Space

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX as the sole company to win a contract to develop and demonstrate a crewed

TAMPA, Fla. — Private investors deployed another $1.9 billion in SpaceX, OneWeb and other space infrastructure companies in the first

WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community in a report listed China’s space program as a top security concern for the

Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with comments by Beyer and Bridenstine. WASHINGTON — The White House announced April 16 it will

WASHINGTON — HawkEye 360 has raised $55 million in additional funding that the company says will allow it to complete

WASHINGTON — Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) will spin off its space division into a separate company, a move reflecting the

VALLETTA, Malta — European launch provider Arianespace announced April 13 that it would provide a free cubesat launch  to one

TAMPA, Fla. — Canadian satellite operator Telesat plans to raise $500 million with a bond to help fund its $5

TAMPA, Fla. — Astranis, a startup developing small geostationary satellites, has raised $250 million in a funding round that values

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin completed another test flight of its New Shepard vehicle April 14, putting the company on the

WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies and analysts warn China and Russia are developing missiles that could strike U.S. satellites in low-Earth

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency is considering buying its next 150 satellites from three different vendors, but that

WASHINGTON — SpaceX has added more than $300 million to a fundraising round announced earlier this year to support continued

SAN FRANCISCO – A consortium led by the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Planet announced plans April

TAMPA, Fla. — Inmarsat’s competitors have vowed to continue pursuing legal action to block its hybrid satellite and cellular European

WASHINGTON — More than a year after selecting SpaceX to deliver cargo to the lunar Gateway, NASA has yet to

WASHINGTON — NASA managers approved plans to launch a SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station next week,

HELSINKI — China is developing a mission to send a pair of spacecraft to study the far reaches of the

WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $22 million contract to General Atomics to design a small

Updated 12:50 p.m. Eastern with NASA statement. WASHINGTON — The White House released a first look at its budget proposal

SEOUL, South Korea — Japanese camera maker Nikon has acquired a controlling stake in U.S. startupMorf3D, an aerospace supplier that

WASHINGTON — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut arrived at the International Space Station April

Updated April 9 with comment from U.K. Space Agency. WASHINGTON — The new chief executive of OneWeb says the company

WASHINGTON — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence in a new report released April 8 projects that by

WASHINGTON — Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) hailed the April 8 announcement that Los Angeles Air Force Base will be the

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force on April 8 unveiled new details of its plan to establish a Space Systems

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is consolidating oversight of space launch activities under a two-star general who will have

WASHINGTON — Phase Four, a startup working on electric propulsion for satellites, has won an Air Force contract to test

TAMPA, Fla. — Private equity firm GI Partners plans to buy satellite operator Orbcomm, which specializes in connecting industrial monitoring

HELSINKI — The coastal cities of Ningbo and Wenchang are planning construction of new commercial spaceports to meet growing demand

WASHINGTON — The new head of the European Space Agency has outlined his priorities for the next several years, ranging

WASHINGTON — When United Launch Alliance started to develop its new Vulcan rocket, it envisioned using a new upper stage

WASHINGTON — SpaceX continued the rollout of its Starlink broadband constellation with another launch of 60 satellites April 7, edging

HELSINKI — The heads of the European Space Agency and China National Space Administration held a video call April 1

TAMPA, Fla. — Denver-based Voyager Space Holdings, which has been buying businesses to build a vertically integrated space exploration company,

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft announced plans April 6 to move automated satellite image processing technology developed by Thales Alenia Space

WASHINGTON — As SpaceX continues to expand its Starlink communications network and promote its services, established satellite operators are figuring

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will take up a long-awaited proposal at its next meeting to set aside a

TAMPA, Fla. — Jim Bridenstine has joined satellite operator Viasat’s board of directors in his second corporate role since stepping

WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command announced April 1 it has signed an agreement with Japan that will increase collaboration on

TAMPA, Fla. — AST & Science, which is developing a cellphone-compatible satellite broadband constellation, will start trading on the Nasdaq

WASHINGTON — A technology accelerator program funded by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has selected eight startups that will receive

WASHINGTON — NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will make one final close approach to the asteroid it collected samples from next week

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s space agency is taking an unusual approach to buying satellites. Rather than select a manufacturer to

WASHINGTON — Michael Brown, a veteran tech industry executive who has led the Pentagon’s commercial outreach office since 2018, is

WASHINGTON — The Russian space agency Roscosmos anticipates additional negotiations with China at a conference in June, building upon an

WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft moved from one docking port to another on the International Space Station April

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with small launch vehicle developer ABL Space Systems for as many as

WASHINGTON — Numerica, a company that operates a network of ground-based telescopes to track objects in deep space, is deploying

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin’s space traffic management software will be used by Germany’s space agency, the company announced April 6. 

HELSINKI — Guangzhou is developing a major space cluster in the city by hosting new projects including the new headquarters

WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said an engine on the company’s latest Starship prototype suffered a “hard start”

TAMPA, Fla. — CAES, the former electronics unit of British defense and aerospace contractor Cobham, has forged an alliance to

WASHINGTON — SpinLaunch expects to perform the first suborbital tests of a prototype of its centrifugal system for launching small

SAN FRANCISCO – Chinese startup Spacety released the first images from Hisea-1, a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), launched Dec.

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.9 billion contract for the production of three geosynchronous Next-Generation Overhead Persistent

WASHINGTON — Small satellite launches by the U.S. Space Force slowed considerably in 2020 due to the pandemic and technical

HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor aims to conduct more than 40 orbital launches in 2021, including launching a space

WASHINGTON — The top staff member of the National Space Council resigned last week as the council’s future in coordinating

HELSINKI — The Indian Space Research Organisation has outlined plans to develop reusable and heavy lift launchers, advanced propulsion and

WASHINGTON — Companies that competed earlier this year for Space Development Agency satellite contracts awarded to L3Harris and SpaceX were

VALETTA, Malta —  Through a novel approach to testing, the European Space Agency’s Clean Space initiative is assisting in the

WASHINGTON — Voyager Space Holdings, a company that has acquired several space ventures, is taking a majority stake in commercial

If the political, technical and budgetary stars align for NASA and its partners in coming years, the moon could be

WASHINGTON — Congressional defense committees and industry groups over the holiday break called on the House and Senate to override

WASHINGTON — An agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union will allow the UK to remain in the

Updated 7:30 a.m. Eastern Dec. 29 with Musk comment. WASHINGTON — Viasat has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to perform

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Dec. 28 voted 322-87 to overturn President Donald Trump’s veto of the National

WASHINGTON — A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a French reconnaissance satellite Dec. 29 in what is likely the final launch

WASHINGTON — The White House released a national strategy for planetary protection Dec. 30, outlining new assessments to prevent terrestrial

WASHINGTON — The recent selection of NSTXL to manage space technology projects for the U.S. Space Force is being reexamined

WASHINGTON — SpaceX has been awarded a $150.4 million contract to launch as many as 28 satellites for the Pentagon’s

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 81-13 on Jan. 1 to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act

WASHINGTON — The outgoing governor of Puerto Rico says she backs rebuilding the Arecibo radio observatory, but a final decision

WASHINGTON — A NASA small launch vehicle competition attracted bids from 10 companies, but half of them were effectively disqualified

WASHINGTON — NASA is moving ahead with work on a pair of Mars sample return missions, although some in the

WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office Dec. 19. It was the

WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a NASA authorization bill Dec. 18, a largely symbolic move intended to set up

WASHINGTON — NASA will not repair a faulty electronics unit on the Orion spacecraft recently completed for the Artemis 1

WASHINGTON — OneWeb resumed deployment of its broadband satellite constellation with a Dec. 18 launch of 36 satellites, the first

HELSINKI — China has rolled out a Long March 8 to the pad for the first launch of a rocket

WASHINGTON — An independent investigation of a Vega launch failure in November confirmed that misconnected cables in the rocket’s upper

WASHINGTON — NASA has added New Glenn, the large launch vehicle under development by Blue Origin, to the list of

SAN FRANCISCO – Hawkeye 360 is delivering radio frequency data and analytics to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as part of

SAN FRANCISCO – Now that it’s spun out of Analytical Graphics Inc., Comspoc operates more like a startup focused on

WASHINGTON — The White House released a new space policy directive Dec. 16 intended to serve as a strategic roadmap

HELSINKI — China has recovered precious lunar samples after a successful reentry and landing of the Chang’e-5 return capsule.  The

WASHINGTON —The Italian government has ordered two additional Cosmo-SkyMed radar imaging satellites from Thales Alenia Space and tapped Telespazio to

Updated Dec. 17 with State Department statement WASHINGTON — Russia on Dec. 15 conducted a ballistic missile test that U.S.

WASHINGTON — NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have finalized an agreement regarding Canada’s participation in the Artemis program,

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military wants to shake its reputation as an unfriendly customer to space startups and commercial tech

Updated Dec. 17 with comments about special-purpose acquisition companies. SAN FRANCISCO — AST & Science LLC announced plans Dec. 16

HELSINKI — India successfully sent the CMS-01 extended C-band communications satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit Thursday with the country’s

WASHINGTON — The next leader of the European Space Agency says his top priorities are to improve the agency’s relationship

SAN FRANCISCO – Shey Sabripour was first exposed to active phased array antennas while designing satellites at Lockheed Martin in

WASHINGTON — China’s leapfrogging advances in space are cause for national security concern, the head of the U.S. Space Force

WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket will be ready to launch its first mission in late 2021,

WASHINGTON — NASA has delayed moving a proposed mission to search for near Earth objects into its next phase of

SAN FRANCISCO – Satellite data could play a role in monitoring, reporting and verifying compliance with emissions trading systems also