Germany pushes European military space command initiative
AMSTERDAM — A senior German military official said Europe needs a coordinated approach to military space operations and proposed the creation of a…
Virgin Galactic returns Unity to flight to prepare for next-generation spaceplane
AMSTERDAM — The Virgin Galactic spaceplane used for the company’s first commercial flights has returned to service to train its pilots for its…
FAA requires mishap investigation into latest Starship launch
AMSTERDAM — The Federal Aviation Administration will require SpaceX to complete an investigation into its latest Starship test flight before…
Artemis 2 captured the world’s attention. It should change how we think about supply chains.
The Artemis 2 mission has captured global attention for obvious reasons. It signals a return to the moon, reflects geopolitical ambition and…
House Armed Services draft bill eliminates SDA, Space RCO as separate entities
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee’s draft fiscal 2027 defense policy bill would eliminate the Space Development Agency and the…
Starcloud’s path to 88,000 computing satellites
In November, Starcloud sent a small satellite called Starcloud-1 into orbit via a SpaceX launch. The 60-kilogram spacecraft was the first to…
Schaeffler AG joins forces with Spire to build sovereign European satellites
AMSTERDAM – Spire Global revealed another element of its campaign to rapidly scale satellite production in German: strategic cooperation with…
Sitael Accelerates Growth in Space: New Missions, Industrial Capacity and a Trajectory Towards 2031
• SITAEL announces a growth plan targeting €200 million in revenues by 2031, currently supported by over €150 million in backlog and nine…
Kongsberg NanoAvionics sets sights on building and supporting sovereign constellations
NanoAvionics, founded in 2014, was known for producing individual satellites and small constellations until April, when the company won a…
As geopolitics reshape space, SpinLaunch sees an opening
SpinLaunch CEO Massimiliano “Massi” Ladovaz paints an ambitious picture of a rapidly shifting space industry driven as much by geopolitics and…