Space Industry Analysis
Sep 27, 2017
Its satellites can connect from spot-beam to spot-beam and deliver full-motion video to small UAVs.
Sep 25, 2017
Russia probably won't detach new module from ISS to form part of new space station.
Sep 25, 2017
Prime, OEM and Tier 1 aerospace and defense players are buying major rivals, answering the question of how they will grow in the near- and mid-term.
Sep 25, 2017
Development has taken longer than expected, but engine testing is an important milestone in realizing Paul Allen’s new space vision.
Sep 22, 2017
The $9.2 billion acquisition may test the Trump administration, which has concern over a shrinking defense base and ordered a study and recommendations.
Sep 21, 2017
European Aviation Network to begin commercial service on a British Airways Airbus A321 later this year with service that uses ground and space-based assets.
Jun 08, 2022
MDA and Redwire have received contracts to each develop 42 antennas for low Earth orbit military satellites.
Jun 07, 2022
NASA has selected two new science investigation missions for launch to the Moon under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services public/private exploration initiative.
Jun 06, 2022
NASA’s first Space Launch System Moon rocket is back at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B for a fourth attempt to test fueling operations ahead of launch on the Artemis I uncrewed flight test around the Moon.
Jun 06, 2022
China has launched another three astronauts into space as construction of the Tiangong space station enters its next phase.
Jun 03, 2022
Russia’s Progress MS-20 linked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment on June 3, completing a two-orbit launch to docking to deliver a 3-ton cargo of propellant, drinking water, food and other supplies for the orbital lab’s seven crewmembers.
Jun 02, 2022
NASA has lined up some forward-looking research for its next resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Jun 02, 2022
NASA plans to add five more Crew Dragon missions to SpaceX’s Commercial Crew flight services contract on a sole-source basis, as the agency continues to work with Boeing to certify a second transportation system to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
Jun 02, 2022
The U.S. Space Force this month will finalize its force design for how it will move the ground moving target indication mission from aircraft to space, with the plan to shape the 2024 budget request. The U.S. Air Force wants to retire its E-8C Joint Stars that currently serve in this role, with much of the capability to come from satellites. This plan faces several hurdles, however, not the least of which is physics.