Iceye brought in $87 million in its Series C funding round, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) company announced Tuesday. This funding round is more than double what Iceye raised in previous rounds, bringing its total financing raised to $152 million. The company plans to use this funding round to launch four SAR satellites this year,…

Rocket Lab has completed its final dress rehearsal from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia. The smallsat launcher is now ready for its first launch from U.S. soil, a dedicated launch for the U.S. Space Force. Rocket Lab said that operating two launch complexes will create 130 launch…

Former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin has joined microsatellite developer Astranis as a senior advisor and chair of its new Technical Advisory Board. In addition, Astranis also announced Thursday it has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for its first commercial program, a satellite for Pacific Dataport Inc. in Alaska.  “I am joining Astranis because this…

Astra made its first orbital launch attempt on Sept. 12, and Rocket 3.1 failed to make it to orbit. Astra said it appears that that early in the flight, the guidance system introduced some slight oscillation into the flight, which caused the vehicle to drift from its planned trajectory and led to a commanded shutdown…