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Launch and in-space service provider Firefly Aerospace was contracted by imagery and sensing satellite operator Spire Global to send multiple Lemur spacecraft into orbit on Firefly’s Alpha rocket spread out...

Inmarsat and Hughes Network Systems confirmed that they have been secretly collaborating on a new satellite connectivity solution that will allow commercial airlines to offer free, in-flight Wi-Fi. The service,...

Lockheed Martin Space continues to benefit from increased government spending, as the company reported a 6% increase in 2020 Third Quarter (Q3) net space sales totaling $163 million. Approximately $90...

Virginia-based satellite operator Iridium Communications is raising its full-year 2020 guidance after turning in a better-than-expected Third Quarter (Q3) result for investors. Despite facing headwinds from a pandemic-fueled recession, Iridium...

SpaceX launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Sunday, Oct. 18 as it builds out its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation to provide internet service.  A Falcon 9 rocket carrying...

AAC Clyde Space will acquire Virginia-based small satellite tech company SpaceQuest, Ltd. to grow operations in the U.S. and to expand Space-as-a-Service offerings. This follows after AAC Clyde Space, a...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rolled out a new rule on Thursday that it says takes a new, streamlined approach for commercial spaceflight.  The biggest change is that it allows...

Exolaunch has signed a long-term launch agreement with SpaceX to secure capacity on Falcon 9 missions as part of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program. Exolaunch announced Wednesday it will manifest microsatellites...

Boeing and the U.S. Space Force revealed Wednesday that the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). This was the first all-digital PDR, which...

Aerojet Rocketdyne has opened a new, 17,000 square-foot large solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in Camden, Arkansas. Aerojet Rocketdyne said in a Tuesday release that the large solid rocket motors...