Space Industry Analysis
Jul 26, 2018
Centaur upper stage gets a second RL10 engine to accommodate space station crew taxi fights.
Jul 26, 2018
The U.S. is looking to overhaul its constellation of missile-warning satellites and seeking sensors that can track emerging threats.
Jul 24, 2018
Ad Astra Rocket and Aerojet Rocketdyne head toward November ground tests of high-power electric propulsion systems for spacecraft.
Jul 23, 2018
The tsunami of sensor data presents opportunities and challenges for satellite operators and service providers.
Jul 20, 2018
New spaceport gets backing from UK Space Agency and British government.
Jul 19, 2018
U.S. draws allies closer in space ops; Israel uses Patriots to shoot down Syrian UAS; U.S. seeks $84.5 million for Huey program. and Japan’s hunt for intel-gathering aircraft.
Aug 29, 2022
NASA had planned to launch the SLS, carrying an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, during a 2-hr. window that opened at 8:33 a.m. EDT. The next launch opportunity is at 12:48 p.m. EDT on Sept. 2.
Aug 29, 2022
CAPE CANAVERAL — The countdown for NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket went into an unplanned hold at the T-minus-40 min. mark to allow the…
Aug 29, 2022
The Kennedy Space Center launch team was assessing a potential hydrogen leak in the tail service mast umbilical, located at the base of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage.
Aug 29, 2022
The launch weather outlook was 80% favorable as NASA began the nearly 4 hr. process of loading the SLS core stage with 196,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and 537,000 gal. of liquid hydrogen.
Aug 28, 2022
The program is intended to provide global dividends across the science, economic and global leadership spectrums, NASA says.
Aug 28, 2022
NASA on Aug. 28 was on schedule to begin fueling the SLS rocket for its inaugural flight test, targeted for liftoff at 8:33 a.m. EDT Aug. 29.
Aug 27, 2022
CAPE CANAVERAL -- The two-day countdown to launch of NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket began as scheduled on Aug. 27, with no technical…
Aug 26, 2022
After more than 30 countdown simulations, two core-stage Green Run static engine firings and four launchpad wet dress rehearsals, countdown clocks at Kennedy Space Center were scheduled to start ticking down on Aug. 27 for the long-awaited launch of the first Space Launch System rocket.