Space Industry Analysis
Jul 15, 2015
The $170 million agreement financed the build and launch on PSLV of three remote-sensing satellites for Beijing-based 21AT.
Jul 15, 2015
USAF sent destruct signals for Falcon 9 a full 70 sec. after mishap.
Jul 14, 2015
From January to July, New Horizons has sent back a series of ever-sharper images of Pluto and its moons.
Jul 14, 2015
The U.S. Air Force might need to continue using Russian-made RD-180 engines for the time being, despite congressional wishes otherwise, crimping Aerojet Rocketdyne’s EELV ambitions.
Jul 11, 2015
Planetary scientists are getting their first detailed look at the terrain on Pluto, as the New Horizons spacecraft closes in for a fast flyby on July 14.
Jul 10, 2015
The recent ISS cargo failures are not slowing down the momentum toward research focus, especially when it comes to space commercialization.
Sep 09, 2021
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sept. 9 despite a smoke alarm that sounded on the ISS several hours before the excursion.
Sep 09, 2021
The Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium other transaction authority has grown exponentially as the service has matured and evolved its acquisition process, and now expects to award almost $1 billion dollars this year largely to nontraditional companies.
Sep 09, 2021
The satellites will be launched on five Electron flights scheduled to take place in quick succession over the second quarter of 2023.
Sep 08, 2021
Luxembourg-based Kleos Space, which aims to provide big-data analytics via space-based radio frequency reconnaissance satellites, said it raised Australian $12.6 million ($9.3 million) by way of a stock sale.
Sep 08, 2021
OneWeb’s emerging low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation will pair with AT&T’s terrestrial broadband fiber network to expand connectivity for AT&T business customers, particularly in harder-to-reach locations on Earth, the companies announced Sept. 8.
Sep 08, 2021
NASA, in consultation with Arianespace, has moved the planned launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope from Oct. 31 to Dec. 18.
Sep 07, 2021
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have joined several existing venture capital backers in a new $10 million fundraising round at on-orbit refueling and resupply startup Orbit Fab, the San Francisco company announced Sept. 7.
Sep 07, 2021
Australia’s quest to build a military satellite communications constellation has companies around the globe making pitches.