Maneuvered In Geosynchronous Orbit, U.S. To Test Soon

China’s space program took a bold step forward as two of its satellites in geosynchronous orbit appeared to dock in what might have been the country’s first attempt at refueling a satellite. Multiple civilian private satellite trackers using open source telescope imaging showed the Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites moving closer together and then merge into a single object.

Back-and-Forth Between Bureaucrats Beats Back Budgetary Blow

An open letter to the Trump administration was posted in the hopes of supporting one of its first-term projects on the chopping block, bringing together a bevy of space businesses in support of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). TraCSS was developed by the NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce in the hopes of preventing future satellite collisions, entering into beta testing last fall, but now some think the industry can handle it all on their own...