After its KA-SAT satellite internet service in Europe was disrupted on Feb. 24 by an alleged cyberattack from Russia, Viasat shared details of the attack with industry competitors via the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Integration Cell.
Fresh off the success of the first U.S. private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Space has broken ground on a headquarters campus at Houston Spaceport to support work on the first U.S. commercially developed and operated space station.
Satellite air launch company Virgin Orbit has secured an agreement with conversion specialist L3 Harris Technologies to acquire two Boeing 747-400 airframes to support growth plans for additional launch capacity.
The U.S., the European Union and multiple other nations on May 10 formally attributed cyber attacks against Viasat’s KA-SAT network on Feb. 24 to Russia, claiming Moscow attempted to disrupt Ukrainian command and control as the invasion began.
The highly anticipated debut of the WorldView Legion high-resolution constellation from Maxar Technologies is slipping again, this time to September, as the Colorado company works through a test configuration anomaly, executives announced late May 9.
Xona Space Systems has finished environmental testing of its Huginn demonstrator satellite ahead of its planned May 25 launch on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare mission.
Momentus’ space tug demonstrator has arrived at Cape Canaveral for its inaugural launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission after its application for payload review won FAA approval.
Space-based cellphone connectivity provider AST SpaceMobile, which went public last year after a deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), will raise $75 million by selling more stock.
Maritime Launch Services, which aims to establish Canada’s first indigenous space launch from Nova Scotia, and rocket manufacturing startup Reaction Dynamics of Quebec are partnering for a 2023 debut.
Virgin Galactic is slipping its forecasted start of revenue-generating commercial operations to the first quarter of 2023 instead of this year, executives announced May 5 while revealing the space tourism provider’s latest quarterly loss.
The CEO of Avio does not see any problem in the medium term regarding supply of the RD-843 engines that power its upgraded Vega C light launcher, despite their Ukrainian origin.
Satellite-based remote sensing startup Satellogic expects to grow its low Earth orbit constellation to as many as 34 Earth observation satellites by the fourth quarter, executives say.
Astroscale has completed rendezvous operations with its ELSA-d orbital debris removal demonstration despite losing half the servicing spacecraft’s maneuvering thrusters.
Start-up launch vehicle and satellite developer Phantom Space has emerged from stealth mode with a purchase agreement for more than 200 rocket engines from Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major.
