Commercial Space
Jul 12, 2024
Two new spaceports in Scotland are preparing to service rockets heading to LEO and polar orbit, positioning the UK as a new player in the small launch market.
Jul 11, 2024
Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.
Jul 11, 2024
Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.
Jul 11, 2024
Launch service provider Arianespace’s order backlog totals 29 missions, with the next being planned for December.
Jul 08, 2024
Photonic navigation sensors; Airbus and quantum computing; in-space refueling; alternatives to GPS for PNT.
Jul 15, 2024
Chinese privately funded launch company iSpace has suffered its fourth failure in seven launch attempts.
Jul 12, 2024
The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.
Jul 12, 2024
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart in the final stage of flight, leaving some Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbits and sidelining the vehicle.
Jul 11, 2024
New Zealand’s Dawn Aerospace has been certified to fly its Mk. 2 Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane demonstrator at unlimited speed up to 80,000 ft.
Jul 10, 2024
The Series B will bolster the Albuquerque, New Mexico, startup’s expansion plans for a new solid rocket motor factory in Luling, Texas.
Jul 10, 2024
Italian space logistics company D-Orbit has established a U.S.-based joint venture focused on satellite bus design, manufacturing and sales.
Jul 08, 2024
Ovzon says its Ovzon 3 small geostationary orbit communications satellite is ready to start commercial service.
Jul 04, 2024
Germany has awarded Airbus a €2.1 billion ($2.3 billion) contract to build the new SatcomBW 3 constellation due to be deployed before the end of the decade.