Space Industry Analysis
Jan 24, 2017
ESA is planning to outfit the 30-satellite constellation with the same atomic clocks, despite the issues.
Jan 20, 2017
In this week’s Washington Outlook: why industry experience in government helps the Pentagon get a better deal; McCain’s plans to spend big on the military; a burgeoning space rivalry; and the ongoing attempt to block the sale of aircraft to Iran Air.
Jan 20, 2017
With its far-aim still set squarely on Mars, Elon Musk’s space company is happy for now to be resuming satellite launches and return landings.
Jan 18, 2017
The death of Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last human to stand on the lunar surface, has prompted a global reaction.
Jan 18, 2017
Breakthrough’s Starshot plan is looking for exoplanets in the “Goldlocks Zone” of the Alpha Centauri binary system that might support life.
Jan 12, 2017
U.S. companies will draw on their experience building scientific and commercial communications spacecraft to develop probes that will explore remnants of the early Solar System.
Apr 04, 2022
Lockheed Martin on April 4 released online an open-source interface standard for on-orbit satellite docking.
Apr 04, 2022
Maritime Launch Services, a six-year-old startup looking to operate Canada’s first commercial spaceport and offer low Earth orbit launch services via the Ukrainian Cyclone-4M system, has taken another step toward becoming a publicly traded company in Canada after a reverse merger with an investment group.
Apr 04, 2022
Almost a year after its ruggedized HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2) was installed on the International Space Station (ISS), Hewlett Packard Enterprise says its advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled processor system has completed 24 research experiments and accelerated data analysis time from months to minutes.
Apr 04, 2022
Pioneer Aerospace, an experienced manufacturer of parachutes and aerodynamic deceleration systems for NASA space missions, has been acquired by Aviation Safety Resources, a company developing aircraft recovery parachute systems for the advanced air mobility market.
Apr 04, 2022
The UK Ministry of Defense has ordered the first satellite to support the development of its Minerva constellation, the communications backbone for a family of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
Apr 04, 2022
The company recently tested its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES), a U.S. Space Force program to develop a ground-based anti-jam capability within the Protected Anti-Jam Tactical Satcom portfolio.
Apr 04, 2022
Predictions about an increase in attacks on space capabilities made over the last five years are proving true, say a pair of new reports issued by Washington, D.C.-based think tanks April 4.
Apr 04, 2022
Launch of the privately funded Axiom Space-1 mission to the International Space Station was delayed to no earlier than April 8, leaving little margin for Axiom’s planned 10-day excursion before NASA puts priority on launching the next resident station crew.