Space Industry Analysis
Apr 20, 2018
A rare alignment of military space objectives and commercial initiatives catapult industry into a new frontier.
Apr 18, 2018
The UK’s aerospace sector enjoys committed government support, sustained investment in innovation and new technology, and a growing order book.
Apr 17, 2018
Lockheed Martin has submitted a bid for a contract worth up to $10 billion to make the next set of GPS III satellites.
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
Artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other new digital technologies are infiltrating aerospace and defense businesses faster than expected, a new report claims. Listen in as we discuss how industry is reacting to new technologies.
Apr 06, 2018
Commerce secretary pushes greater U.S. share of the global space economy.
Aug 04, 2022
The U.S. Air Force will buy SpaceX’s Starlink low Earth orbit satellite internet service to aid airlift operations in Africa and Europe, saying in a justification document that Starlink is the only provider currently able to provide service in Africa and has proven its ability to function in a combat zone.
Aug 04, 2022
A Rocket Lab Electron booster delivered a classified U.S. and Australian spacecraft into low Earth orbit on Aug. 4, the second of two missions contracted under a National Reconnaissance Office’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket contract.
Aug 04, 2022
Blue Origin’s sixth crewed New Shepard suborbital mission took off early Aug. 4 from the company’s flight operations center in West Texas.
Aug 03, 2022
After months of troubleshooting, NASA and its partners have succeeded in sufficiently unfolding a circular solar array that failed to fully deploy following the Oct. 16, 2021, launch of the Lucy asteroid probe.
Aug 03, 2022
Momentus’s Vigoride-3 deployed four additional satellites to low Earth orbit in July as the company works through anomalies discovered shortly after launching the space tug in May.
Aug 03, 2022
NASA is on track to complete work on its first Space Launch System rocket and roll the vehicle out to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 18 ahead of liftoff on the Artemis I flight test.
Aug 03, 2022
The acquisitions mean Slingshot will be able to offer satellite operators a better understanding of the growing number of objects on orbit and other threats.
Aug 02, 2022
NASA is updating requirements for future private astronaut missions to the International Space Station based on some lessons learned from the pioneering 17-day Axiom Space-1 mission to the orbital science lab flown in April.