Commercial Space

Uncertainties about the spacecraft’s thruster performance remain after a failure during the first ISS docking attempt.

In an Aug. 17 post, X denounced the court order as “censorship.”

Kim’s appointment as Firefly CEO comes about six weeks after the company abruptly announced the departure of Bill Weber.

The 10-min, 10-sec. flight from the company’s East Texas launch site near Van Horn began with a 9:20 a.m. EDT liftoff.

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.

Private equity investor KKR has finalized its investment in German satellite maker OHB after first announcing its plan to take a stake in the company last year.

The rocket lifted off at 3:48 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS to deliver 21 Starlink satellites into orbit.

SpaceX suffered a mishap with a Falcon 9 first-stage booster during an attempt to land it on a ship following its use during a Starlink launch mission.

The Germany-based company has a U.S. subsidiary based in Hawthorne, California.

The company also says it has measures underway to prevent a recurrence.

SpaceX has reset the launch of the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission for Aug. 28 to troubleshoot a helium leak in a quick-disconnect umbilical on the ground side of the Falcon 9 launch system.

New technologies are leveraging the advantages of GEO.

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

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

The company has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of the three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.

The company plans to launch the first of its forestry monitoring spacecraft in 2025 after supplier issues delayed the mission from this year.

Some co-founders at new space tech startups are trying to codify innovation.

The method is Elon Musk’s modern take on Aristotle’s “First Principles."

The newcomers join 11 companies selected in 2022 for the VADR program.

NASA has replaced its longtime Commercial Space Division chief Phil McAlister, who oversaw the agency’s Commercial Crew and other programs.

In addition to venturing outside the capsule, the Jared Isaacman-backed Polaris Dawn mission aims to break the 1966 altitude record.

Newly released details of recent Chinese spacecraft maneuvers tracked by U.S.-based observers show increasing capability in key areas.

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has raised a $40 million Series A funding round.

SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.

The first U.S. military payload to be hosted aboard an international partner’s spacecraft is now in orbit.