Satellites

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Iran plans to complete two space launches in the coming months, the head of the country’s Space Agency Hassan Salariyeh said.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The companies have developed prototypes for the Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satcom program under a 2020 contract award.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
As part of the agreement, AST SpaceMobile will provide Ligado Networks with $113 million of AST SpaceMobile warrants and usage rights payments.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Turion is a non-Earth imaging and in-space mobility company headquartered in Irvine, California.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
ULA flew two flights for its Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle in 2024, on Jan. 8 and Oct. 4.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The rocket, also known as Kinetica-1, took off Dec. 27 at around 9:03 a.m. Beijing time.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Poland is buying four microsatellites as it looks to build out its space-based reconnaissance capabilities, with the constellation set to be deployed in 2027.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon’s five-year-old space agency will face its biggest test when it launches its first operational spacecraft in the spring of 2025.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
It is not quite Starlink, but Europe aims to have its own commercial satellite communication mega-ish constellation ready starting in 2030.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
A look at which trends are gaining and losing popularity in the space sector.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The “Gravitas” mission is funded via a mixture of private capital and government funds.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan is eyeing the use of satellites in medium and low Earth orbit to preserve communication services in the event of a conflict with China.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The aircraft achieved a 24-hr. flight from New Mexico’s Spaceport America in October.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites were launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:26 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The service is teeing up 2025 as the year of space domain awareness as threats from China loom.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The FMV says the first step is an order placed with the Swedish Space Corporation.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Geopolitical and environmental challenges in the northern latitudes are prompting investments in satellite communications and infrastructure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:52 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
European officials plan to move quickly to put on contract risk reduction efforts for the IRIS² satellite communications program to mature critical tech.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The EU and ESA signed a concession contract with a European industry consortium to deploy a roughly 292-satellite secure, sovereign communications system.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The direct-to-device market could grow to $1.7 billion annually by 2029.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The joint NASA, French, Canadian and U.K. Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) orbital mission is providing an unprecedented perspective of the seafloor.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The first spacecraft from a U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office program to conduct space situational awareness are close to entering operation.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia is drafting a long-term national space defense system plan, with the ambition of deploying its own military satellites.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
A decade ago, SpaceX launched six Falcon 9 rockets in a year—now, it could be on track for an orbital launch rate of 136 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy flights.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion