Commercial Space
Nov 22, 2023
Weak, angled signals from global navigation satellite system satellites are spawning new applications.
Nov 20, 2023
GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.
Nov 16, 2023
How much has GPS boosted U.S. businesses? The answer is astronomical.
Nov 15, 2023
The “father of GPS” on how the system came to be and the hurdles it needs to overcome to remain at the cutting edge.
Nov 10, 2023
A multi-orbit satellite architecture is key to the nation’s quest to “conquer the night.”
Apr 18, 2024
The second of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines has arrived at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Alabama, factory for installation on a Vulcan rocket.
Apr 17, 2024
Startup Inversion plans to launch Ray, its reentry capsule technology demonstrator, on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-12 rideshare mission.
Apr 16, 2024
Boeing’s first crewed CST-100 Starliner capsule was rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral SFS on April 16.
Apr 12, 2024
The small rover would travel to the Moon aboard the company’s Resilience lunar lander as part of the Hakuto-R Mission 2.
Apr 12, 2024
The bulk of the investment went to more mature companies, especially late-stage startups.
Apr 11, 2024
The spacecraft, which launched in February, is attempting to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations capabilities.
Apr 11, 2024
The company plans to start launching the spacecraft for customers in 2026, with a prototype of the satellite to launch in 2025.
Apr 11, 2024
Rocket Lab and its partner, True Anomaly, will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations as part of the demonstration.