Space

By Robert Wall
Europe is gearing up for the launch of its next C-band environmental monitoring satellite with a growing sense of urgency to get Sentinel-1D operational.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
America’s launch sites are undergoing massive transformations to support a new era in space.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket has reached its Cape Canaveral SFS launchpad in preparation for a static hot-fire ahead of the company's second orbital launch.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The UK Space Agency is building out its satellite tracking capabilities.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
DARPA has kicked off an effort to detect and track faint objects hundreds of thousands of miles away in cislunar space.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s HII Transfer Vehicle-X (HTV X-1) successfully rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 29.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The Defense Ministry is looking to set up a single unit to manage its satellites, creating an opportunity for closer cooperation between ISR and satcoms programs.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky marched through a seven-hour, multitask spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 28.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Before year’s end, a startup plans to launch inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage a manufacturing pod that would briefly experience the vacuum of space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The ERS initiative to build up the region’s autonomy in key security-related areas could see its first space launches take place in 2028.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Paris has given Thales the nod to provide the next-generation, ground-based Aurore space surveillance radar to track spacecraft and debris in low Earth orbit.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
With ambitions to become the “LAX of spaceports,” Vandenberg SFB is preparing for a new launch era.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Voyager Technologies has acquired ExoTerra Resources, a Hall-effect propulsion developer, for an undisclosed amount.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Dubai Airshow
Space will be in the spotlight at Dubai Airshow 2025 with its largest-ever Space Pavilion, organised in partnership with the UAE Space Agency.
Space

By Irene Klotz
JAXA's launch of the new HII Transfer Vehicle-X ends a 5 1/2-year hiatus for its cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Astrobotic is progressing on multiple fronts in preparation for its Griffin-1 commercial lunar lander’s inaugural mission in 2026.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
France and Germany have committed to field a space-based missile warning system by 2030, seeking to plug Europe's capability gap.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Trump’s Golden Dome is driving calls for a new layer in the Pentagon’s future on-orbit architecture.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The Japanese space junk removal startup finds its technology has coveted military applications.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Space Quarters has raised a $5 million seed round that it says will help fund demonstrations of its robotic welding technology in orbit and on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency has dropped the Truths mission from its €22 billion ($25.5 billion) planned submission to member ministers.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Iridium has paused a share buyback program and is considering acquisitions as it looks to adjust to deals.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Competition is heating up between the operators of Chinese megaconstellations that intend eventually to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink.
Satellites