Commercial Space

Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser uses guidance, navigation and control techniques first developed for astronaut flights in the 1960s.

How technical advances are enabling space-based challengers to take on terrestrial internet services.

With the biggest windows ever flown into space, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space tourism vehicle will provide an unprecedented view.

Industry is seeing a dramatic shift in launch hardware as the spacefaring nations of the world prepare new rockets for peaceful and not-so-peaceful access to orbit and beyond.

Elon Musk achieved a major step toward his goal of lowering the cost of space launch March 30 with the successful relaunch and recovery of a “used” Falcon 9 first stage on a commercial orbital mission.

Space is the only domain where platforms cannot be routinely serviced, repaired and upgraded to keep them operating and up to date with technology advances. Two planned demos, one by NASA and one by DARPA, could change that.

Rapid evolution of technology and a drop in data prices cause satellite operators to spend time pondering next moves

Blue Origin’s New Glenn is one among many launch companies that will lend a hand to companies eager to send spacecraft into orbit in a market where technological change can be faster than the pace of production. Listen in as our editors discuss the key takeaways from this week's Satellite 2017 conference in Washington, D.C.

A pilot program that has increased space awareness for the U.S. military and satellite operators should become a permanent part of the military’s Joint Space Operations Center.

NASA, other stakeholders still pursuing ideas for commercial enterprises in space, which have so far proven elusive.

Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner says the concept for reusable launch vehicles will grow the launch industry to a “new equilibrium.”

Jeff Bezos and others are focusing on bases on the Moon as jumping-off points for deeper-space exploration.

Eutelsat, Viasat explain how manufacturers should provide cheaper and more flexible capacity on commercial satellites.

Startup LeoLabs to use a global network of ground radars to track orbital debris and provide collision prevention services to operators of LEO satellite constellations.

Modification of an ex-Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 airliner to carry and launch Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is well underway in Waco, Texas.

Rapid growth in the Ka-band high-throughput satellite market is putting pressure on spectrum. Moving to higher frequencies could unlock more capacity.

SpaceX has two paying customers for a lunar flyaround, and will try to send them on their way before the end of 2018, founder Elon Musk said Feb. 27.

The change in administration means change in the spaceflight community. There will be risks.

For the first time since last summer, SpaceX successfully got cargo to the International Space Station, including many new research projects.

A majority of the spacecraft, 88, are cubesats bolstering San Francisco-based Planet’s growing Earth-observation constellation.

The launch marks a shift for the historic Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral from government to commercial launches.

DARPA's plan to partner with Space Systems/Loral for repair in space and leave a commercial capability in place under challenge.

With its far-aim still set squarely on Mars, Elon Musk’s space company is happy for now to be resuming satellite launches and return landings.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX restored some of its luster Jan. 14 with the launch of a Falcon 9 for the first time since an on-pad explosion on Sept. 1.

Tom and Jerry are more than an old-school cartoon, they are now an important cubesat experiment.