Starship in Florida pushing for launch this year
Starship in…
Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission
WASHINGTON — A Pegasus XL launched a mission to reboost a NASA astrophysics spacecraft on what may be the final flight of that rocket. A…
Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million
HELSINKI — Hongqing Technology, the satellite manufacturing affiliate of launch firm Landspace, has secured one of the largest single raises…
‘It’s more than a hope, it’s a guarantee’: The Vera C. …
On a dark mountaintop in Chile, the world’s largest digital camera has begun filming its masterpiece. This Tuesday (June 30), scientists…
Perovskite solar panel startup Verde Technologies shifts focus to space
TAMPA, Fla. — Verde Technologies is turning to space to commercialize perovskite-based solar panels, shifting its initial focus away from…
Polish space tech company Sybilla Technologies secures funds to enter U.S. market
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish state-owned bank BGK and European venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners have unveiled an investment of around…
Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an end-to-end space…
Making satellite communications more resilient
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Kymeta’s Ryan Stevenson. They discuss the benefits and challenges of multi-orbit and…
NASA launches bold mission to rescue Swift space telesc…
Editor’s note: This article was corrected at 07:43 EDT on July 2 with news that the mission has been delayed due to a launch vehicle…
Final Atlas 5 Amazon Leo mission launches
WASHINGTON — An Atlas 5 lifted off July 2 carrying a set of Amazon Leo satellites in the final launch by that vehicle to carry a satellite…