Payload
• Douglas Gorman
Starpath Space today unveiled Starlight Air, a new line of ultra‑thin, ultra‑light space solar panels the company says are far lighter than anything on the market. The product is presented as a high‑specific‑power photovoltaic option for space applications seeking reduced mass and simplified integration.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force rethinks satellite ground station strategy.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: NewOrbit has won a SPRIND validation contract to examine the breakthrough innovation potential of Very Low Earth Orbit.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace has pushed back the expected launch date for the inaugural flight of its rocket to 2027.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: In the first four days of February this year the Sun unleashed six powerful X-class flares in rapid succession including an X8.1 that was the strongest in several years.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: The European Space Agency announced up to $118 million in funding March 2 for projects promising to accelerate the convergence of satellite and terrestrial communications.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: The rocks that twelve astronauts carried home from the Moon fifty years ago have just rewritten our understanding of lunar history. A new analysis of Apollo samples has finally resolved one of the most stubborn debates in planetary science and the answer turns out to be one that neither side of the argument was entirely right about.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: Launching SLS every three and a half years or so is not a recipe for success.".
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
Universe Today
• Carolyn Collins Petersen
