Launch

Arianespace launched five payloads on a Soyuz rocket on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 8:54 UTC from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, including COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation and […]

GomSpace (GS) and Lockheed Martin Space will develop and deliver a GS 6U nanosatellite to Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) in the United Kingdom, the companies announced Wednesday, Dec. 18. The […]

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday, Dec. 16, at 7:10 […]

Capella Space announced Monday that in 2020, it will launch seven Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites and start commercial operations. The company bills itself as the first small satellite SAR […]

Lockheed Martin delivered the capsule-shaped aeroshell that will protect NASA‘s Mars 2020 rover to the Kennedy Space Center, in Titusville, Florida, on Dec. 12. The aeroshell will encapsulate the Mars […]

Airbus has validated and demonstrated photonic satellite payload technology to Technology Readiness Level 6, the last level before prototype in orbit, through the Optima Horizon 2020 project. This proof of […]

Blue Origin has successfully completed its NS-12 mission, launching its ninth commercial payload and 100th customer into orbit on a New Shepard rocket. This was the sixth consecutive launch of […]

SpaceX Founder and Chief Engineer Elon Musk will appear as a keynote speaker at the SATELLITE 2020 Conference and Exhibition on Monday, March 9 at 4:00 p.m. EST at the […]

Blue Origin has pushed back its NS-12 mission on a New Shepard rocket to Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 11:00 a.m. EST due to unfavorable weather conditions. “We are continuing to […]

TriSept Corporation has signed a comprehensive teaming agreement with Satellite Applications (SA) Catapult to explore missions and space access across the U.K. space industry. The TriSept and SA Catapult alliance will […]

Blockchain hardware wallet technology from SpaceChain has reached the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of a CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission. According to SpaceX, […]

Sypris Electronics has received contract awards from Collins Aerospace to manufacture and test electronic assemblies for the environmental control and life support, and the power management and distribution systems of […]

Acme AtronOmatic, the makers of the MyRadar Weather Radar app, have launched a non-commercial, experimental communications satellite aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket with launch provider Alba Orbital. The launch event, […]

Rocket Lab successfully launched its 10th Electron spacecraft on Friday morning. The launch delivered payloads for Spaceflight and Alba Orbital. The mission, “Running Out of Fingers,” lifted off from Rocket […]

SpaceX launched its 19th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-19) on Friday at 17:29 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon separated from Falcon […]

Thales Alenia Space will build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite for Egyptian operator Nilesat, the company announced December 4. Thales Alenia Space will be responsible for satellite design, production, testing […]

SES will employ the Hughes Jupiter System to enable services on its SES-17 satellite, which is being built by Thales Alenia Space and expected to launch in 2021. The agreement […]

Spaceflight, together with Hypergiant SEOPS, will be launching three cubesats from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft in early January. The payloads will travel to the […]

Satellite operator Spacecom has selected Rugby, Warwickshire-based Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS) to serve as the European gateway for its new AMOS-17 high-throughput communication satellite, which recently become operational over the […]

China successfully launched a new weather radar-imaging satellite designed for civilian use, Chinese state media confirmed. Gaofen 12, the latest in a fleet of Chinese Earth observation satellites, lifted off […]

Arianespace successfully orbited two geostationary satellites: TIBA-1, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the Government of Egypt; and GX5 for the operator Inmarsat. The launch […]

The U.S. Space Command accepted the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS)-10 satellite into the operational constellation and will be transitioning users to utilize the bandwidth provided by this new satellite. Boeing […]

The Orion spaceship transferred from the Kennedy Space Center to Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, and is scheduled to arrive on Nov 26. Its destination the world’s largest thermal […]

Arianespace postponed the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket, which would carry Egypt’s TIBA-1 satellite and the Inmarsat GX5 satellite. This was due to a power supply anomaly in the […]

China launched two BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday. The satellites were launched on a […]

Arianespace and Measat, a Malaysian satellite operator, signed a launch services contract for MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite. The satellite launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 […]

Astrobotic and Bosch revealed the launch of SoundSee to the International Space Station (ISS). As part of a research collaboration with NASA, the lunchbox-sized SoundSee module will assist astronauts by […]

Airbus, The European Space Agency (ESA), and Eutelsat presented the new multibeam active antenna payload today at Airbus in Madrid. Airbus’ ELSA+ (ELectronically Steerable Antenna+) is a first for commercial satellite […]

It looks like SpaceX‘s shiny new Starship prototype has entered the test phase. The full-size Starship Mk1 vehicle “breathed” during an apparent pressure test yesterday evening (Nov. 18) at SpaceX’s […]

Firefly Aerospace revealed this past summer the Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM), a global competition to host academic and educational payloads as rideshare participants on the inaugural flight […]