Here's your Friday rundown of the week's top stories from SpaceNews This Week.
| Connect by CNES leaders — France's NewSpace Musketeers — pose with a replica of an International Space Station module at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Credit: Connect by CNES |
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A delegation from the French Space Agency CNES visited Colorado and Texas last week to expand ties between French and American aerospace companies. The officials, who jokingly refer to themselves as France's NewSpace Musketeers, plan to establish virtual hubs in Denver and Houston for Connect by CNES, a government initiative to spur space-related innovation |
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"We want to create jobs in the U.S. and jobs in France," Francois Alter, CNES deputy chief strategy officer, told SpaceNews. "We want to be the wedding planner to support this growing ecosystem with strong partnerships between U.S. and French companies." |
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France and the United States have longstanding civil and military space ties, which have deepened in recent years. In addition, France's vibrant NewSpace sector is growing with an average of one startup established per week. |
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to explore the funding and advisory support needed to transform Belgium's southern region Wallonia into a space powerhouse. |
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SpaceX ended an 11-day hiatus in launches late Dec. 18 with a successful Starlink mission, but the gap likely means the company will fall just short of its goal of 100 Falcon launches this year. The launch was the first for SpaceX since a Falcon 9 launch of another set of Starlink satellites early Dec. 8 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. |
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The gap of almost 11 days between launches is the longest for the company this year. SpaceX has averaged about four days between launches in 2023. Several factors contributed to the gap in launches. The combination of factors means SpaceX will likely fall just short of a goal set earlier this year of 100 Falcon launches Read more. |
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The European Space Agency says the first launch of the Ariane 6 remains on track for the middle of 2024 despite an aborted test of the rocket's upper stage. |
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Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Dec. 19 on its first mission since a mishap more than 15 months ago. |
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Leading Chinese launch startup Galactic Energy has secured $154 million in funding for the development of its reusable Pallas-1 rocket. |
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Intuitive Machines said Dec. 19 it is delaying the launch of its first lunar lander mission a month to mid-February, citing changes in SpaceX's launch manifest. |
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Astrobotic's first lunar lander is ready for a launch in early January that would set up a landing on the moon in late February. |
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U.S. Space Command, the Defense Department's combatant command responsible for space operations, has achieved full operational capability, its commander Gen. James Dickinson announced Dec. 15. |
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The U.S. Senate on Dec. 19 voted to confirm eleven senior officers to become four-star generals and admirals, including two Space Force leaders, Gen. Michael Guetlein and Gen. Stephen Whiting. |
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China launched its experimental reusable spacecraft for the third time Thursday while maintaining strict secrecy around the mission. |
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The U.S. Space Force awarded Millennium Space Systems contracts worth $509.5 million for the first six satellites of a medium Earth orbit constellation to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles. |
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Defense contractor L3Harris announced Dec. 20 it has received approval from the Space Development Agency to move into production on 16 satellites designed to detect and monitor hypersonic missiles aimed at the U.S. or its allies. |
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A new study released Dec. 18 sheds light on potential challenges in the United States' ambitious effort to deploy a network of space sensors for detecting and tracking hypersonic missiles. |
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