ACME Space plans test run for balloon-launched space factory next year
LONDON – London-headquartered ACME Space has unveiled plans to begin hardware tests of its balloon-launched orbital manufacturing vehicle…
Lithuanian space company Astrolight launches Greenland optical ground station project
WARSAW, Poland — The European Space Agency and Lithuanian space startup Astrolight are building the first optical ground…
China launches TJS-21 towards Molniya orbit, lofts trio of Shijian-30 spacecraft
HELSINKI — China conducted a pair of launches last week, adding new spacecraft to its opaque TJS and…
Janus Henderson invests in Starlab Space
MUNICH — Starlab Space has secured funding from an investment group as development of its proposed commercial space…
Finland’s Iceye secures Japanese contract as it advances international expansion, new satellite ranges
WARSAW, Poland — Finnish SAR constellation operator Iceye and Japan’s aerospace and defense company IHI Corporation recently signed…
First next-generation Starship booster damaged in testing
MUNICH — The first booster in the new generation of Starship vehicles suffered significant damage during a Nov.…
Think tank urges Europe to scale up space-based data center efforts
TAMPA, Fla. — Europe must move quickly to craft a large-scale strategy for space-based data centers or risk…
Electron launches confidential commercial satellite
BREMEN, Germany — Rocket Lab launched a payload for an undisclosed commercial customer Nov. 20, just hours after…
The ultimate backup: why humanity needs a lunar seed vault — now
Humanity is losing the genetic diversity that sustains life on Earth at a pace that should alarm every…
European officials stress space autonomy despite lingering dependencies
BREMEN, Germany — European government officials stressed the need to build strong, autonomous space capabilities, even as the…
Eutelsat approves nearly $1 billion capital boost
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat is a step closer to the financing needed to refresh its OneWeb low Earth…
Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’
As shown by the recent SpaceNews editorials by Mustafa Bilal and Stirling Forbes, there is currently much talk of…