Space Industry Analysis
Aug 19, 2016
The U.S.-led mission to collect samples from asteroid Bennu could also provide valuable information about the possibility that an asteroid collision could wipe out life on the planet.
Aug 19, 2016
Washington Outlook column discusses B61 nuclear weapons in Europe, FlyerRights.org congressional ratings, Texan congressman banding together on space issues.
Aug 17, 2016
Astrophysicist Martin Elvis sees commercial spaceflight offering a solution to the “funding wall” in future high-tech space missions.
Aug 17, 2016
The competition is on for deep-space commercial habitats, first to fly in the vicinity of the Moon, as precursors to journeys on to Mars.
Aug 16, 2016
Major players in the satellite-delivered cabin connectivity sector are forecasting upbeat industry trends as they make headway in lining up contracts and installing kits.
Aug 12, 2016
Billions are at stake as the new space race for the next generation of communications is ready to begin.
Feb 28, 2022
Sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its attack on Ukraine likely will cause the European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover to miss its 2022 launch window.
Feb 28, 2022
Local authorities in the Shetland Islands have given a green light for the construction of the SaxaVord Spaceport.
Feb 28, 2022
Launch service operator Arianespace, the European Space Agency, the EU and European governments are reviewing their options after Russian space agency Roscosmos suspended cooperation with its partners at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Feb 28, 2022
China has launched a record 22 satellites into orbit following the liftoff of a Long March CZ-8Y2 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Feb. 27.
Feb 28, 2022
North Korea test-fired another ballistic missile on Feb. 27, which Pyongyang claims was testing equipment for a “reconnaissance satellite.”
Feb 26, 2022
Roscosmos will suspend launches of Soyuz rockets from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana in response to European Union sanctions on Russia, the CEO of the Russian space corporation Dmitry Rogozin said Feb. 26.
Feb 25, 2022
Set for launch March 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T promises to help forecasters and scientists monitor and warn of weather and climate concerns on a wider scale and a faster pace, including those linked to wild fires, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, and solar storms.
Feb 25, 2022
The Australian government is putting aside around A$65 million ($47 million) to develop three “spaceports” around the country and to buy slots on space missions to ensure Australia’s space sector can deploy and test its systems in space.