Gilmour Space Technologies today confirmed the successful in-orbit operation of its 100-kilogram satellite platform, ElaraSat MMS-1 (Multi-Mission Satellite-1) — another step forward for Australian space capability. Launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 […]
Payloads
L-1 UPDATE: ULA Vulcan USSF-106 mission progressing towards launch of ‘2 firsts’
On August 12, 2025 between 7:59 and 8:59 p.m. EDT (2359-0059 UTC ) a Vulcan Centaur VC4S rocket, with four solid rocket boosters, will launch USSF-106 directly to geosynchronous orbit […]
Firefly’s award of $177 Million from NASA for mission to the Moon’s South Pole
Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south […]
Orbex in trouble?
Orbex has delayed its UK rocket launch to 2026 due to site and funding issues. SaxaVord, the launch site in Scotland, isn’t ready, and more financial support is said to […]
UK’s Orbex and Germany’s Exolaunch partner in smallsat launch services
Orbex, the UK-based orbital launch services company, announceds a strategic five-year partnership with Exolaunch, a provider of launch services, mission management, deployment systems and integration services for small satellites. The […]
UPDATE: No delivery for Amazon’s Project Kuiper 2 as ULA calls no go for weather delay
Space Station, Fla., June 10, 2025) – Due to multiple weather delays during launch processing, the launch of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the second batch of […]
South Korea’s INNOSPACE and U.S.’s Saturn Satellite Networks collaborate with a strategic MOU to develop next-gen satellites and services
INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company, announced today that the company has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saturn Satellite Networks, Inc. (“Saturn”), a US-based satellite company headquartered […]
AST SpaceMobile to launch 243 satellites
AST SpaceMobile (AST), a would-be supplier of direct-to-consumer cellular telephony from space, has told the FCC that it will have 243 of its BlueBird satellites in orbit by the end […]
China’s Monday launch of another SatNet LEO Group adding to broadband internet constellation
China plans a Monday launch of its Long March 12 carrier rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Site, of SatNet LEO Group, which is a series of launches deploying satellites into […]
SES expects 30% growth from O3b mPOWER fleet
Satellite operator SES reported its numbers on April 30th but it has now emerged that the company’s O3b mPOWER Mid-Earth orbiting fleet is expected to grow capacity by 30 per […]