SpaceX Starship 10 test run proves successful concluding with Starship landing “flat down in the Indian Ocean”
Starship’s tenth flight test lifted off on August 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas, taking a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.The results were a significant step forward as every major ...
SpaceX launches NAOS an EO spacecraft for Luxembourg + smallsats from sunny California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys ...
Rocket Lab’s Electron’s 70th mission sends “Live, Laugh, Launch,” soaring
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 70th Electron mission, solidifying the Company as a global leader in responsive launch services and Electron as the world’s most frequently launched small orbital ...
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SpaceX’s ‘delivery’ of Amazon’s ProjectKuiper launch scrubbed and is now on Friday
SpaceX is now targeting Friday, August 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-02 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 25-minute window opens at 9:40 a.m. ET ...
Astroscale’s new patent transforms space debris removal
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), late last month, announced a major step forward: the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,234,043 B2 for the company's “Method and System for Multi-Object Space Debris Removal.” This patented innovation offers a sustainable and cost-effective distributed ...
Global Invacom partners to launch eNexus Space Data for GSaaS
Global Invacom Holdings Limited (GIHL) has jointly founded eNexus Space Data, to deliver a Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) offering Led by a group of satellite industry experts, including the team at Global Invacom, eNexus Space Data has been ...
Special Aerospace Services rebrands as Aurex
Special Aerospace Services (“SAS”) has officially rebranded as Aurex. The rebrand marks a signification evolution into a unified, mission-driven provider of advanced systems, solutions, products and technologies across space, missile defense, and hypersonics. Aurex employs more than 250 professionals across ...
Sidus Space deploys advanced SpacePilot software for autonomous ops + commissions LizzieSat®-3 Attitude Determination + Control System
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has successfully deployed the company's new, autonomous, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) software, SpacePilot, and has also commissioned the Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) on LizzieSat®-3 (LS3). Designed for next-generation satellite operations, SpacePilot integrates real-time ...
Volatus Aerospace secures ∼$1 million tactical ISR Dronec contract from a NATO partner
Volatus Aerospace Inc. (TSXV:FLT) (OTCQX:TAKOF) (Frankfurt: ABB) has secured a contract to deliver a fleet of lightweight Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (T-ISR) drone systems to a customer in a NATO member country. The initial contract is valued at approximately ...
Interstellar Technologies signs an alliance with Toyota Motor Corporation + Woven by Toyota
Interstellar Technologies earlier this month signed a three-party business alliance with Toyota Motor Corporation and Woven by Toyota. The three parties will work together to establish a robust production system that enables frequent and cost optimized space transportation. An alliance ...
Space Scotland’s new CEO returns and is ready to ramp up country in preparation of Orbital Launch
Clyde Space made Scotland's first satellite, the UKube-1, which was launched on the Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in 2013 Space Scotland, an industry-led body that represents Scotland’s fast-growing space sector appointed Dr. Natasha Nicholson as its new Chief Executive Officer, following ...
Open Cosmos kicks off first rideshare mission for the European Commission’s IOD/IOV program
Open Cosmos has signed the first work order contract as part of the In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) program funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe R&I Program. Open Cosmos was selected as one of six European providers for this ...
Firefly’s award of $177 Million from NASA for mission to the Moon’s South Pole
Company’s fourth lunar mission and fifth NASA CLPS award utilizes Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar lander to operate two rovers and three scientific instruments Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 ...
