Space Industry Analysis
Apr 29, 2019
The FCC has ruled to allow SpaceX to proceed with launch of an undisclosed number of Starlink satellites as early as next month.
Apr 23, 2019
In 1962, pioneering astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn wrote a pilot report for Aviation Week after his historic and harrowing flight in Mercury’s Friendship 7.
Apr 19, 2019
After a near-flawless journey to lunar orbit, Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft reached the Moon’s surface but crashed about 2 min. before its slated touchdown.
Apr 19, 2019
The gargantuan twin-fuselage launch vehicle carrier aircraft made a successful 2-hr. 29-min. first flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.
Apr 19, 2019
More then a year after its flight test, Falcon Heavy enters commercial service.
Apr 17, 2019
Exactly how NASA could pull off a 2024 Moon landing remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: It will cost billions.
Nov 04, 2022
The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission announced Nov. 3 that she would reorganize the agency to create a standalone Space Bureau to better support the needs of the growing satellite industry.
Nov 04, 2022
Virgin Galactic is set to return its first SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity to test flights in the coming months following the completion of upgrade work and says it remains on track to begin the long-delayed start of commercial spaceflights in the second quarter of 2023.
Nov 03, 2022
A low-cost positioning, navigation and timing service that would use the same L-band frequency range as the Global Positioning System could be installed on hundreds of military satellites in low Earth orbit, the Space Development Agency revealed on Nov. 3.
Nov 03, 2022
Plans by NASA and Boeing to launch the crewed test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station will move from early February to April of 2023 as the agency works to deconflict visiting crew and resupply missions to the seven-person orbital laboratory as well as continue the verification of critical Starliner flight systems.
Nov 03, 2022
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman takes over command from retiring Gen. Jay Raymond, who has led the Space Force since its December 2019 inception.
Nov 02, 2022
A modified Sikorsky S-92 helicopter will attempt to snare the returning booster by its parachute line.
Nov 02, 2022
NASA has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) from industry for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for exploring the Moon’s south pole as part of…
Nov 02, 2022
Bell will supply the vehicle’s feathering system and flight control surfaces while Texas-based structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace will produce the fuselage and wing.