Launch

Aerojet Rocketdyne secured its largest-ever RL10 engine contract to deliver 116 engines for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket. Aerojet announced the deal on Monday, financial terms were not disclosed. The […]

SpaceX launched an all-private astronaut crew to the International Space Station on Friday, marking the first such mission to the ISS. The mission is for Axiom Space, a company working […]

The commercial reality of parabolic flights launched from the United Kingdom is now one step closer with the news that Blue Abyss, and 0-G Launch have signed a memorandum of understanding to […]

OneWeb signed a deal with SpaceX to resume satellite launches after its Soyuz launch campaign was stymied due to Russia’s war on Ukraine. The companies announced Monday that the first […]

The first Astranis Space Technologies MicroGEO satellite is ready to ship to the launch site after completing final testing, the company announced Wednesday.  Astranis has completed vibration and vibroacoustic tests, […]

Skyrora has opened a new rocket engine testing facility in Scotland, the company announced March 15. The site allows Skyrora to concentrate its launch development operations for the purpose of […]

Astra Space successfully deployed its first customer payloads on Tuesday, bouncing back after a launch failure last month.  An Astra rocket took off from the Astra Spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska […]

Rideshare provider Spaceflight signed a multi-launch agreement with Astra Space, and is targeting the first launch under the agreement on Tuesday. Spaceflight and Astra announced the agreement on Monday, and […]

Virgin Orbit will launch the first satellite developed in Wales on the launcher’s first mission out of Spaceport Cornwall in the United Kingdom this summer. Space Forge, which is based […]

Smallsat launcher company Astra released an update on its investigation into the Rocket 3.3. launch failure on Feb. 10.  Astra said in a Monday announcement that the payload fairing did […]

OneWeb’s board of directors voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Arianespace is suspending Soyuz launches as the companies rejected steep demands from the Russian […]

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Thursday morning, as the constellation is getting global attention for providing internet connectivity in the Ukraine.  A Falcon 9 rocket took off […]

Update on March 3: OneWeb’s board of directors has voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said in a statement early Thursday. An upcoming […]

Rocket Lab is cementing its presence on the East Coast of Virginia, selecting Wallops Island as the launch and landing site for its new reusable Neutron rocket, after a competitive […]

The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire a “significant stake” in Firefly Aerospace, a deal that would add to its portfolio in the space […]

Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics sold its first Mission Extension Pod (MEP), the next generation of satellite servicing vehicles. Australian satellite operator Optus has agreed to purchase an MEP for its […]

A number of law firms have filed or announced intent to file shareholder class action lawsuits against Astra Space, after a critical analyst report and the company’s launch failure on […]

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk gave an update on Thursday on the Starship rocket, the massive rocket SpaceX is building to develop a human presence on Mars and deploy Starlink […]

Arianespace launched a batch of OneWeb satellites on Thursday afternoon in its first launch of 2022. An Arianespace Soyuz rocket took off from the Guiana Space Center, in Kourou, French […]

Astra’s mission for NASA on Thursday afternoon failed after the rocket experienced an issue during flight, sending the company’s stock tumbling.  Astra’s Rocket 3.3 took off from Space Launch Complex […]

Up to 40 of SpaceX‘s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune timing: The company launched the satellites directly into a solar storm. A […]

Spaceport Cornwall is publishing a “Sustainability Impact Report and Action Plan” as it prepares for Virgin Orbit’s planned launch from the spaceport this summer. The spaceport shared details of the […]

SpaceX launched a batch of 49 Starlink satellites on Thursday afternoon in its third launch of the week.  Thursday’s Starlink launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida followed the COSMO-SkyMed […]

NASA selected 12 companies as eligible for contracts for its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions. NASA announced the selections on Jan. 26, including emerging and operational launchers, […]

Isar Aerospace has won a 10 million euro ($11.32 million) prize from the European Commission (EC), the company announced Jan 25. Isar won the EC’s EIC Horizon Prize “Low-Cost Space […]

The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from […]

Arianespace named Pierre-Yves Tissier new chief technical officer, as current CTO Roland Lagier is retiring. Arianespace announced the change as immediate on Wednesday.  Tissier has been deputy CTO of Arianespace […]

Smallsats increasingly define the commercial space launch market, with a desire for independent access to space driving a new push by small launchers around the world. The number of small […]

It is the start of a crucial year for the United Kingdom’s blossoming space industry. The U.K. government has set out to build a strong and vibrant industry over the […]

Thursday was a big day for commercial space launch in the U.S., as Virgin Orbit followed SpaceX’s rideshare mission from Florida in the morning with a launch from California in […]