Space Industry Analysis
Dec 27, 2018
It was a year of progress and contrasts in space, from the edge of space to Mars to a probe grazing the Sun to a sample-return rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid.
Dec 21, 2018
Globally, more than 100 orbital launches took place in 2018, the highest rate in two decades. China, flying from Xichang, Jiuquan and Taiyuan, led the way, followed by U.S.
Dec 21, 2018
Hailed as the first crewed flight to launch from U.S. soil since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, Virgin Galactic’s Unity flight sets the scene for the long-anticipated beginning of commercial space flights in 2019.
Dec 21, 2018
But the final frontier remains the playground of only the most adventurous investors—and for good reasons.
Dec 21, 2018
From physical facilities to reimagined exhibits, the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum prepares for an overhaul.
Dec 19, 2018
Manufacturers and operators are working to build the business case for maintaining and upgrading satellites in orbits to extend their usefulness.
Oct 06, 2022
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency has awarded a prototype contract worth up to $200 million to York Space Systems for 12 communications satellites as part of its Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System program.
Oct 06, 2022
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Air Force Research Laboratory recently conducted a successful test of a new large solid rocket motor called eSR-19 that the company is pitching for multiple stages on both defense and space applications.
Oct 05, 2022
NASA’s SpaceX-contracted Crew-5 mission was on course to deliver four U.S., Japanese and Russian crewmembers to the International Space Station on Oct. 6 following a successful Falcon 9 launch on Oct. 5 from Kennedy Space Center with a crew Dragon capsule.
Oct 04, 2022
The Space Development Agency has awarded a $176 million agreement to Ball Aerospace to create 10 space vehicles and ground systems to test new payloads to potentially be incorporated into future National Defense Space Architecture tranches.
Oct 04, 2022
AE Industrial Partners, the leading private equity investor in aerospace and defense by deal volume, has acquired a majority stake in small satellite builder York Space Systems, the companies announced Oct. 4.
Oct 04, 2022
Planned liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 29 was scuppered by Hurricane Ian.
Oct 03, 2022
The U.S. Space Force has awarded small satellite manufacturer Millennium Space Systems and launch service provider Firefly Aerospace contracts for its Victus Nox mission, an attempt to demonstrate the ability to launch a small satellite into low Earth orbit less than 24 hr. after requested.
Oct 03, 2022
The Space Development Agency, the defense space acquisition startup launched more than three years ago to shake up how the Pentagon acquires capabilities in orbit, is now officially part of the U.S. Space Force.