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[Via Satellite 07-29-2016] SpaceX conducted its first full duration testing of a landed first stage Falcon 9 booster at its rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas on July 28. The […]

[Via Satellite 07-27-2016] NBN Co, Australia’s state-owned broadband company, has announced Oct. 5 as the launch date for its second satellite, Sky Muster 2. The 6,400kg spacecraft from manufacturer Space Systems […]

[Via Satellite 07-26-2016] International Launch Services (ILS) has hired Kevin Reyes as senior director of sales. A 35-year veteran of the aerospace industry, Reyes is now responsible for sales and […]

[Via Satellite 07-20-2016] Following approval by the United States Congress earlier this month of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), United Launch Alliance (ULA) President and CEO Tory Bruno […]

[Via Satellite 07-18-2016] SpaceX completed the launch of a Dragon capsule July 18 for NASA as part of the Commercial Resupply Services 9 (CRS-9) mission, followed by a successful landing […]

[Via Satellite 07-13-2016] The French Space Agency (CNES) has awarded a $222.2 million (200 million euro) contract with Eiffage Civil Engineering company Eclair6 to build the launch facility for the […]

[Via Satellite 07-13-2016] Lockheed Martin has announced intentions to expand capabilities at its Astrotech Space Operations site in Titusville, Florida with the assistance of the North Brevard Economic Development Zone […]

[Via Satellite 07-12-2016] With the signing of three launches for Planet (formerly Planet Labs) announced today, Rocket Lab is filling out most of the early space in its manifest for […]

[Via Satellite 07-11-2016] Aerojet Rocketdyne is increasing its presence at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to handle assembly and testing of the AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine. The company […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] Small satellite launch company Rocket Lab reached its 10-year anniversary this June and is now months away from the first launch of its Electron rocket. Founded in […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] Airbus Group and Safran have completed the formation of Airbus Safran Launchers — the 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) that combines Airbus Defence and Space’s launcher experience with […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2016] NanoRacks manifested and integrated the company’s first payload on Blue Origin’s most recent New Shepard flight, which occurred on June 19. The suborbital mission is the fourth […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2016] United Launch Alliance (ULA) delivered the U.S. Navy’s fifth and final Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 5) satellite into Earth’s orbit June 24, marking the rocket’s first […]

[Via Satellite 06-22-2016] Spaceflight, the leading provider of integrated launch services for small satellites, has successfully launched a flock of 12 Planet Dove satellites from the Indian Space Research Organization’s […]

[Via Satellite 06-16-2016] Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL), prime contractor for the future Ariane 6 launch vehicle, is confident that the rocket the company is developing will cut costs by as […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2016] Aerojet Rocketdyne achieved full-power during a critical preburner test series at NASA’s Stennis Space Center earlier this month. The test series successfully verified key preburner injector design […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2016] Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced two of its designed and built satellites launched Saturday aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French […]

[Via Satellite 06-17-2016] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has traced the cause of the Atlas 5 rocket’s first stage underperformance during the March 22 OA-6 Cygnus mission to an anomalous propellant […]

[Via Satellite 06-16-2016] SpaceX completed the launch of two all-electric satellites June 15 using a Falcon 9 full-thrust rocket. The satellites, ABS 2A for ABS and Eutelsat 117 West B […]

[Via Satellite 06-09-2016] Moon Express and SpaceIL are the only two Google Lunar Xprize competitors to have produced the verified launch contracts required to stay in the $30 million contest […]

[Via Satellite 06-13-2016] Airbus Safran Launchers has finalized the first design phase for Ariane 6, Europe’s next generation launch system. The successful review enables the company to validate all of […]

[Via Satellite 06-13-2016] Launch services provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully orbited a payload for the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) using a Delta 4 Heavy rocket on June […]

[Via Satellite 06-10-2016] International Launch Services (ILS) successfully orbited the Intelsat 31 satellite for Intelsat June 9 aboard a Proton Breeze M rocket. The mission design consisted of a 5-burn […]

[Via Satellite 06-08-2016] Arianespace has delayed the launch of EchoStar 18 and BRIsat, Flight VA230, from June 8 to June 16 following a hiccup during the preparations for the rollout […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is building a new test rig for the Ariane 6 upper stage engines at its Lampoldshausen […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] Orbital ATK conducted a full-power “hot fire” test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of its Antares medium-class rocket using new RD-181 main engines on May […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] SpaceX completed the launch of Thaicom 8 for Thai satellite operator Thaicom on May 27, delivering the spacecraft to a Super Synchronous Transfer Orbit (SSTO), followed by […]

[Via Satellite 05-24-2016] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on May 23 flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in a hypersonic flight regime. The mission flew a […]

[Via Satellite 05-23-2016] Arianespace has signed a contract with OneWeb to design, qualify and supply 21 payload dispensers for the deployment of the company’s small satellite constellation, along with five […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2016] NanoRacks deployed its 111th customer CubeSat on May 18 from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Kibo module on the International Space Station (ISS). A milestone for […]