Space Industry Analysis
Aug 25, 2014
The European Union is preparing to launch its first fully operational Galileo navigation, positioning and timing satellites Aug. 22, putting the 28-nation body in line to compete with the U.S. GPS, Russian Glonass and Chinese Beidou systems, even as it finalizes details of Galileo’s use.
Aug 22, 2014
Astronaut Steve Nagel has died after a battle with cancer. We'll never forget his 1991 space shuttle landing. It was bad but could have been worse.
Aug 18, 2014
Commercial Crew bidders hint at future directions as NASA selection looms
Aug 15, 2014
Look for it later, or now?
Aug 15, 2014
Tight government budgets and commercial potential drive tiny spacecraft to powerful capabilities
Aug 15, 2014
Core stage preparations continue as momentum builds for test and assembly of first SLS
Apr 16, 2021
A four-member multinational crew touched down at the Kennedy Space Center on April 16 to prepare for launch to the International Space Station.
Apr 15, 2021
NASA’s sample return missions to the Moon, Comet Wild 2 and the Sun have proven scientifically game-changing, and agency planners behind the Mars Sample Return believe it will prove of equal value.
Apr 15, 2021
The owners of aerospace and defense group Sierra Nevada are creating an independent company to take over the former’s space business, to be called Sierra Space, which will sell to the burgeoning low-Earth-orbit and Moon commercial space markets.
Apr 15, 2021
Private space sector jobs reached a nine-year high in 2020, according to new Space Foundation analysis of U.S. government data, with the industry employing 148,000 people, while space-related mergers, buyouts and equity financings totaled $18.2 billion.
Apr 14, 2021
Lockheed Martin is offering a new line of its LM 400 satellites in response to military plans to develop constellations that have a variety of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and target-acquisition capabilities.
Apr 14, 2021
Ahead of a draft solicitation for Space Development Agency satellites, the Pentagon wants to ensure the interoperability of the products.
Apr 14, 2021
Blue Origin simulated pre- and post-launch passenger operations as its 15th suborbital launch of the New Shepard lifted off on April 14.
Apr 14, 2021
Orbital Sidekick, a San Francisco-based startup aiming to offer satellite-based hyperspectral imaging and data analytics for the energy sector and others, has wrapped up a $16 million series A investment round, as expected.