Space Industry Analysis
Jun 27, 2019
The stunning merger plan reinforces worries that both defense spending and the commercial aircraft order boom have peaked.
Jun 25, 2019
From lone GEO satellites to large LEO constellations, more companies see an emerging need for in-space robotic servicing.
Jun 25, 2019
If successful, Northrop’s Mission Extension Vehicle could seed a market for in-space servicing of satellites and open the door to manufacturing in space.
Jun 24, 2019
A carefully planned orbital ballet will bring Northrop’s MEV-1 and Intelsat 901 together in geosynchronous orbit.
Jun 18, 2019
The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.
Jun 14, 2019
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Nov 18, 2022
Japan has outlined its planned contributions to NASA’s Gateway lunar-orbiting station.
Nov 17, 2022
Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin carried out the first of three planned spacewalks Nov. 17 to continue upgrades to the International Space Station’s Russian Nauka multipurpose laboratory module,.
Nov 17, 2022
Gravitics has raised $20 million in a seed round to build large space station modules.
Nov 17, 2022
The Space Launch System (SLS) met all performance expectations during its debut flight, which sent an uncrewed Orion capsule on its way to a distant lunar orbit.
Nov 17, 2022
The new 16U satellite bus is tailored for Earth observation and space domain awareness missions.
Nov 16, 2022
Russia plans to more than double its government-owned constellation of Earth-observation satellites in 2023-25.
Nov 16, 2022
SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System is to support the second and first NASA Artemis-era missions to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon under a $1.15 billion contract modification.
Nov 16, 2022
The approvals help pave the way for the first planned orbital launch from the UK mainland for Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission using its air-launched LauncherOne space vehicle that will be carried by its modified Boeing 747.