SpaceX launched Arabsat’s Badr-8 telecommunications satellite in a Falcon 9 mission over the weekend from Cape Canaveral. Manufacturer Airbus confirmed the satellite is now on its way to its final position at 26 degrees East in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).  Badr-8 will join the satellite operator’s Badr-network at the 26 degrees East hotspot, expanding service over…

It could be another two to three years before another rocket launches from Spaceport Cornwall after the failed Virgin Orbit mission, says outgoing leader Melissa Quinn, who recently announced she will be leaving her role as head of the spaceport. Quinn told Via Satellite in an interview that the spaceport is taking a “wait and…

The past few years has seen an upsurge in activity in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), led by megaconstellations of broadband satellites from SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb, followed by flocks of Earth observation, IoT, and military satellites. Within the next decade, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Telesat’s Lightspeed constellations will send even more smallsats into that orbit. Meanwhile,…

Rocket Lab, Launcher, and Stratolaunch have won bids to purchase assets from Virgin Orbit, according to bankruptcy filings released Tuesday. The auction took place on May 22, and the sale hearing took place Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Virgin Orbit will cease operations with the sale. Rocket Lab…