Launch

SpaceX resumed Starlink launches on Monday, launching a batch of 51 Starlink satellites to Polar Orbit, equipped with optical inter-satellite links. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 8:55 p.m....

Virgin Galactic has delayed its next test flight “Unity 23” with the Italian Air Force until mid-October due to a component issue.  In a statement issued Monday, Virgin Galactic said...

NASA has awarded SpaceX a $152.5 million contract to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission. The total cost includes the launch service and other mission-related costs. The GOES-U...

Sir Richard Branson’s time in space was just a few minutes, but it was a journey 25 years in the making. During Wednesday’s closing keynote at SATELLITE 2021, Branson shared...

New ideas, a new focus on the consumer, and new technologies are driving growth and change in the launch segment of the space industry, speakers from leading launch providers said...

On July 11, nearly a minute into the rocket trip carrying Richard Branson, the British billionaire, to space, a yellow caution light appeared on the ship’s console. The craft was...

Shares in Astra Space dropped sharply from $11.68 per-share at closing on Friday to $8.90 on Monday’s opening after the launch company experienced a launch failure over the weekend that...

A SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Monday, carrying more than 4,800 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and spacecraft hardware. The ISS confirmed...

Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian rocket company, is teaming up with Exolaunch, a German rideshare provider, to enable better a small satellite launch experience customers. The two companies announced the...

European launch service provider Arianespace successfully launched 34 satellites on Saturday for OneWeb, bringing the operator’s total fleet to 288 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation satellites. Arianespace sent the OneWeb satellites...