Space Industry Analysis
Sep 25, 2017
Development has taken longer than expected, but engine testing is an important milestone in realizing Paul Allen’s new space vision.
Sep 22, 2017
The $9.2 billion acquisition may test the Trump administration, which has concern over a shrinking defense base and ordered a study and recommendations.
Sep 21, 2017
European Aviation Network to begin commercial service on a British Airways Airbus A321 later this year with service that uses ground and space-based assets.
Sep 21, 2017
North Korean missile shows ability to hit beyond Guam; MBDA chief aims for more European defense cooperation post-Brexit; India may pursue satellite to monitor border with China; Canada ups pressures on Boeing.
Sep 20, 2017
The jury is still out on which business model and network architecture could thrive in the satellite telecommunications market in the near future.
Sep 20, 2017
Deal would put Northrop Grumman back in the human spaceflight business.
Jun 08, 2022
Even without test pilot astronauts on board, NASA’s Artemis I mission of a Space Launch System (SLS)-propelled Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth promises drama, which the space agency is working to share publicly through live video and data transmissions.
Jun 08, 2022
SEAKR Engineering recently demonstrated optical communications between a pair of two DARPA Mandrake II satellites.
Jun 08, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is at risk of fielding a new Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability that does not meet requirements and could necessitate costly and time-intensive rework because it is moving ahead without a formal risk assessment and baseline for the design, according to a new assessment.
Jun 08, 2022
Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin threatened to restart a German telescope aboard the joint Russian-German Spektr-RG space observatory which Germany shut down in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jun 08, 2022
With the U.S. Space Force expected to increase the number of launches—especially with the Space Development Agency gearing up to launch its Tranche 1 and 2 programs—a House panel is calling for the service to increase the use of a common launch integrator to drive down costs.
Jun 08, 2022
MDA and Redwire have received contracts to each develop 42 antennas for low Earth orbit military satellites.
Jun 07, 2022
NASA has selected two new science investigation missions for launch to the Moon under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services public/private exploration initiative.
Jun 06, 2022
NASA’s first Space Launch System Moon rocket is back at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B for a fourth attempt to test fueling operations ahead of launch on the Artemis I uncrewed flight test around the Moon.