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Firefly Aerospace is acquiring smallsat rideshare company Spaceflight for an undisclosed amount, and will end Spaceflight’s rideshare business after its current contracts. The company announced the deal last week on […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — six for each provider — under the fiscal […]

SpaceX launched Arabsat’s Badr-8 telecommunications satellite in a Falcon 9 mission over the weekend from Cape Canaveral. Manufacturer Airbus confirmed the satellite is now on its way to its final […]

It could be another two to three years before another rocket launches from Spaceport Cornwall after the failed Virgin Orbit mission, says outgoing leader Melissa Quinn, who recently announced she […]

The past few years has seen an upsurge in activity in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), led by megaconstellations of broadband satellites from SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb, followed by flocks of Earth […]

Rocket Lab, Launcher, and Stratolaunch have won bids to purchase assets from Virgin Orbit, according to bankruptcy filings released Tuesday. The auction took place on May 22, and the sale […]

SpaceX’s Saturday launch lofted satellites for both Iridium and OneWeb. The mission deployed five spare satellites for Iridium’s Low-Earth Orbit constellation, and 19 more OneWeb satellites.  Both operators confirmed post-launch […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in April proposed new legislative authorities that would allow it to begin charging commercial launch providers additional costs for the use of its spaceports […]

Arianespace has set a target date of June 16 for the final Ariane 5 mission, retiring Europe’s workhorse heavy-lift rocket.  The mission will launch two satellites — Syracuse 4B, built […]

A task force for the Ariane 6 rocket provided an update on the vehicle’s progress toward first flight on Friday, reporting vehicle assembly is not expected to start until November […]

Rocket Lab increased revenue 35% in the first quarter of 2023, beating the upper end of its previous guidance for the quarter.  The launcher reported $54.9 million in revenue in […]

Rocket Lab launched the first TROPICS mission for NASA on Monday from New Zealand, launching two cubesats that will monitor hurricanes. This is the first of two dedicated missions for […]

Scotland has reached a key milestone with construction beginning on the Sutherland Spaceport, formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland. It will be the first vertical launch spaceport to be built […]

Welsh space company Space Forge has a new MoU with Australia’s Southern Launch to explore potential satellite return technologies at Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, the companies announced Monday.  Space […]

Astranis and Infinite Orbits — the two companies with secondary payloads on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission that launched ViaSat-3 — confirmed their satellites were successfully deployed.  After Sunday night’s launch, […]

SpaceX launched the second batch of O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on Friday evening.  The Falcon 9 mission took off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:12 p.m. […]

Viasat’s long-awaited first ViaSat-3 satellite is on its way to orbit after a Sunday night SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission, kicking off a new era of business for Viasat as it […]

SpaceX’s recent Starship test may have sparked a mishap investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and raised concerns over potential damage to the environment, but leading space and satellite […]

SpaceX tested the complete Starship rocket for the first time on Thursday, in a highly anticipated test that ended in an explosion — yet was celebrated as a success.  This was […]

Rocket Lab is planning to use a pre-flown Rutherford engine on an upcoming Electron mission, a milestone in the company’s work to make Electron a reusable rocket vehicle.  Rocket Lab […]

The launch market likely faces a shortfall of capacity in the near-term, but also faces the risk of oversupply in the longer term, a new report from McKinsey finds.   The […]

Arianespace launched the JUICE space probe for the European Space Agency (ESA) Friday morning from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 rocket, kicking off Europe’s first mission to Jupiter. This […]

The second batch of SES O3b mPOWER satellites are on the way to Cape Canaveral, after manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday that it shipped the satellites.  These are the third […]

Relativity Space is shifting its focus away from the recently tested Terran 1 rocket, to accelerate the Terran R rocket to commercial service, which the company says will meet “significant […]

Intelsat’s newly launched IS-40e satellite will add capacity over North America in key markets the company is targeting — commercial aviation, mobility, and network services. SpaceX launched the Maxar-built satellite […]

Virgin Orbit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the company was unable to secure new funding. The smallsat launcher said in an April 4 statement that it intends to […]

Eutelsat Hotbird 13F satellite — the first Eurostar Neo satellite — has reached its operational Geostationary Orbit (GEO). SpaceX launched the satellite for operator Eutelsat Communications in October 2022. The […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) saw the successful first launch for its proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation this weekend. This was a highly anticipated launch as Tranche 0 demonstrates the […]

Virgin Orbit laid off about 85% of its workforce, approximately 675 employees, after it was unable to secure funding.  The smallsat launcher disclosed the layoffs in filings to the Securities […]

Isar Aerospace, one of the new launch companies out of Europe, has secured another $165 million in financing, as it gets ready for its first launch later this year. The […]