Space Industry Analysis
May 04, 2018
Military budget grows fastest in Asia and Middle East, Greece adjusts F-16 upgrade plans, Lockheed fires up fourth SBIRS satellite, and India’s Tejas tests air-to-air missile.
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 27, 2018
A former space shuttle astronaut helps us see that what happens in orbit makes a big difference to people’s lives on the ground.
Apr 26, 2018
New mega-constellations of satellites are forcing a rethink about how to manage traffic in low Earth orbit.
Apr 26, 2018
More SS2s are in production as The Spaceship Co. broadens its portfolio to include other aerospace and transport products.
Aug 09, 2022
Rocket Lab is planning its second attempt to capture a parachuting first-stage booster soon.
Aug 08, 2022
Northrop Grumman will partner with startup Firefly Aerospace to develop new engines for its Antares launch vehicle and a follow-on new medium-lift booster that not only would be used for NASA resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS), but also for commercial and potential U.S. military missions.
Aug 05, 2022
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued a call for proposals for a company to demonstrate laser communications from its Tranche 0 Transport Layer to a laser communications-equipped aircraft “as soon as practical.”
Aug 05, 2022
China sent a secretive reusable space vehicle into orbit on Aug.4 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, making it the third known mission of such a spacecraft.
Aug 05, 2022
The recent launch of a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard a Rocket Lab Electron in New Zealand and the upcoming launch of another spy satellite from a Virgin LauncherOne in the UK is the “new norm” for the office as it looks to proliferate its architecture, the NRO’s director says.
Aug 05, 2022
Russia’s Roscosmos Corp. will launch Iran’s Khayam Earth remote sensing satellite on Aug. 9 atop a Soyuz 2.1b medium-lift rocket.
Aug 04, 2022
Blue Canyon Technologies has opened a new cubesat factory in Boulder, Colorado, that will increase its annual production capacity from 50 to 85 satellites.
Aug 04, 2022
Xona Space Systems has received an undisclosed investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures to fund development of a private low Earth orbit global navigation satellite system.