Space

By Tony Osborne
German satellite launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has declared plans to conduct its first launch from the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The next Soyuz spacecraft, designated MS-23, will launch uncrewed on Feb. 20.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Fast Cloud features a silver saucer-shaped balloon, with an uncrewed aircraft system slung underneath it.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The parachute-assisted splashdown occurred Jan. 11 at 5:19 a.m. EST in the Atlantic waters north of Cape Canaveral.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force wants terminals that will operate between two GEO spacecraft.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The launch was the 16th devoted to deploying OneWeb’s initial 648-member constellation into low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Each recipient is to assess the physical potential for their concepts, a road map for ongoing development and implementation, and potential limitations.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Virgin Orbit said its data suggested that an anomaly occurred during the Newton 4 second-stage engine burn as the rocket travelled at 11,000 mph.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Company sees robots as critical for building off-world economy.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
About 1 hr. 6 min. after takeoff, Virgin Orbit confirmed that an anomaly had prevented the LauncherOne rocket from reaching orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Splashdown is planned for 5:19 a.m. EST, following a deorbit burn at 4:35 a.m. EST.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite re-entered the atmosphere on Jan. 8.
Space

By Irene Klotz
“We have a real shot at late [February/March] launch attempt,” CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The “Sabre” system would collect and relay telemetry data from U.S. missile test ranges.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Charania will serve as principal advisor to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for technology policy and lead the agency’s technology innovation efforts.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The startup is studying how tumbling debris behaves.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Fan-in-wing eVTOL; 6G sensor-comms integration; Mobile hydrogen fueler; and Drive/Fly eVTOL prototype.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The LauncherOne rocket has been loaded, and technicians are preparing to fuel it in readiness for the first orbital launch from the UK, planned for Jan. 9.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Potential partners have until Jan. 24 to respond to NASA.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The company has also selected several backup dates for the mission running into mid- and late-January.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
The Dream Chaser’s ISS missions are the first of several orbital roles expected to be operated from Sierra Space’s mission control center.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Startup’s lunar lander is an early attempt to commercialize the Moon.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Dense Tokyo is at the epicenter of the country’s space startups.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
Raytheon has won a prime contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a prototype for a Medium Earth Orbit Missile Track Custody system.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space plans to launch its first space tug mission, LEO Express-1, in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Commercial Space