Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites
An Atlas 5 launched the latest set of satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation April 4 as the company seeks to accelerate deployment of its…
Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations
WASHINGTON — A company developing stratospheric platforms for telecommunications and related applications has won a NASA award to use that…
EchoStar sells more direct-to-device spectrum for bigger SpaceX stake
TAMPA, Fla. — Geostationary satellite operator EchoStar is selling another batch of radio frequencies to help improve SpaceX’s direct-to-cell…
Nuclear energy is key to American leadership in space
The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of…
How Vast plans to keep humanity in orbit
In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Max Haot, CEO of Vast, the ambitious aerospace company based in Long Beach,…
Who has the best map of orbit?
How precise are satellite collision-avoidance platforms? Artificial intelligence is helping space trackers get a handle on increasingly…
‘This is easily the most powerful quantum computer on E…
Scientists at Quantinuum have unveiled the world’s most powerful quantum computer. The team claims the new system is capable of solving…
Managing space domain awareness data has become a greater challenge than collecting it
Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active…
Isaacman renomination wins support from much of the space industry
ORLANDO, Fla. — The renomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator has been welcomed by much of the space industry, even as Isaacman…
Second New Glenn launch set for Nov. 9
ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9.…
Rocket Lab launches sixth iQPS satellite
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company iQPS on Nov. 5. The Electron lifted off…