Space

By Garrett Reim
NASA has contracted Momentus to use its Vigoride orbital service vehicle as a testbed to demonstrate a rotating detonation rocket engine in space in 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Stoke Space has raised $510 million in a Series D funding round led by US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT).
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Dark, a French startup developing a vehicle for the capture of low-Earth-orbit objects, has ceased operations, the company announced Oct. 8.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The defense prime sees new business opportunities for NASA’s deep-space capsule.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has awarded space remote sensing company Muon Space a multi-million-dollar weather monitoring contract.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Every year a consultancy publishes a new 10-year forecast of satellite launches, and the estimate grows to previously unbelievable totals.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian uncrewed aircraft maker Geoscan has revealed plans to launch satellite constellations for Earth mapping and communication services.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Liftoff of New Shepard with six international crewmembers took place under a partly cloudy sky at Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 9:40 a.m. EDT.
Operations & Safety

By Thierry Dubois
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe sees increasingly frequent satellite signal jamming and spoofing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, made his international space debut at a global gathering in Sydney.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
Blue Origin will build a new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, under a U.S. Space Force contract announced Oct. 7.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines, Inc. has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute Maturity Level 3 for software development.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
ArkEdge Space was contracted by JAXA to study key technologies needed for a dedicated positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Apex officially opened its new “Factory One” production facility in Los Angeles on Oct. 6.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The chairman of the FCC wants to streamline the licensing process for satellite and Earth station applications to help businesses.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
As Beijing races to match U.S. capabilities in orbit, the Pentagon warns of rising threats across all orbital layers.
Satellites

Brad King
Progress in reducing small-satellite costs will come from the discipline to know which expenses buy reliability and which just keep us stuck in the past.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The Planetary Society is opposing significant proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Arrays Labs has won a contract from Office of Naval Research to study the feasibility of using its formation-flying radar satellites to conduct AMTI missions.
Satellites

By P. Barry Butler
Cubesat projects are creating career paths for students while helping companies find engineers with experience in space technology and other disciplines.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has assigned five future missions to SpaceX and two missions to United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon.com and founder of Blue Origin, foresees gigawatt data centers orbiting Earth in the coming decades.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission has down-to-earth themes: "crawl, walk, run" and "know as you go."
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The UK defense ministry says it will invest in technology to detect lasers being aimed at spacecraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Taiwan is gearing up to launch the first elements of a high-resolution Earth imaging system next month as it works to burnish its homegrown technology.
Satellites