Year: 2023

Two decades ago, few in the U.S. defense community considered using commercial satellite services for national security missions. Nor did they envision a future where thousands of small systems in...

In SpaceX’s more than two decades, the company has grown from a fledgling startup into the world’s leading launch provider. Today, SpaceX boasts a reported staff of about 10,000 people. The...

ABS has won a new capacity contract with a leading broadcaster in the Philippines. It announced March 27, that TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation (TAPDMV) has extended its satellite broadcast...

Spire Global could be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange due to the average closing price of the company’s stock. Spire said in a March 24 press release that...

The Federal Communications Commission approved in September a new regulation where all non-functional Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites have to be deorbited no later than five years after their decommission. Prior...

Blue Origin reports that an engine nozzle issue led to the New Shepard rocket explosion during a test flight in September 2022. The New Shepard is the suborbital rocket that...

OneWeb’s full first generation constellation has now been launched after a weekend mission from India, clearing the way for global service.  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NewSpace India...

Rocket Lab set a new record for turnaround time between missions after it launched two Electron missions seven days apart from two different hemispheres.  Rocket Lab completed a successful mission...

VSAT manufacturer SpaceBridge signed new deals for its satellite equipment with NexTenna and SkyNet de Colombia, the company announced this month.  Antenna company NexTenna is partnering with SpaceBridge to develop...

NASA has awarded Redwire $5.9 million to complete the design of FabLab, an in-space manufacturing system. FabLab is designed to be tested onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and advance...