Launch

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) has been selected to provide the pathfinder mission payload for the initial launch of the U.K. Spaceflight Program, which is an initiative to create a world-leading...

Today has been a pivotal day for the United Kingtom space industry. The U.K. government announced definitive plans for new spaceports, which will enhance its satellite and rocket launch capabilities....

  GomSpace A/S and the Spanish company Aistech signed a contract for six standard nanosatellites platforms and the assembly, integration, and verification of AISTECH’s 10 Danu spacecraft, to be built on...

NASA awarded Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information, and Services business $59 million for additional work on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System project (JPSS CGS)....

GomSpace Sweden signed a contract with Astrocast, a Swiss nanosatellites provider, to deliver a propulsion system for each of the 10 nanosatellites in the first orbital plane of the new...

ArianeGroup launched the production line (named “B-Line”) for its P120C solid propellant booster nozzles at its Le Haillan, France site. The nozzles will be produced for the solid rocket booster...

Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, has joined the board of directors of Apollo Fusion, a satellite propulsion company, after helping it secure $10 million in Series B financing from...

Rocket Lab plans to develop a U.S. launch site for its Electron rocket at one of four U.S. spaceports — Cape Canaveral, Wallops Flight Facility, Pacific Spaceport Complex, and Vandenberg...

Iridium Communications has announced today an updated date for the seventh Iridium Next launch. The Iridium-7 mission is now being targeted for July 25, 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base...

Virgin Orbit has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sitael, a privately owned Italian space company, to collaborate on investments including orbital launches and future launch system evolution. Sitael previously...