Commercial Space
May 03, 2018
SpaceX’s Block 5 is optimized for rapid reusability and multiple reflights, designed to meet the needs of its U.S. government and commercial customers.
Apr 27, 2018
To support a higher flight rate, the company sought out and adopted manufacturing processes and personnel from other industries.
Apr 26, 2018
More SS2s are in production as The Spaceship Co. broadens its portfolio to include other aerospace and transport products.
Apr 12, 2018
Analysis of Virgin Galactic’s initial test flight of the SS2 shows the spacecraft performed as well as, or in some cases better, than model-based predictions.
Apr 06, 2018
Commerce secretary pushes greater U.S. share of the global space economy.
Mar 28, 2022
Terran Orbital began publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, while announcing a $200 million backlog of contracted work and more than $40 million in 2021 revenue for the high-volume small-satellite manufacturer and Earth observation services provider.
Mar 25, 2022
Momentus is preparing its Vigoride space tug for vibration testing in advance of its targeted June launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Mar 24, 2022
Neuraspace, a Portuguese startup looking to use artificial intelligence for space debris and satellite collision avoidance services, has landed more than $2.7 million from Armilar Venture Partners to accelerate the commercialization of its platform.
Mar 24, 2022
Barry Matsumori, a SpaceX veteran and until recently the CEO of space optical communications startup BridgeComm, was named the chief operating officer of Impulse Space Propulsion, the new in-orbit transfer services company founded by Tom Mueller, a SpaceX co-founder and its longtime chief technology officer.
Mar 24, 2022
Startup Dark Fission Space Systems announced plans on March 22 to build and demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in orbit within five years.
Mar 23, 2022
NASA plans to extend its Human Landing System contract with SpaceX to cover a second crewed landing on the Moon and launch a parallel procurement leading to a second commercial provider for crewed transportation services to and from lunar orbit and the lunar surface.
Mar 23, 2022
Viasat is still working to restore internet to some of its users after a suspected Russian cyberattack took thousands of KA-SAT satellite terminals in Europe offline starting Feb. 24.
Mar 22, 2022
Isotropic Systems has completed all tests demonstrating that its GM2000 series military standard satellite terminal can track and link to satellites in multiple orbits from a single, solid-state, software-defined communications platform.