Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The cloud-computing company sees space as the next frontier for its technology.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The company is developing Starlab, a privately run space station in low Earth orbit, planned for launch in 2028.
Commercial Space

The 109-ft.-tall Vulcan booster and 38 1/2-ft. Centaur V upper stage arrived in Florida on Jan. 21.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Hydrosat has won a contract from AFWERX to adapt its surface temperature data analytics software for military missions.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Funds raised will be used to launch a demonstrator capsule in 2024.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
A UK university team has been awarded £520,000 ($643,400) to develop an artificially intelligent (AI) software program to predict solar storms.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The company plans to pick up the pace, with an eye of up to 100 flights in 2023.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
It was Rocket Lab’s first from the Wallops Island facility, opening a new venue for the Electron rocket and marking a new beginning for the Virginia spaceport.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is confident it can commercialize the Zephyr platform as a communications and Earth observation platform after a 64-day flight last year.
Connected Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
The financing will be used to help pay for the company’s first space debris removal mission.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Just two launches are scheduled for 2023 at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The first planned orbital satellite launch from the facility is planned for early 2024.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Noting widespread technology progress toward higher-airspace operations, the French Air and Space Force kicks off a doctrine study.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
SpaceX officials traveled to Wichita Jan. 17 to meet with current suppliers and develop new supplier connections.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Last November, Europe’s three leading countries in space launchers issued a joint statement that set the stage for further cooperation.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Stratospheric balloon operator World View will aim to become a publicly listed company via a reverse-merger deal with Leo Holdings Corp. II.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Momentus has won a contract from FOSSA Systems to use its Vigoride space tug to deploy more of the company’s small satellites into low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
New booster validates do-or-die remake of the Lockheed-Boeing space launch partnership.
Space

By Tony Osborne
An anomaly with the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne second stage caused its first flight from the UK to fail, according to preliminary findings from investigators.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Initial findings by Virgin Orbit suggest anomaly occurred during second-stage engine burn.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
ABL did not say how soon after liftoff the rocket failed.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The effort is intended to enhance already unique, mission-critical training.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The research agency wants to track all objects in real time in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
German satellite launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has declared plans to conduct its first launch from the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport.
Commercial Space