Commercial Space
Mar 04, 2020
With thousands of satellites expected to launch in the next 10 years, the U.S. is trying to prevent orbital mayhem.
Mar 04, 2020
Dozens of tech demos and satellites for new networks have been launched into orbit, with hundreds more to come.
Feb 28, 2020
A streamlined company aims to grow its strength in space services.
Feb 25, 2020
The success of the growing commercial space industry is at risk.
Feb 24, 2020
Spirit’s eVTOL tieup; electrified commuter aircraft; kitplane-based MALE flies; Volocopter raises more funds; Sweden’s electric aviation.
Jul 25, 2022
A deal would create a multi-orbit satellite heavyweight.
Jul 22, 2022
Relativity Space is “weeks away” from launching its first rocket, the Terran 1.
Jul 21, 2022
UK-based horizontal space launch company Astraius has selected Northrop Grumman and Exquadrum to be suppliers for a three-stage rocket system.
Jul 20, 2022
Millennium Space Systems says it has demonstrated several new technologies–including new avionics, communications devices, onboard processing of data and radio-frequency crosslinks–with a three-satellite constellation called RED-EYE that showcases the strength of small satellites.
Jul 19, 2022
Impulse Space and Relativity Space plan to launch a commercial research and development mission to the surface of Mars as soon as 2024.
Jul 14, 2022
With new leadership and an eager private equity sponsor, Tucson, Arizona-based Geost, a provider of small-satellite electro-optical and infrared sensors to the U.S. military, is eyeing acquisitions and investment stakes in other companies.
Jul 13, 2022
The upgraded Vega-C, a beefed-up and more flexible version of the Vega light launcher, made its first flight July 13 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Jul 13, 2022
The NASA- and Northrop Grumman-developed observatory is “probably the most significant engineering feat of our time,” Northrop CEO Kathy Warden tells Aviation Week.