Space Industry Analysis
Apr 15, 2019
Unusual debuts at Aero; Wing delivers in Australia; Ehang flies food; UK counters UAS; DARPA challenges launch teams; Connecting UAS to ATC.
Apr 15, 2019
The U.S. is recapitalizing its space assets while simultaneously focusing on a future space architecture.
Apr 11, 2019
Japanese F-35s grounded; industry calls Air Force IP buybacks a mistake; Raytheon helping bridge space tracking gap; Ukraine’s new cruise missile.
Apr 09, 2019
Brazil’s hopes for self-sufficiency in space ride on Visiona’s nanosat.
Apr 08, 2019
Westcott facility for Reaction Engines core testing takes British high-speed rocket propulsion research back to its post-war roots.
Apr 07, 2019
High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.
Nov 01, 2022
As NASA presses ahead to transition International Space Station operations to multiple commercial free-flying platforms, the agency is also working to retain its international and U.S. National Laboratory partners, according to two days of testimony provided to the NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations Committee.
Nov 01, 2022
Spire Global has won a contract from DARPA to design a satellite that would carry sensors to very low Earth orbit to study the ionosphere.
Nov 01, 2022
A triple-core Falcon Heavy, currently the most powerful rocket operating today, lifted off from a fog-shrouded Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 1 on a challenging and classified mission for the U.S. Space Force.
Nov 01, 2022
No longer in safe mode, NASA’s Capstone small satellite mission continues to blaze a trail in space for the planned lunar Gateway station.
Nov 01, 2022
As well as a launch provider, UK-based Orbex will now become a launch site operator with assistance from Jacobs.
Oct 31, 2022
NorthStar Earth & Space’s initial three space situational awareness satellites are scheduled to launch into orbit in mid-2023.
Oct 31, 2022
NASA plans to add a crewed lunar landing on its Artemis IV mission—previously a dedicated assembly flight for the lunar Gateway—and award a contract to SpaceX to ferry astronauts to and from lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface.
Oct 31, 2022
Small-satellite maker Terran Orbital has formally aligned with Lockheed Martin, receiving a $100 million investment boost.