New FCC regulations will go into effect next week intended to make it easier for small satellites to get licenses for commercial operations. | Continue reading
The Pentagon has selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to conduct potentially dozens of national security launches between fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2027 | Continue reading
Launch of a new Chinese Kuaizhou-11 commercial solid rocket ended in failure Friday resulting in the loss of two satellites. | Continue reading
China is preparing to launch its Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter and rover next week with the rollout of the mission’s Long March 5 launch vehicle. | Continue reading
A Crew Dragon docked with the ISS May 31, less than a day after making history as the first human orbital spaceflight from the U.S. in nearly 9 years. | Continue reading
Bigelow Aerospace, the company founded more than two decades ago to develop commercial space habitats, laid off all its employees March 23. | Continue reading
China is preparing to carry out 11 missions in two years to construct a space station and will soon select a new batch of astronauts for the project. | Continue reading
The reentry and landing of a new Chinese spacecraft Friday marked a step toward the country sending astronauts to the moon and deep space. | Continue reading
A NASA evaluation suggests that the agency selected SpaceX for one of the three human lunar lander awards as a high-risk, high-reward option. | Continue reading
China rolled out a Long March 5B launcher Wednesday for a mission to prove space station launch capabilities and test a new spacecraft for deep space human spaceflight. | Continue reading
China has named its first independent interplanetary mission Tianwen-1, with the combined Mars orbiter and rover spacecraft apparently proceeding towards launch in July. | Continue reading
Chinese space propulsion startup Space Pioneer has raised $14 million in funding for completing a series of next-generation liquid engines. | Continue reading
Rocket Lab said April 8 it successfully tested its ability to catch a falling Electron rocket stage in mid-air, a key step in its reusability work. | Continue reading
NASA has completed the crew for the first operational SpaceX commercial crew mission to the ISS, one that will not include any Russian cosmonauts. | Continue reading
The $1.5 billion Space Fence can track tiny objects in low Earth orbit as small as a marble. | Continue reading
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NASA has selected four finalists for the agency’s next small astrophysics mission, including both spacecraft and International Space Station experiments. | Continue reading
China's attempt to launch the first Long March 7A rocket ended in failure Monday, resulting in a classified satellite failing to enter geosynchronous transfer orbit. | Continue reading
The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission has been delayed to 2022 due to a lack of time to qualify hardware vital to the spacecraft. | Continue reading
Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicing spacecraft successfully docked with an Intelsat communications satellite Feb. 25 in a bid to keep the nearly 19-year-old satellite in service an additional five years, Northrop Grumman and Intelsat executives said Feb. 26. | Continue reading
The European and Russian space agencies have delayed crucial ExoMars 2020 parachute tests to late March, with the mission also set to undergo review. | Continue reading
China launched a Long March 2D rocket from its inland Xichang launch center Wednesday, marking a return to activity following the Chinese New Year. | Continue reading
A space industry flush with startups and easy money struggles to tamp down all the B.S. | Continue reading
Hoyt said observations from the U.S. military’s Space Surveillance Network showed the Prox-1 satellite deorbiting more than 24 times faster than before deploying the tape. | Continue reading
DirecTV is racing to move its Spaceway-1 satellite out of the geostationary arc after the 14-year-old satellite suffered a crippling battery malfunction that the company fears could cause it to explode. | Continue reading
Boeing has decided to no longer continue development of an experimental suborbital spaceplane for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. | Continue reading
HELSINKI — China carried out its second orbital launch in just over 24 hours late Wednesday, sending the Yinhe-1 commercial 5G satellite into low Earth | Continue reading
The U.S. military is alerted of missile launches by geosynchronous and polar orbit satellites equipped with infrared sensors. | Continue reading
Chinese private space launch firm Galactic Energy has raised $21.5 million for the development and launch of new rockets. | Continue reading
The United States is on the verge of making a profound strategic mistake. The nation is preparing to spend $85 billion replacing working nuclear-armed Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles with a new “Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.” Like the old missiles, the new arsen … | Continue reading
Arianespace and ESA announced the signing of a contract Tuesday for launch of the Euclid dark universe exploration mission. | Continue reading
China’s main space contractor is aiming to carry out more than 40 launches in 2020, including lunar, interplanetary and space infrastructure missions. | Continue reading
China is clear to embark on ambitious exploration and space station missions following a successful return-to-flight Friday of the Long March 5. | Continue reading
As NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine aptly said: “this is, in fact, why we test.” | Continue reading
A Soyuz rocket successfully launched an Italian Earth observation satellite Dec. 18, with the CHEOPS mission to analyze exoplanets also along for the ride. | Continue reading
Vector filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Dec. 13 as part of an agreement that could see some of its satellite technology assets sold to Lockheed Martin. | Continue reading
Private Chinese launch firm Landspace has raised $71 million in series C round funding for development of a new launcher. | Continue reading
President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said the problem caught the company by surprise | Continue reading
A successful Chinese Long March 3B launch of two satellites Friday had severe consequences downrange as a spent booster destroyed a home. | Continue reading
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In its ongoing quest to increase launch vehicle production, Rocket Lab unveiled a new industrial robotic system to speed up Electron manufacturing. | Continue reading
Megaconstellation startup OneWeb and its largest investor Softbank asked the New York Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit from Intelsat, arguing that Intelsat failed to finalize rights it claimed it had to resell OneWeb satellite capacity. | Continue reading
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A Chinese Long March 4B delivered an Earth observation into orbit satellite, with grid fins guiding thedescent of the rocket’s first stage. | Continue reading
China is aiming to launch its complex Chang’e-5 lunar sample return mission in late 2020, following launch vehicle-related delays. | Continue reading
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Blue Origin is joining forces with three other major aerospace firms in a “national team” to develop a human lunar lander for NASA. | Continue reading