NASA, in consultation with Arianespace, has moved the planned launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope from Oct. 31 to Dec. 18.

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have joined several existing venture capital backers in a new $10 million fundraising round at on-orbit refueling and resupply startup Orbit Fab, the San Francisco company announced Sept. 7.

Australia’s quest to build a military satellite communications constellation has companies around the globe making pitches.

Inspiration4, the first all-civilian astronaut crew to orbit the Earth, will be doing a lot more than gazing out the windows of their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

As NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission team worked to verify the successful collection of the large rover’s first sample of rock from the red planet, the rover’s companion Ingenuity helicopter drone took flight over the Labor Day weekend for the 13th time.

The European OEM says it wants to make Australia’s defense satcom transition to a sovereign capability “as easy as possible.”

German plans for offshore satellite launch have been boosted by the support of four launch providers. 

One of the four engines on the company’s two-stage Alpha rocket shut down about 15 sec. after liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 2.