Commercial Space

Germany’s Tesat-Spacecom said it has secured a European Space Agency (ESA) project to deliver a cubesat to test 6G telecommunications technology.

The designation enables Space Florida to tap the Florida Department of Transportation’s Spaceport Improvement Program.

The next 18 months will be busy for United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) newest rocket, and no one is more aware of that fact than Tory Bruno.

Europe’s Eumetsat agency is turning to SpaceX to deliver its Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) weather satellite into orbit in 2025.

Al Yah Satellite Communications says it has selected SpaceX and the Falcon 9 to launch the Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites it recently ordered from Airbus.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will remain at the International Space Station (ISS) while a new ground campaign begins to test thrusters.

Amazon executives formally opened the company’s Project Kuiper internet satellite factory on June 27.

The scheduled July 9 launch kicks off a new era in European space operations.

Despite strong demand for new commercial aircraft, supply chain woes are forcing Airbus to delay rate targets and may make it sell parts of the space business.

NASA is leading the coalition into the new age of exploration.

Starfish Space is to extend the life of an aging Intelsat communications satellite in geostationary orbit using its Otter servicing spacecraft starting in 2026.

The move is part of preparations for the first flight of the Miura 5 rocket, planned for late 2025.

Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.

The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.

The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.

Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.

Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.

GE’s small hybrid core; on-site hydrogen on demand; 3D-printing magnesium; and very-low-orbit space tracker.

NASA and Boeing are moving the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test mission return to Earth to enable further evaluation of the spacecraft's propulsion system.

Northrop Grumman has delivered the two-satellite constellation to the Space Force, targeting mid-July for liftoff onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.

Spacehab’s innovation and perseverance helped the company succeed against all odds and serve as a pathfinder for commercial space companies that have followed.

The agency needs more than the Defense Department’s space collision avoidance services to keep its satellites out of harm’s way.

Synspective, a Tokyo-based SAR satellite data and analytics solutions provider, announced June 20 it has raised 7 billion yen ($44 million).

Geespace, the satellite technology arm of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, says it has deployed its Future Mobility Constellation in the Middle East.