Launch

Virgin Galactic successfully conducted a supersonic flight of its spacecraft this week — marking the company’s first return to the skies after a fatal crash four years ago. After two […]

During its April 2 mission, SpaceX carried Kenya’s first ever satellite to the International Space Station (ISS). The University of Nairobi developed the Cubesat mission, called First Kenya University Nanosatellite-Precursor […]

The first nozzle of the P120 solid rocket motor common to the future European launchers Ariane 6 and Vega C has just left for the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, […]

Rocket Lab has confirmed it will open a 14-day launch window this month to conduct the company’s first fully commercial launch. The mission, named “It’s Business Time,” includes manifested payloads […]

As Audacy’s Zero CubeSat approaches launch, the company is already working on the next demonstration to the International Space Station (ISS) named Audacy Lynq. The mission will deploy a second generation client […]

After a brief one day delay, SpaceX successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium Next satellites this morning from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Iridium confirmed shortly after […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully orbited the country’s new communications satellite, GSAT 6A, this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. This is the fifth successful […]

Relativity Space announced the close of its $35 million Series B financing, led by Playground Global with full participation from existing Series A investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, and […]

Kuang-Chi Science and NanoRacks announced a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi’s near-space helium spacecraft, the Traveler. The partnership will focus on the development of the Traveler program outside of China, […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA).  SpaceX received a $290.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to orbit […]

DigitalGlobe and SpaceX are working together for the first time to launch the WorldView Legion constellation. Two flight-proven Falcon 9 rockets will launch the initial block of the multi-satellite WorldView […]

Rocket Lab has confirmed its next launch will be the company’s first fully commercial flight. Two Lemur 2 cubesats for launch customer Spire Global will be on board the upcoming […]

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has signed an agreement with Blue Origin for the future use of its New Glenn launch vehicle currently under development. The rocket, named after John Glenn, […]

After the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denied Swarm Technologies to launch their satellites because they are too small to track, IEEE Spectrum is finding that it looks like those […]

Relive the excitement from just moments ago as #Soyuz begins its first mission from French Guiana in 2018. #VS18 @SES_Satellites @Thales_Alenia_S pic.twitter.com/7mjTzJT5J5 — Stéphane Israël (@arianespaceceo) March 9, 2018 In […]

In 2018, the space industry has — with a mélange of excitement and relief — witnessed advances in launch capabilities on both ends of the mass spectrum. Rocket Lab’s dedicated […]

SpaceX marked its 50th Falcon 9 launch on Tuesday, successfully orbiting a city bus-sized satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat. The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 […]

NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites this week for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). At 5:02 p.m. […]

By now, you probably know we announced SpaceX’s President and COO, Gwynne Shotwell, as our 2017 Satellite Executive of the Year. She is one of the most admired and respected […]

First two Starlink demo satellites, called Tintin A & B, deployed and communicating to Earth stations pic.twitter.com/TfI53wHEtz — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2018 SpaceX completed its third successful launch […]

With an eye toward future deep space missions, Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA powered up the RS-25 main engine for the agency’s heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) to its highest thrust […]

At the second National Space Council Meeting, members agreed on a number of new recommendations to reform commercial space regulatory frameworks at the Departments of Transportation and Commerce. According to […]

Clyde Space has secured its first launch contract, a follow-on order from an initial 6U satellite purchase from Israeli company NSLComm. Under the contract, Clyde Space is delivering an end-to-end […]

In the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, the U.S. Air Force has introduced a new “Rocket Systems Launch Program” that will allocate funds for smallsat launch services. The budget […]

Vector and Open Cosmos announced an agreement to reserve five orbital launches between 2019 and 2023 on the Vector-R launch vehicle. The announcement comes in advance of Vector’s first orbital […]

SpaceX conducted a test fire Sunday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ahead of its fourth launch of the year. On Feb 17, the company will orbit the Paz satellite, […]

It has been a momentous week for the launch industry with SpaceX making headlines (not for the first time) well beyond the industry press. Its successful Falcon Heavy launch made […]

Qtum Foundation announced a collaboration with the SpaceChain Foundation to launch a standardized CubeSat, which will carry Qtum‘s blockchain software technology on a Raspberry Pi device. The electricity required for […]

Russia, Japan and China completed a series of back-to-back-to-back launches between Thursday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 3. Russia’s launch was the first, carrying two Kanopus 5 Earth Observation (EO) […]

Despite January’s Zuma launch mishap, SpaceX is moving forward with its manifest on schedule, orbiting a new satellite for SES and the government of Luxembourg Wednesday afternoon. Kicking off the […]