Space

By Thierry Dubois
Self-consuming propulsion system developer Alpha Impulsion has formed alliances with European companies to design a mini-launcher for small satellites.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK government is to invest £30 million in SaxaVord Spaceport as it makes assured access to orbit a priority of its new Space Strategy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès says the company will secure additional orders from commercial and government customers at the Paris international space summit.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace is scaling production and launch sites while preparing its Spectrum rocket's first commercial mission after completing its inaugural orbital launch.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has identified the need for a space surveillance radar system to strengthen the country's space domain awareness capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace made rocket history when its Spectrum rocket reached orbit on Sept. 5 after launch at 10:12 p.m. local time from the spaceport in Andoya, Norway.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s vendor pool for the nascent space-based air moving target indicator (SB-AMTI) program is now up to 12 companies.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick, Joe Anselmo, Robert Wall
Aviation Week's Graham Warwick offers a scathing assessment of U.S. regulators as a King Air crash earlier this year underscores concerns about GPS.
Check 6

By Robert Wall
Leading satellite imagery provider Planet Labs looks to accelerate introducing its Owl broad-area monitoring Earth observation satellites.
Satellites

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Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The donated hardware required major modifications to become part of the space observatory.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The space telescope’s mission could extend beyond 10 years if the spacecraft servicing industry matures.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
A new generation of orbital vehicles aims to deliver cargo anywhere on Earth in minutes while opening new markets for space logistics.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is intended to take galaxy censuses that could reveal what is wrong with the Standard Model of particle physics.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Gen. Douglas Schiess has received his fourth star and is officially the U.S. Space Force’s third-ever chief of space operations.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
Boeing has delivered the last three O3b mPOWER satellites to SES, paving the way to complete the company’s new space-based network by mid-2027.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
When it comes to deciding if NASA should buy services from commercial suppliers or operate space systems on its own, the question to ask is how best to achieve the desired outcome, Administrator Jared Isaacman says.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Shield AI and Sedaro in July demonstrated the ability to upload autonomy and mission simulation software to a satellite orbiting Earth.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The DLR has begun flight trials of its uncrewed high-altitude platform, a demonstrator to validate the air vehicle and sensor technologies for lower stratosphere operations.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Australian in-space inspection services firm HEO demonstrated its first rendezvous and proximity operations mission to capture images of another object in space.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Spanish space access startup PLD Space has secured additional funding from Mitsubishi Electric and other investors to support its Miura 5 rocket system.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Nonprofit Fermi Explorer plans an inexpensive interstellar spacecraft mission to Alpha Centauri, arriving roughly 80,000 years later.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
FAA expands Starship's operating envelope, approving wider airspace closures and a new Pacific contingency splashdown site.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
NASA has selected Blue Origin's Blue Ring platform as a telecommunications orbiter to support Mars missions, with service to begin by the end of 2028.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
HyImpulse secures DLR backing for its hybrid-engine SL1 rocket, targeting a 2027 orbital launch from Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport.
Space