Commercial Space

Nov 11, 2020
Raytheon Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Blue Canyon Technologies, a pioneering provider of small satellites and spacecraft systems components, for about $350 million.
Nov 10, 2020
Ride-share schemes for small satellites are here to stay and, along with constellations and geostationary spacecraft, will contribute to solid activity in the near term, senior executives of launch service operators say.
Nov 09, 2020
Working through unfunded Space Act Agreements with 17 U.S. companies, NASA has selected 20 space technologies it intends to help advance to enable future activities at destinations spanning from low Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars.
Nov 09, 2020
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has experienced another cable break, this one to a main cable which gave way late Nov. 6.
Nov 08, 2020
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tells Aerospace DAILY the new administration will need "somebody they know and trust."
Nov 06, 2020
LOS ANGELES—After a prolonged test preparation campaign, Virgin Galactic aims to conduct the first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital spaceflight attempt…
Nov 05, 2020
Rocket Lab is moving closer to potential reuse of its Electron small satellite launch vehicle, with plans to attempt a parachute recovery of the first stage as part of its next mission, the company said on Nov. 5.
Oct 29, 2020
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm with an aerospace and defense focus, is growing its military space business with a new acquisition that serves the Pentagon’s desire to tap into small-form, new-space developments.