Virgin Orbit, which paused operations last week to conserve capital, plans to incrementally resume operations on Thursday to prepare for the next mission as the company continues funding talks.  Virgin Orbit paused operations on March 16, disclosed in filings  to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The smallsat launcher has funding troubles, and had just…

SES’s SES-18 and SES-19 satellites have been successfully launched in what it is set to be a busy year of launches for the operator. The satellites, designed and built by Northrop Grumman were launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, March 17. They are the fourth and fifth, and final satellites to be…

The surge in demand for smallsat launch raises a number of questions: What’s driving the growth? How do industries that want to get into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) find the right partner? And how do industry stakeholders navigate challenges, like limited access to launchpads, supply chain issues, increased risks of space congestion? Speakers on the Tuesday…

SpaceX launched an additional batch of 40 satellites for OneWeb on Thursday, increasing OneWeb’s constellation to 582 satellites. OneWeb is a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity provider and competitor to SpaceX's Starlink constellation.  The Falcon 9 mission took off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 9, at 2:13 p.m. The satellites…