Companies selling commercial rides to the stratosphere on high-altitude balloons hope the burgeoning economy in low Earth orbit needs a leg up to space.
The May launch of Europe’s 13th and 14th Galileo spacecraft has boosted the current number of navigation satellites in orbit to 14, giving the European Commission the confidence to announce initial public services by the end of the year.
Leanne Caret is focused daily on righting the KC-46A tanker program and increasing Boeing’s emphasis on commercial derivatives, rotorcraft, human space exploration, satellites, autonomous systems and services.
With its selection as a third cargo carrier in NASA’s second-round Commercial Resupply Services competition, Sierra Nevada Corp. is pushing Dream Chaser into the international marketplace.
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.
Despite flat-to-declining revenue in traditional telecom markets, satellite operators are digging into their pockets as they expand into aeronautical, maritime and consumer Internet connectivity.
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.
Top U.S. officials seek to balance the use of government-made spy satellites with new commercial developments in imagery and intelligence collection and analysis.
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.
Future times are upon us, with everything from advanced data analysis to robots gone rogue discussed at the opening of The Washington Post’s new conference center.
