HawkEye 360 Inc. has announced that Cluster 12 has officially reached Full Operational Capability (FOC). The three formation-flying satellites, launched on June 26 (ET) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, […]
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 has achieved full operational capability
U.S. Space Force renames ‘Front Door’ to reflect broader impact on industry collaboration
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman has announced that Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the […]
Space.com news post of interest: The U.S. military just moved a satellite to inspect a UK spacecraft 22,000 miles above Earth
Author: Brett Tingley, Managing Editor, Space.com “We are now, with our allies, conducting advanced orbital operations to protect and defend our shared national and military interests in space.” In a […]
Rocket Lab’s HASTE program sends JENNA on her mission
Rocket Lab successfully launched the JENNA mission, a suborbital flight under its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test (HASTE) program, from Wallops Island, Virginia, on September 22, 2025, around 7:45 PM EDT. […]
L-3 ULA Update: GO! for launch of Atlas V Kuiper 3 mission
Launch Readiness Review completedThe Launch Readiness Review (LRR) is GO for Thursday’s liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with another batch of production satellites for Amazon’s Project […]
SES’s acquisition of Intelsat creates a global multi-orbit connectivity powerhouse
SES, a leading space solutions company, today announced the completion of its highly value accretive acquisition of Intelsat, creating a strengthened global satellite operator with an expanded fleet of 120 […]
INNOSPACE signs multi-launch service contract with Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS)
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a multi-launch service contract worth $5.8 million with Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (“MBS”) in Germany. Under the agreement, INNOSPACE will carry out two HANBIT launch missions […]
SpaceX launches and lands NROL-48 on secret mission in dense fog from California on Monday
On Monday, September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The are […]
Rocket Lab’s 2 Mars-bound spacecraft arrive in Florida ahead of their launch
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink ups plans to 44,988 satellites
SpaceX has filed a formal application to te Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch thousands of extra satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO). The scheme will take […]