Space Industry Analysis

Jul 01, 2016
Cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station successfully re-docked an unmanned Progress cargo capsule early July 1, successfully demonstrating an ungraded Russian manual docking system.
Jun 29, 2016
The Canadian government has abandoned the idea of fielding a dual-mission satellite system covering the Arctic region and instead will pursue a dedicated communications constellation with a similar coverage footprint and a price tag of nearly $2 billion.
Jun 27, 2016
The first launch of a Long March 7 rocket on June 25 has opened an intensely busy 12-month period for the Chinese space program, with at least four more major missions scheduled for execution by mid-2017.
Jun 15, 2016
One of three engines firing to slow the stage’s descent to SpaceX's unmanned landing barge apparently didn’t deliver enough power, triggering a crash, company founder Elon Musk said in a tweet.
Jun 03, 2016
The Blue Origin New Shepard reusable suborbital launch system has joined NASA’s stable of rides to space and near-space for experiments under its Flight Opportunities Program.
Jun 01, 2016
OneWeb Satellites, a 50/50 joint venture owned by OneWeb LLC and Airbus Defense and Space, has selected its first top-tier subcontractors to supply equipment for a new constellation of small Internet spacecraft that will operate in low Earth orbit.
May 26, 2016
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is slated to launch a classified U.S. National Reconnaissance Office payload next year in an arrangement that appears to have been brokered by a third party.
May 20, 2016
If all goes as planned, Orbital ATK will resume commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station with Antares this summer.