Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Seeing business cases solidifying, manufacturers are striving to keep production costs low.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
A Rocket Lab Electron launcher placed Kineis’ first five satellites into orbit last June.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The company’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, also provided $13 million to the initiative.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The AST BlueBird 1-5 mission lifted off at 4:52 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch Complex 40.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
An exact launch date has not been chosen, ispace said on Sept. 12.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Surpassing the 853-mi.-high Gemini 11 apogee record was a personal goal of Polaris Dawn commander and financier Jared Isaacman.
Space Exploration

The 18.3-m (60-ft.) vehicle took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at noon local time Sept. 11.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX says it has been ready to launch the fifth Starship-Super Heavy Integrated Flight Test (IFT-5) since early August.
Commercial Space

By Kim Minseok
The first mission is planned as early as March 2025.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Belgium-based company was established in 2018.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Formerly named Starburst Aerospace, the accelerator launched in 2012 with the aim of fostering and investing in aerospace startups.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
“It’s a tough day for many in our company,” ABL founder and CEO Harry O’Hanley wrote on LinkedIn on Aug. 29.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Spire Global has agreed to pay lender Blue Torch Capital $10 million toward outstanding principal as part of a deal to waive certain loan terms.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Kent, Washington-based space company is developing a reusable two-stage launch vehicle called Nova.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The Germany-based company has a U.S. subsidiary based in Hawthorne, California.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
While the other eight engines ignited as planned, the fire in the ninth engine was “really difficult to contain.”
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Orbitworks will be the first company in the UAE to manufacture commercial low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Apex, a satellite bus manufacturer, has unveiled a new platform designed to operate in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO).
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The company recently completed environmental testing for its Tactical Satellite (TacSat) spacecraft at its facilities in Littleton, Colorado.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The removal of that future revenue shrunk the satellite bus manufacturer’s backlog from $2.7 billion to $312.7 million, Terran Orbital says.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Part of the problem of using a solid rocket motor to deorbit is that the type can generate slag.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX has announced plans for its sixth commercial private astronaut mission.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Edge Node satellites will carry a variety of RPO sensors onboard and software to be tested for future cubesat-scale satellites.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Plumbing and wiring were removed or incorporated into the new engine’s primary structure.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace distributed an image of a Komatsu tracked excavator on the lunar surface as part of its Aug. 8 announcement.
Commercial Space