Commercial Space

The commercial space market, also known as the private space industry or NewSpace, is experiencing strong growth. This burgeoning sector encompasses activities such as satellite manufacturing, space tourism, rocket launches, satellite services and space exploration initiatives driven by private companies. Players like SpaceX and Blue Origin on the launch side, or Planet and Maxar with their in-orbit satellite constellations are revolutionizing the industry, making space more accessible and cost-effective. The demand for satellite internet, Earth observation, and space-based services has fueled investments and technological advancements. With the rise of reusable rockets, commercial crew missions, and ambitious plans for space mining and Mars colonization, the commercial space market is poised for exponential growth, promising exciting developments and opportunities into the future. 

News & Analysis

Jul 22, 2022
Relativity Space is “weeks away” from launching its first rocket, the Terran 1.
Jul 21, 2022
UK-based horizontal space launch company Astraius has selected Northrop Grumman and Exquadrum to be suppliers for a three-stage rocket system. 
Jul 20, 2022
Millennium Space Systems says it has demonstrated several new technologies–including new avionics, communications devices, onboard processing of data and radio-frequency crosslinks–with a three-satellite constellation called RED-EYE that showcases the strength of small satellites.
Jul 19, 2022
Impulse Space and Relativity Space plan to launch a commercial research and development mission to the surface of Mars as soon as 2024.
Jul 14, 2022
With new leadership and an eager private equity sponsor, Tucson, Arizona-based Geost, a provider of small-satellite electro-optical and infrared sensors to the U.S. military, is eyeing acquisitions and investment stakes in other companies.
Jul 22, 2022
Relativity Space is “weeks away” from launching its first rocket, the Terran 1.
Jul 21, 2022
UK-based horizontal space launch company Astraius has selected Northrop Grumman and Exquadrum to be suppliers for a three-stage rocket system. 
Jul 20, 2022
Millennium Space Systems says it has demonstrated several new technologies–including new avionics, communications devices, onboard processing of data and radio-frequency crosslinks–with a three-satellite constellation called RED-EYE that showcases the strength of small satellites.
Jul 19, 2022
Impulse Space and Relativity Space plan to launch a commercial research and development mission to the surface of Mars as soon as 2024.
Jul 14, 2022
With new leadership and an eager private equity sponsor, Tucson, Arizona-based Geost, a provider of small-satellite electro-optical and infrared sensors to the U.S. military, is eyeing acquisitions and investment stakes in other companies.
Jul 13, 2022
The upgraded Vega-C, a beefed-up and more flexible version of the Vega light launcher, made its first flight July 13 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Jul 13, 2022
The NASA- and Northrop Grumman-developed observatory is “probably the most significant engineering feat of our time,” Northrop CEO Kathy Warden tells Aviation Week.
Jul 08, 2022
Carnegie Mellon University has launched an initiative to study a distributed computing architecture for nanosatellites.