Commercial Space

Apr 17, 2024
Spanish startup reveals capsule for near-space tourism ahead of commercial flights in 2026.
Apr 11, 2024
Rocket Lab and its partner, True Anomaly, will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations as part of the demonstration.
Apr 09, 2024
CEO Steve Isakowitz speaks about the transformation underway at the only U.S. government-backed R&D center committed exclusively to space enterprise.
Apr 08, 2024
Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
Apr 08, 2024
Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.
Jun 13, 2024
LeoLabs has won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWerx innovation unit to develop an S-band 2D direct radiating array ground-based radar.
Jun 12, 2024
Los Angeles-based satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $95 million in a Series B fundraising round led by XYZ Venture Capital.
Jun 12, 2024
Rocket Lab has signed a preliminary memorandum of terms with the Department of Commerce for up to $23.9 million in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act.
Jun 12, 2024
Private space station developer Vast Space has signed a cargo services agreement with The Exploration Co. of Munich.
Jun 11, 2024
Users of iPhone 14 and newer models will be able to send and receive text messages via a satellite connection, Apple announced at its developer conference.
Jun 11, 2024
Stoke Space has completed a critical first hot-fire test of its full flow staged combustion (FFSC) engine at its test site in Moses Lake, Washington.
Jun 10, 2024
SES Space & Defense has demonstrated multi-band, medium-Earth-orbit (MEO) to low-Earth-orbit (LEO) radio relay technology.
Jun 10, 2024
Airbus has secured an order from Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. for two more geostationary satcoms and a commitment to work on a LEO system.