Commercial Space

Jan 05, 2024
A record 223 orbital-class rockets lifted off last year, a 20% hike over 2022.
Jan 04, 2024
Performance benefits of Unity upgrades that were proved last year will feed into Delta spaceship design as belt-tightening forces cuts in near-term flight rate.
Dec 25, 2023
NASA believes it can leverage commercial service industries for deep-space exploration.
Dec 22, 2023
An orbital propellant depot and fueling service are keys to the Starship lunar lander architecture.
Dec 22, 2023
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2023.
Jan 04, 2024
Astrobotic Technology is pitching an innovative strategy for the future mining of the Moon using rocket propulsion for extraction.
Jan 03, 2024
Japanese financing and leasing company SMFL Mirai and JAXA plan to design business concepts for satellite leasing and reselling.
Jan 03, 2024
SpaceX opened its 2024 launch manifest on Jan. 2 with a Falcon 9 mission to continue building its Starlink satellite constellation.
Jan 02, 2024
Rocket Lab has received a $489 million contract to design, build and operate 18 space vehicles on behalf of an undisclosed U.S. government customer.
Dec 22, 2023
It is time for the world to invest more spending in space situational awareness, according to the former president of the Portuguese Space Agency.
Dec 19, 2023
After a 15-month hiatus to address a booster nozzle issue that caused its last launch to fail, Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle returned to suborbital space.
Dec 18, 2023
The PE owners of legacy space-based services provider Maxar have divested their RF business that Maxar had acquired just 11 months earlier.
Dec 18, 2023
The UK Space Agency says it has taken on board criticism over the slow pace of licensing and the high cost of insurance associated with space launches.