Satellite operators emphasize launch deals in a constrained market
WASHINGTON — Amid a constrained launch market, satellite operators are increasingly emphasizing to investors and customers that they…
Lunar orbiter among upcoming NASA CLPS task orders
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to award three more lunar missions this year through a commercial services program, including…
Intuitive Machines wins contract for three GEO satellites
WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines announced Aug. 13 that it won a $600 million contract from an undisclosed customer…
China’s iSpace raises first batch of series E funding for reusable rocketry
HELSINKI — Chinese reusable launch vehicle maker has secured a first batch of series E funding, months after…
Firefly increases vehicle production even as launches lag
WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace says it is seeing strong interest in its launch vehicles and is ramping up…
Northrop Grumman, Canadian Space Agency repurpose their Gateway projects
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency said this week they will adapt what they had…
Rocket Lab launches 8th iQPS satellite
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Aug. 6, more than a month after the previous…
New Glenn explosion linked to rocket engine valve
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in…
Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion
An increasingly competitive market is forming around a capability military satellites have historically used sparingly: propulsion after launch.…
NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions
WASHINGTON — With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it…
China launches secretive TJS-27 pair, orbits next-gen Tianlian relay sat
HELSINKI — China sent a new pair of secretive satellites into a programmatically new orbit Wednesday, while also…
Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion
WASHINGTON — Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA…