German rocket startup HyImpulse says it has secured its UK launch operator license as it targets suborbital and then orbital flights from Scotland's SaxaVord Spaceport.
Iceye and Nokia have agreed to jointly pursue the low Earth orbit satellite communication market, setting the goal of launching their first spacecraft in two years.
Rocket Lab has signed what it calls its largest Electron launch service agreement to date, with a 20-mission agreement with Japanese radar maker Synspective.
The White House has tapped U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller, currently the service’s deputy for strategy, plans, programs and requirements, to receive his fourth star and to lead Spacecom.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved Astranis Space Technologies for a $468 million credit facility to fund the expansion of its domestic satellite production.
Shareholder lawsuits are surging against space and defense startups, as investors lose patience with pre-revenue firms repeatedly tapping markets for cash.
The National Reconnaissance Office has announced plans to launch its next mission, NROL-97, on a Falcon Heavy for the first time no earlier than Oct. 1.
The FAA on Sept. 29 posted its draft environmental assessment of a Blue Origin proposal to boost New Glenn launch rates from Cape Canaveral SFS from 12 to 50 flights per year.
The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus- and OHB-led teams studies for a potential European low-Earth-orbit station after the International Space Station retires.
More than two years after the troubled crewed flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi, NASA and Boeing aim to return the spacecraft to flight with an uncrewed cargo run to the ISS in late December or January.
