Launch

Benchmark Space Systems has integrated its non-toxic chemical propulsion system with Spaceflight’s orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ahead of the SpaceX Transporter 3 rideshare mission.  Spaceflight is the first to use...

Astrocast will use Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle to launch a satellite as part of its global nanosatellite IoT network, the companies announced Dec. 15. By the beginning of 2024, Isar...

Major space launchers previewed how their businesses will change as new launch vehicles come available in 2022 during Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week event on Monday.  SpaceX Vice President of...

As California-based Rocket Lab looks to provide its Neutron rocket for future U.S. Space Force launches, the company on Dec. 13 took a step toward alternative power sources when the company...

The German Space Agency at DLR and Isar Aerospace selected seven payloads from five institutions in Germany, Norway, and Slovenia to ride on the late 2022 maiden flight of Isar’s...

Virgin Orbit has added Spire Global as a late-load customer addition to its upcoming launch, and completed satellite integration within 36 hours. CEO Dan Hart said the launch contract went...

Brazilian power company Oliveira Energia has selected Speedcast to provide connectivity service to 42 power plants in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Speedcast’s Brazilian entity SC Caprock will deliver service under the...

The United Kingdom space arena reached a significant moment on Thursday as it moves toward sovereign launch capability. Orbex, a private small satellite launch services provider, has started construction of...

Rocket Lab completed its final mission of 2021 early on Thursday, launching two satellites for BlackSky from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Dubbed ‘A Data With Destiny,’...

SpaceX launched a NASA mission early Thursday that will measure supernova remnants and supermassive black holes in the universe.  A Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)...