Space Industry Analysis
Mar 10, 1997
The appointment of a former U.S. Air Force chief of staff as board chairman of Pioneer RocketPlane Corp. is expected to accelerate financing and elevate the credibility of the start-up company's air-refuelable space launch vehicle program.
Jan 06, 1997
The launch of an advanced version of the KH-11 imaging reconnaissance satellite on a Titan 4 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Dec. 20, completes a new three-spacecraft constellation that uses an uprated model of the optical spacecraft operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Nov 18, 1996
The Russian Mars 96 mission with an orbiter, four landers and participants from more than 20 countries is scheduled to be en route to Mars this week after a tortuous eight-year development that spanned the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Nov 11, 1996
The launch of MGS is the first step toward establishing an international robotic infrastructure at Mars.
Oct 21, 1996
WorldSpace's $750-million investment in a digital radio broadcast network is expected to make its first profits 2-3 years after launching the startup company's three spacecraft in 1998-99.
Oct 21, 1996
ASTRONOMERS FROM Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute have discovered what they believe is a thin oxygen atmosphere on Ganymede, the largest of Jupiter's 16 moons. The team studied ultraviolet observations of Ganymede made with the Hubble Space Telescope's Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph. It showed that the moon probably has an atmosphere with pressure comparable to Earth's atmosphere at several hundred km. altitude--roughly the level of space shuttle orbits.
Dec 13, 2019
Lockheed tests ground-launched long-range missile; Japan to keep making F-35s; Space Fence nears start of ops; NATO training center opens
Dec 12, 2019
NASA on Dec. 12 cleared Boeing for an uncrewed trial run of its CST-100 Starliner space taxi to the ISS.
Dec 12, 2019
NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission team has selected the primary and backup collection sites on the surface of the asteroid Bennu.
Dec 12, 2019
Northrop Grumman, one of four companies vying for a pair of national security space launch service contracts, has signed an agreement with Delaware…
Dec 12, 2019
A NASA-led group is addressing the threat posed by space junk to a growing, more diverse space economy.
Dec 12, 2019
CEO Dan Jablonsky confirmed the company is exploring a wide range of possibilities.
Dec 12, 2019
UH-60M acquisition likely precedes full Croatian ‘Hip’ replacement, Stratolaunch announces plans to become a high-speed testbed provider, Serbia adds Russian Mi-35Ms to helo fleet, unveiled missile defense for mid-cabin bizjets, Blue Origin's new Shepard aces 12th suborbital flight and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.
Dec 12, 2019
S7 Space Corp. will relocate its Sea Launch complex to Russia.