Space Industry Analysis
Jul 13, 2016
JAXA has achieved long-term success for its JEM space lab on the ISS by sticking to its original plan as much as possible, regardless of short-term priorities.
Jul 12, 2016
Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne project has kick-started the creation of new, vertically integrated, rocket development and manufacturing capabilities in California.
Jul 11, 2016
Design initiatives and lower manufacturing concepts devised for new space are being used for the latest mainstream space projects.
Jul 08, 2016
ATC reform left for later; House bill aims to block sale of Boeing aircraft to Iran; lawmakers ask about sending U.S. satellites to orbit on Indian rockets.
Jul 08, 2016
Like many other developers of small satellites, NovaWurks is waiting for a piggyback launch. But the company benefits from a unique spacecraft design.
Jul 07, 2016
Following a critical design review in June that found several components need additional work, the program is tentatively targeting an April delivery of the ESM to NASA.
Feb 10, 2022
Northrop Grumman’s upcoming 17th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station includes a more than 2,000-lb. payload to support future human deep space exploration and address issues on Earth like cancer treatment.
Feb 10, 2022
China is planning to conduct at least 50 rocket missions and place over 140 spacecraft in orbit in 2022.
Feb 10, 2022
Hungary is inviting space experiments from Singapore to be part of the research agenda for the astronaut it will send to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024.
Feb 09, 2022
Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Feb. 9 that it has finished thermal vacuum testing of the payload for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 program, ensuring the satellite’s sensor payload can survive in space.
Feb 09, 2022
The day after a SpaceX Falcon 9 delivered a batch of 49 Starlink satellites into orbit, a solar storm struck, causing atmospheric particles from Earth to expand into space, increasing drag on the newly launched flock.
Feb 09, 2022
Having achieved steady progress in the areas of space technology and manufacturing, Singapore outlined a three-pronged strategy to encourage further growth in the local space sector at the Global Space & Technology Convention.
Feb 08, 2022
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket capable of launching samples of Martian rock, soil and air gathered by the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover for return to Earth.
Feb 08, 2022
The investment fully funds E-Space’s Beta 1 launch of its first test satellites in March, as well as its Beta 2 launch “later” this year, the company says.