The decision announced on Jan. 7 allows the contractors to move forward with developing the satellites in Tranche 0 of the future Tracking Layer.

Virgin Galactic has completed post-flight inspections and root cause analysis of last month’s thwarted suborbital flight test of SpaceShipTwo, the company said on Jan. 7.

The Space Development Agency has awarded SpaceX $150.4 million to launch up to 28 satellites for the Pentagon’s tracking and transport layers.

Denver-based Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. plans to acquire a majority stake in XO Markets and its largest subsidiary, Houston-based Nanoracks, which earlier this month launched the commercial Bishop airlock to the International Space Station.

Axiom Space, the space station startup, on Dec. 22 announced plans to create a 14-acre headquarters campus at Houston Spaceport to train private astronauts and begin production of its Axiom Station.

Jaunt Air Mobility has signed a memorandum of understanding with propulsion developer VerdeGo Aero to study a hybrid-electric version of Jaunt’s planned Journey urban air taxi.

Nanoracks’ commercial airlock, which was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month aboard the first launch of SpaceX’s upgraded cargo version of the Dragon capsule, has been successfully removed from the freighter’s unpressurized trunk and berthed to the port side of the orbital outpost’s U.S. segment Tranquility module.

The launch of 36 OneWeb satellites follows the company's emergence from bankruptcy.