Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2461 for Friday December 27th, 2024 - ROCKET'S SELF-DESTRUCTION ABORTS HAM SATELLITE'S JOURNEY - ISS HOSTING SPECIAL SSTV EVENT FOR HOLIDAY SEASON - NEW OBSTACLE FOR BILL TO KEEP BROADCAST AM RADIO IN US CARS - CALIFORNIA HAMS TO ESTABLISH GMRS REPEATER FOR COMMUNITY - CONCERN OVER STORMS' IMPACT ON SATELLITES - RADIO DARC SHORTWAVE PROGRAMMING TO DEBUT FROM ENGLAND - HAM RADIO CALLING CQ AT AUSTRALIAN SCOUT JAMBOREE - GROWING RESCUE GROUP IN NY GETS INFUSION OF NEW RADIOS - LOGS ARE DUE FOR CONTEST HONORING SO-50 SATELLITE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: SPECIAL EVENT GIVES VOICE TO THE MEMORIES OF SILENT KEYS SCRIPT AUDIO

Rocket self-destruct aborts ham satellite launch 🚀 | ISS hosts holiday SSTV event 🎄 | California hams set up GMRS repeater 📡 | Storm worries for satellites ⛈️ + more! Listen: https://tinyurl.com/ypjjby4n #HamRadio #SatelliteNews

SES Completes Acquisition of Intelsat Luxembourg-based SES has completed its acquisition of Intelsat, creating a combined expanded fleet of 120 satellites across two orbits. Ninety of the satellites are geostationary craft with a further 30 […]

#SES #Intelsat #SatelliteNews #Aviation #SpaceTechnology

Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Earth Fund gave a $100 million grant to support MethaneSAT, a satellite designed to track methane emissions. But the $88 million satellite has now gone missing after it lost power over Norway on June 20, 2025.

#JeffBezos #BezosEarthFund #MethaneSAT #ClimateChange #SatelliteNews

Alpha launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite fails A Firefly Alpha rocket malfunctioned during an April 29 launch, preventing a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite on board from reaching orbit.

Continuing a midweek roundup for #spacenews, I bet it's real tense over in Cedar Park this week.

With #newglenn, we lost the booster on re-entry, but losing both stages and a payload has to smart.

#firefly #space #vandenberg
#Lockheed #lockheedmartin #satellitenews #space