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SpaceX launched Turksat 6A on July 8, Turkey’s first communications satellite built by the country. The telecommunications satellite will expand national satellite operator Turksat’s area of coverage with four new […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded the second on-ramp to its Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies on July 3. This brings the number […]

NASA selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch the COSI Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission. NASA announced the $69 million firm-fixed-price contract on July 2. The COSI mission is currently […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the ALOS-4 Earth observation satellite aboard the H3 rocket on Monday. JAXA confirmed post-launch that the mission was successful.  The H3 mission took […]

Amazon is pushing back the first full launch for its Project Kuiper constellation to the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced Thursday. Amazon previously said it would start launching […]

The GOES-U weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is on its way to its final orbital position after a Tuesday SpaceX launch on a Falcon Heavy […]

Northrop Grumman delivered the two satellites in Space Norway‘s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM), the company announced June 21. The satellites are scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]

SpaceX successfully launched the Astra 1P broadcast satellite for SES on June 20, SES confirmed after the launch. The satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, will continue SES’s TV neighborhood […]

German launcher in development Isar Aerospace raised a more than 65 million euro ($69 million) extension to its Series C funding round, with backing from the NATO Innovation Fund.  This […]

Rocket Lab reached the milestone of 50 Electron launches on Thursday with a mission for French IoT startup Kinéis. The launcher reached 50 Electron launches seven years after the first […]

Japanese radar company Synspective signed a 10-launch deal with Rocket Lab, the largest Electron launch contract to date. The launches will take place from New Zealand across 2025 to 2027. […]

Under an umbrella worth up to $5.6 billion over the next five years for at least 30 launches, U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on June 13 made its first […]

Shortly after SpaceX completed its first test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, the company’s CEO Elon Musk outlined potential next steps for the launch vehicle in a series […]

Orbex will have even closer ties in Europe, thanks to signing a new framework contract for the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program organized by the European Commission and the European […]

Rocket Lab has launched two satellites in 11 days, in another key milestone for the company. It has completed the second of two Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant […]

NASA, Boeing, and ULA will try, once again, to launch the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) this Wednesday after scrubbing their latest attempt just 3 minutes and 50 seconds before […]

August 2024 could mark one of the most important points in the United Kingdom’s space history, with plans underway for the first vertical launch from U.K. soil. If the launch […]

Amazon is beginning the process to actively deorbit its two Project Kuiper prototype satellites, nearly eight months after the satellites were launched. In an update on May 23, Amazon said […]

French startup Kinéis is preparing for two Rocket Lab launches starting in June to launch the first 10 satellites of its IoT constellation. Kinéis announced Thursday that two launches are […]

Orbex is forming a new technology partnership ahead of launching its first rockets from the U.K. The company has formed a new partnership with MSP, which will provide technology to […]

A South Korean rocket will be the first to launch from the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden thanks to a collaboration between companies in Sweden and South Korea. Swedish […]

Rocket Lab reported a record $93 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2024 — a 69% year-over-year revenue increase. The launch and space systems company  released its Q1 […]

The first two satellites in Maxar’s long-awaited WorldView Legion constellation launched on Thursday afternoon, a significant milestone for the program after years of delays.  SpaceX launched the satellites on a […]

SpaceX launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission on Saturday evening, deploying two Galileo satellites. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellites to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) from the Kennedy […]

In Rocket Lab‘s fifth successful launch of 2024, the New Zealand-based launcher deployed the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s (KAIST) NEONSAT-1 satellite and NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail […]

Spanish launcher in development PLD Space has raised 78 million euros ($84 million) from investors, the company announced Tuesday. The company plans to use the funds to open the first […]

Apogeo Space, an Italian space company, is teaming up with Korean launch company Innospace as looks to launch and complete its IoT picosatellite constellation by 2027. Apogeo Space aims to […]

Orbex, the U.K. rocket company, received 16.7 million pounds ($20.8 million) in funding from a group of six significant investors in an update to its Series C funding round. Investors […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the final launch of the Delta IV Heavy rocket. It  launched […]

SpaceX launched six radio frequency geolocation micro satellites developed for HawkEye 360. Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirmed the satellites have successfully communicated with ground control. The HawkEye 360 Cluster 8 […]