Space Industry Analysis
Sep 25, 2015
The closure of Ex-Im leaves only one U.S. spacecraft builder able to obtain export financing: Palo Alto-based Space Systems/Loral, whose Canadian parent company can tap financial backing from Export Development Canada, even if construction of the satellite is performed in the U.S.
Sep 23, 2015
Scott Kelly has some tricks for enduring his year-long stay on the space station.
Sep 23, 2015
The technical centerpiece of China’s new launchers, the YF-100 engine, has now flown in the smallest member of the family, Long March 6. The rapid-response solid-propellant launcher Long March 11, meanwhile, should fly imminently.
Sep 23, 2015
Enceladus is home to a global subsurface ocean that sprays plumes of ice from its south pole.
Sep 22, 2015
SpaceX and other new players in the A&D field may change the way heritage providers do business.
Sep 21, 2015
Deep-space flight time and expense could be greatly reduced through the use of nuclear rocket engines and make Mars exploration more feasible.
Oct 12, 2021
Major small-satellite launcher Rocket Lab is making good on plowing some of its new publicly provided cash haul into bolt-on acquisitions.
Oct 12, 2021
The cargo ship transporting the James Webb Space Telescope arrived in French Guiana on Oct. 12, completing a 1,500-mi. journey that sets the stage for the observatory’s launch aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket on Dec. 18.
Oct 12, 2021
Airbus has started production of the UK’s new £500 million ($679.5 million) Skynet 6A satellite, which is due for launch in 2025.
Oct 12, 2021
UK space launch startup Skyrora has signed agreements to use the SaxaVord spaceport on the Shetland Islands for satellite launch as early as 2022.
Oct 11, 2021
Two of the four crewmembers assigned to the upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon launch to the International Space Station are part of NASA’s “Artemis Team” of 18 freshmen and veteran fliers chosen for the agency’s human lunar return.
Oct 11, 2021
OneWeb and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have signed a letter of intent to fly OneWeb broadband satellites aboard Indian’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the heavier-lift Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from India beginning next year.
Oct 08, 2021
Rick Ambrose, Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president for space and a well-known industry veteran, will retire March 1, 2022, the company announced late Oct. 7.
Oct 08, 2021
Oslo is to provide NOK365.6 million ($42.85 million) in equity and grants to Andoya Space, which aims to begin launches next year.