Rocket Lab launches five satellites for undisclosed commercial customer
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron placed five satellites for an undisclosed commercial customer into orbit Aug. 23.…
Duffy comments seed doubts about future of NASA Earth science
WASHINGTON — Comments by NASA’s acting administrator have created uncertainty about the future of Earth science programs at…
Edgx raises seed funding to bring AI-powered computing to smallsats
TAMPA, Fla. — Belgian startup Edgx has raised seed funding to develop Sterna, an artificial intelligence computer designed…
Chinese launch startup Landspace suffers Zhuque-2 failure
HELSINKI — Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket suffered an anomaly after liftoff Thursday, leading to loss of the mission and…
Deep-space radar in Australia begins tracking satellites for AUKUS partners
WASHINGTON — A new deep-space radar site in Western Australia, built under a trilateral partnership between the United…
Pale Blue teams up with Mitsubishi Electric to advance water propulsion
TAMPA, Fla. — Japanese water propulsion startup Pale Blue is exploring jointly developing systems with Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric,…
Autonomy improves performance of Aerospace cubesat optical links
SALT LAKE CITY – Aerospace Corp. is refining technology to enable cubesats to share data through optical links,…
Japanese space companies embrace IPOs
Space companies are going public again. In June, Voyager Technologies conducted an initial public offering (IPO) on the…
First DiskSats to take flight in 2025
SALT LAKE CITY – The Aerospace Corp. is preparing to send the first DiskSats to orbit later this…
Rocket Lab on “green light” schedule to make first Neutron launch in 2025
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab continues to push for a first launch of its Neutron rocket before the end…
ULA forecasts nine launches in 2025 but sharp increase for 2026
WASHINGTON — Despite cutting its forecast for launches this year, United Launch Alliance still expects to ramp up…
Telesat eyes Golden Dome opportunity for Lightspeed
TAMPA, Fla. — Low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellites Telesat aims to start deploying next year could support…