Space Industry Analysis
May 06, 2019
Planetary Defense Coordination Office has charted 20,001 near-Earth objects.
May 03, 2019
F-35 "Sidekick" lets it haul more firepower; India plans next milsat launch; U.S. lawmakers want more Space Force information; UK’s new defense minister
May 02, 2019
Dragon was about to fire up abort system thrusters when an explosion occurred.
May 02, 2019
SpaceX clears hurdle to launch first batch of satellites, but international operations are in question.
May 01, 2019
One Chinese rocket shot achieves two landmarks, verifying launcher recovery technology and testing a waverider.
Apr 29, 2019
The FCC has ruled to allow SpaceX to proceed with launch of an undisclosed number of Starlink satellites as early as next month.
Nov 10, 2022
Inspections are underway of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which rode out a Category I hurricane at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, with launch on the Artemis I flight test still targeted for Nov. 16.
Nov 10, 2022
In a joint technology demonstration, United Launch Alliance and NASA tested a 20-ft.-dia. inflatable heat shield that is intended to pave the way for a future rocket engine recovery system for ULA and a system for NASA to land heavy, human-class missions on Mars, among other uses.
Nov 10, 2022
Advanced Space LLC will demonstrate a spacecraft at a location about 200,000 mi. from Earth that can monitor other objects in the cislunar region, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on Nov 10.
Nov 09, 2022
Despite the malfunction of a solar array, the freighter still carried out the required rendezvous maneuvers within the power constraints.
Nov 09, 2022
Astra Space on Nov. 8 announced layoffs of 16% of its workforce and $119 million in write-downs of assets as the struggling rocket startup seeks a “financial runway” into 2024 amid a major business plan change.
Nov 08, 2022
Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 8 stepped up preparations for Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to bring sustained winds of at least 39 mph to the area.
Nov 08, 2022
The single-port Sirius engine will be used to power the Eris, Australia’s first orbital rocket, which is set to launch in 2023.
Nov 07, 2022
Intelsat is turning to Switzerland-based SWISSto12 to provide a small geostationary satellite outfitted with 12 Ku-band transponders for regional communications services.