Space

By Brian Everstine
Frank Kendall discusses with Aviation Week the need to “reoptimize” the Air Force to acquire, plan and train better for potential near-term conflict.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Terran Orbital surprised investors Sept. 19 with the announcement of a new sale of company stock and warrants.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab is investigating the failure of an Electron rocket during a mission to deliver a radar-imaging satellite into low Earth orbit for Capella Space.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Kazakhstan residents lost satellite TV broadcasting and internet connectivity Sept. 15 after one of the country’s two communication sats went out of service.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio will pass the one-year mark in space on Sept. 21. His return to Earth is set for Sept. 27.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The deal is a step toward Skyloom of Broomfield, Colorado, setting up a laser communication network based on SkyCompass-1.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Walther Pelzer, the director general of the German Space Agency, participated in a signing ceremony.
Space

By Garrett Reim
General Atomics has acquired EO Vista, a company that develops electro-optical sensors for satellites and aircraft.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Soyuz MS-24 crew capsule autonomously docked to the International Space Station on Sept. 15.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA has reversed course and decided to release the name of the person assigned to oversee research into unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The rocket lifted off at 10:28 p.m. EDT/7:28 p.m. local time on Sept. 14.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
NASA pledged to be transparent in its data, but it declined to identify the director to shield him or her from potential harassment.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Livermore, California-based Aalyria describes itself as a software-defined and optical networking communications pioneer.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Taiwan Space Agency's three-stage satellite launch vehicle measures 82 ft. in length, has a diameter of 7.2 ft. and a takeoff mass of 37 tons.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA is working with at least six companies interested in operating orbital outposts.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
A House-passed version of a bill to authorize defense spending for fiscal 2024 included a restriction on the use of any money to purchase another WGS spacecraft.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The previous record was set by fellow NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The agreement is for Dragonfly’s in-orbit EOS SAT-1 satellite, aimed at being the first in a constellation of seven.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Out of Intelsat’s 58 geostationary satellites in orbit, about 10% are candidates for mission extension or repair.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The four crewmembers plan to spend up to 14 days aboard the orbital lab.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The ArianeGroup subsidiary plans to conduct a hot fire test of the Maia rocket's upper stage in 2024.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Space Force is standing up two new units that will target challenges emerging to electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Three of NASA’s four Crew-6 astronauts who recently returned from the International Space Station expressed satisfaction with their contributions.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The challenges include establishing a sustained human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars and introducing commercial space stations.
Space