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,…
Rocket Lab completes acquisition of U.S. satellite sensor maker Geost
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab USA announced Aug. 12 it has completed its $275 million acquisition of Geost, a…
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…
First DiskSats to take flight in 2025
SALT LAKE CITY – The Aerospace Corp. is preparing to send the first DiskSats to orbit later this…
Japanese space companies embrace IPOs
Space companies are going public again. In June, Voyager Technologies conducted an initial public offering (IPO) on the…
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…
Impulse Space upgrades Mira vehicle
WASHINGTON — Impulse Space plans to fly an upgraded version of its Mira orbital transfer vehicle later this…
EchoStar orders initial MDA satellites for $5 billion LEO constellation
TAMPA, Fla. — EchoStar has placed a $1.3 billion order with MDA Space for the first 100 satellites…
First Eris launch fails to reach orbit
WASHINGTON — The first flight of an orbital rocket developed by an Australian company ended seconds after liftoff…
Falcon 9 launches NASA TRACERS space science mission
LAS VEGAS — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a NASA space science mission and several other smallsats July…
ESCAPADE to launch on second New Glenn
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has confirmed that a NASA Mars smallsat mission, bumped from the inaugural launch of…