Space

By Vivienne Machi
The spacecraft were launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:10 a.m. EST, supported by the U.S. Space Force’s Launch Delta 30.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia has completed the deployment of the Kondor-FKA radar Earth observation constellation with the launch of a second satellite.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
A group of mostly undergraduates has set a record for amateur rocketry.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The student rocket club is launching a spacecraft propulsion and guidance, navigation and control startup.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Prometheus effort began in 2018 to perform science and tech experiments in the extreme reentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The Commerce Department has finalized up to $35.5 million in direct funding for BAE Systems and as much as $23.9 million for Rocket Lab.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
The demonstration’s multiple objectives include creating and validating new technologies for improving communications between quantum computers.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Negotiations just wrapped up on the Vega E.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The extra time is being used to conduct additional checks.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The British government is exploring how to use space communication links to provide broadband-like connectivity in remote and rural locations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Western satellites once flew on Russian-made rockets, such as Europe’s use of the Soyuz to deploy its Galileo navigation spacecraft constellation.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
In partnership with T-Mobile, SpaceX has said it aims to launch texting services via its Starlink low-Earth-orbit constellation by year’s end.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The car-sized Dragonfly rotorcraft will fly over Titan’s surface and periodically land.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Launched Oct. 14 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, the $5.2 billion mission will perform a series of 49 flybys of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa beginning in 2031.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Airbus says it is due to start delivering a new military satellite communications (milsatcom) modem to the UK for entry into service in 2026.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
JAXA's Epsilon S program continues to face issues after a fire broke out during a ground test of the rocket's second-stage engine at Tanegashima Space Center.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. needs nuclear propulsion to power spacecraft beyond geostationary orbit for human space exploration and dynamic space operations.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The launch is dubbed Blue Ghost Mission 1, or “Ghost Riders in the Sky.”
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The first of the missions took place from Rocket Lab’s second launch complex located at Wallops, Virginia, on Nov. 24.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
As the hatch was opened, the Russian cosmonauts observed small droplets of liquid as well as an unanticipated odor.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The uncrewed Russian cargo craft is delivering a 5,500-lb. cargo of food, propellant and crew supplies.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin launched its ninth New Shepard (NS) suborbital flight with passengers on Nov. 22.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Lunar Outpost has signed a contract to have its lunar rover travel to the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab will work to enhance the safety, security and reliability of a cislunar comms and navigation network.
Space Exploration

By Thierry Dubois
Both of France’s space defense demonstration programs, Yoda and Toutatis, are making progress in hardware development but a launch period is hard to predict.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion