Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The partners aim to “build a circular economy in space” in which space junk and expired satellites can be recycled and manufactured into new spacecraft.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The firm fixed-price other transaction authority contract awards are worth around $424 million to build and operate 20 new data communications satellites.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Matthew Fulco
Lockheed is both a key investor in Terran, with a 28.3% stake in the company, and its largest customer.
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 Robert Wall
The FAA has for now called off public hearings on SpaceX’s request to increase the pace of Starship-Super Heavy launch operations.
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 Vivienne Machi
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first U.S. military payloads to be hosted onboard allied commercial satellites launched on Aug. 11.
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

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat says the slower-than-expected deployment of some OneWeb ground infrastructure is denting sales growth, also flagging a likely delay to its Flexsat.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab recorded sales of $106 million, up 71% year-on-year, in the April-June period.
Space

By Guy Norris, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Data from 363 prior missions was key for the speedy return to flight.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic has revealed new details of its long-term business model.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
L3 Harris has signed a contract for up to 20 launches aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space has debuted a space tug program to carry satellites to geostationary orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Near-space tourism provider Halo Space is gearing up for its next test flight over Saudi Arabia using its full-sized capsule designed for passenger flights.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space co-founder Mike Suffredini will transition from CEO to long-term member of the company's six-person board of directors and advisor for "personal reasons."
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Space Systems Command’s System Engineering Review Board recommended the fueling port.
Commercial Space