacecraft, the company announced […]

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds a Planetary System in a New Way Featured image: Artist’s concept of a super-Jupiter orbiting an orange dwarf star; credit: NASA NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has discovered its first exoplanet using gravitational microlensing, a technique the mission was never designed to perform. The planet, designated Gaia23bra b, is a super-Jupiter […]

The Growing Number of Satellites in Orbit Could Soon Make Telescopes Obsolete Featured image: Satellite streaks crossing a deep-field astronomical image; credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA The number of satellites in Earth orbit could soon reach a threshold where ground-based astronomy becomes impossible, according to a peer-reviewed study from the European Southern Observatory published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. […]

FCC to Vote on Satellite Licensing Overhaul July 22, Creating a ‘Licensing Assembly Line’ The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on July 22 on the most significant reform of satellite and Earth station licensing in decades, replacing the decades-old Part 25 regulatory framework with a new Part 100 designed to handle the flood of […]