Space

Aviation Week Staff
The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s weather-delayed Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station was successfully launched on May 15.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to develop and build the Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype (PTS-P).
Satellites

By Robert Wall
NASA seeks proposals for Mars telecom system to ensure robust communications, with delivery by 2028 and operations supporting missions through 2035.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
York Space pursues acquisitions, faces classified program cost increases and manages supply-chain delays.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
BELL lands new 407GXi order ... SIDUS SPACE reports Q1 losses ... New CEO for HERMEUS ...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Garrett Reim
Are the trillions of investment pouring into artificial intelligence a speculative bubble? Are orbiting data centers the frothy peak of that financial hubris?
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Virgin Galactic plans to close seat sales tranche in Q3, resume passenger flights by year end, and expand spaceport operations globally.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines acquires Goonhilly Earth Station to expand its space-to-ground network and support lunar and deep space missions with resilient communications.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Landspace's ZQ-2E rocket achieves readiness for constellation deployments after delivering payload to polar orbit during its latest launch.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Innospace plans Hanbit-Nano rocket relaunch in Q3 with SpaceBey deployer after first mission failure and aims to strengthen South Korea's space ambitions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
House panel approves NASA's 2027 budget at $24.44B, rejecting White House's proposed 23% cut, and backs Artemis, Mars and nuclear propulsion plans.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Telecommunications heavyweights AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon want to work more closely together to deploy satellite-provided direct-to-device communications.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
China’s megaconstellations threaten to shift the balance of power in space.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
NATO is bolstering several initiatives to streamline space domain awareness data collection and to integrate it into training and operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Unfavorable weather conditions on May 13 again delayed the planned launch of SpaceX’s 34th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
A U.S. Space Force-led on-orbit refueling demonstration is now slated for next year.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Startup Star Catcher Industries plans to demonstrate orbital optical power beam before the end of the year.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX is preparing to resume flight tests of the Starship-Super Heavy with launch of a re-engineered, orbital-class vehicle slated for May 19.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Asian startups are building new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellite fleets to meet growing military and commercial demand.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
ELECTRIC BOAT gets $2.3b Virginia-class sub award... QUANTUM SPACE expands in Tulsa... New NASA director of launch ops...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

Aviation Week staff
Swissto12 To Use Unfurling Antenna For GEO Broadcast To Phones
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Mark Carreau
Unfavorable weather has delayed the planned launch of SpaceX’s 34th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station until May 13.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The stand-up and operation of a notional Golden Dome missile defense architecture would cost about $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, the Congressional Budget Office says in a new report.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated satellite architecture is supporting a new mission area for space-based sensing and targeting.
Satellites