A group of telecommunications, technology, aviation, and aerospace companies including Airbus Defence and Space and Softbank Corp., announced a partnership on Friday called the HAPS Alliance, to promote the use of high altitude vehicles in the Earth’s stratosphere with the goal of eliminating the digital divide. HAPSMobile, Loon, AeroVironment, Airbus Defence and Space, Bharti Airtel…

Double-digit growth is a big deal, especially when it comes after several years of decline. But in the case of orders for large commercial satellites, the double-digit growth recorded in the second half of 2019 isn’t enough to shift expectations that Geostationary Orbit (GEO) orders will never return to the historic levels of about ten…

The space industry is in the midst of multiple disruptions with the evolutionary developments that have revolutionary impacts. Most activity, as of now, is focused on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) missions covering multiple commercial players. With the LEO activity growing, it becomes imperative that we gain a perspective of what LEO has seen so far and…

Astroscale Holdings has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) first debris removal project, calling it a “groundbreaking” step by Japan to commercialize space debris removal. JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration project (CRD2) consists of two mission phases to remove an upper stage Japanese rocket…