Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission
SAN FRANCISCO — NASA has selected commercial space station company Vast to fly a private astronaut mission to…
Startup bets on new approach to space-based missile defense
WASHINGTON — Wardstone is staking its future on the Pentagon’s appetite for orbital missile defense. The California-based startup,…
First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The more powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed a group of…
Eutelsat gets nearly 1 billion euros in French-backed ECA financing
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat has signed a 975 million euro ($1.2 billion) France-backed export credit agency financing package…
Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth
“When you have a fully reusable vehicle … you can send it anywhere … to the moon ……
Launch companies debate how to compete against SpaceX
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Launch companies are divided on how to compete with SpaceX in a market where…
Demand for sovereign systems extends to the Earth-observation stack
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – At the recent World Economic Forum in Switzerland, much of the conversation revolved around…
How much is vertical integration squeezing the smallsat opportunity?
TAMPA, Fla. — As SpaceX and other vertically integrated space giants expand their reach, questions are growing over…
Stoke Space adds $350 million to Series D round
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. —Stoke Space has raised an additional $350 million to advance work on its reusable launch…
The Exploration Company completes water-impact tests for its Nyx space capsule
MILAN — The French-German aerospace company The Exploration Company completed mock splashdown tests for its Nyx space capsule,…
China tests crewed spacecraft abort and rocket recovery in major lunar milestone
HELSINKI — China took a major step forward in its lunar and human spaceflight programs late Tuesday with…
Satellite manufacturers see emerging market for ‘mini-constellations’
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Manufacturers of small satellites that lack opportunities to build very large constellations say they…