Space Industry Analysis

Nov 16, 2016
Space policy transition is taking shape slowly following Donald Trump’s surprise election victory.
Nov 11, 2016
In this week’s Washington Outlook: a look at Trump’s secdef shortlist; a change of plans after Clinton’s loss and potential for public-private partnerships.
Nov 11, 2016
The Obama White House has punted on a host of civil, commercial and military space issues.
Nov 09, 2016
NASA does not want to try to service the James Webb Space Telescope once it is 1 million mi. from Earth.
Nov 09, 2016
NASA has had trouble gleaning financial support from Congress for its Earth science needs, but smallsats could be part of the solution.
Nov 09, 2016
With the takeover agreement by InFin Innovative Finance AG, of Switzerland, Mars One would become the first Mars exploration initiative to go public.
Mar 22, 2022
Leonardo has sold its U.S.-based Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) government satellite communications business to Luxembourg-based SES. 
Mar 22, 2022
Germany-based space startup Polaris has been awarded a contract by the country’s defense ministry to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its proposed Aurora reusable space plane. 
Mar 22, 2022
Australia's defense department is also partnering with the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on "cooperative satellite activities."
Mar 22, 2022
Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics is trying to let the U.S. Space Force know that it could extend the lives of older geosynchronous satellites or potentially add new capabilities to them.
Mar 22, 2022
One of a growing number of unintended consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a boost in business for the space industry.
Mar 21, 2022
Eighteen days after OneWeb decided to suspend launches of its broadband satellites from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company has signed with SpaceX.
Mar 21, 2022
Engineers at the Imperial College of London have created a virtual wind tunnel called PyFR, capable of simulating the atmospheric conditions on Mars for the testing of rotorcraft blade designs.
Mar 21, 2022
Disruption of commercial and scientific cooperation with Western countries because of the conflict in Ukraine is likely to cause Russia’s space-launch campaign to be reduced by one-third this year.