Commercial Space

Jul 13, 2022
Hunting hypersonic production capacity; Boeing’s Chinook exports; Turkey tests air-to-air missile; and Northrop’s Rooster rideshare.
Jul 08, 2022
Novel algorithm is behind startup’s claimed breakthrough
Jul 08, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 30, 2022
Capstone dispatched to scout orbit for NASA’s lunar Gateway.
Jun 27, 2022
The flight marks the first time NASA has launched from a commercial spaceport outside of the United States.
Oct 18, 2023
Berkeley Space Center, unveiled Oct. 16, could see employment for more than 6,000 researchers and developers in astronautics, quantum computing and more.
Oct 18, 2023
Shield Capital—which was founded in 2021 and invests in areas such as AI, space, autonomy and cyber security—says it has raised $186 million for the fund.
Oct 13, 2023
Multiorbit satellite services seem to be a trend, and some systems will be highlighted at NBAA-BACE.
Oct 12, 2023
Proteus Space, a startup satellite developer, closed a $4.2 million seed round to create an automated, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to design ESPA-class satellites in 30 days.
Oct 11, 2023
Planet Labs has delivered its Pelican-1 Earth imaging satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of a planned launch in November.
Oct 10, 2023
A pair of privately owned Iranian cubesats are slated to launch as secondary payloads aboard a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in December.
Oct 10, 2023
Germany has launched a pilot project combining uncrewed aircraft and electric bikes to deliver groceries to residents.
Oct 09, 2023
The European Space Agency has launched a competition for “visionary business ideas” for how to use its proposed “Moonlight” project.