
SpaceX scrubs Starship Flight 10 at 30 minutes before liftoff to troubleshoot ground systems
While the weather was not good the cause of the delay of the the tenth flight test of Starship was as SpaceX explains, “to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems.” SpaceX is now preparing to launch as ...

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 ...

SpaceX sends USSF-37 mission X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle soaring from the Cape on Thursday
SpaceX's Falcon 9 on Thursday, August 21 at 11:50 p.m. ET launched the USSF-36 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos captured by Satnews. "OTV-8 exemplifies the X-37B's status as the ...
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Viasat to bring intelligent network maneuverability to DIA hybrid space architecture program
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been selected by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support the prototyping and demonstration of technologies for the next phase of its Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) project. This groundbreaking initiative aims to integrate civil, commercial, ...

Sidus Space unveils LunarLizzie™
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has announced LunarLizzie™, the company's newest and most advanced satellite platform engineered for lunar and cislunar missions. This powerful spacecraft is expected to support payloads up to 800 kg, integrate LiDAR, hyperspectral imaging, AI powered autonomous ...

ThrustMe + Marble Imaging + Reflex Aerospace form strategic partnership for on-orbit demo in 2026
ThrustMe, Marble Imaging, and Reflex Aerospace have formed a strategic, three-way partnership for an in-orbit demonstration (IOD) of the JPT150, the world’s first low-power, iodine, Hall thruster system. The propulsion system will be integrated into MIRI, a high-performance Earth Observation ...

DeepSat selects Redwire’s AI-powered digital engineering systems for precursor mission in VLEO
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been awarded the first phase of a multi-phase contract by DeepSat, an Earth Observation (EO) startup, to provide advanced modeling, simulation and design services for a planned, dual-use, Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation ...

Viasat expands global IoT capabilities with IoT Nano
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) announced that its Enterprise business, part of the company’s Communication Services segment, launched its next generation IoT Nano connectivity service to deliver powerful, two-way messaging connectivity across the globe. IoT Nano is designed to meet growing ...

Airbus and OQ Technology conduct world’s 1st demo of LEO 5G NTN connecting to a flying drone
Airbus Central Research and Technology, in collaboration with Luxembourg-based satellite operator OQ Technology, has successfully conducted the world’s first flight demonstration of a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connection to user terminals mounted on a test drone. This ...

Ocean guardian readies for takeoff as 2nd Copernicus Sentinel-6 satellite heads to California launch site
Ocean guardian ready for takeoff: second Copernicus Sentinel-6 satellite heads to launch site © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH Monitoring of Earth’s rising oceans will soon occur as Airbus, the prime contractor for the Copernicus Sentinel-6 missions, confirms that the second ...

Forrester’s Digest: Lynk Global, SLAM Corporation part company
Lynk Global, which is building a satellite-based service targeting cellular users, has abandoned its proposed merger with SLAM Corp, the ‘special purpose acquisition company’ (SPAC), which was working to mounting an IPO for the joint venture. The JV suffered a ...

Resolve Optics: Application optimized satellite lenses
New reports are being published regarding the benefits of optical satellite imaging in applications that include inspection, navigation, remote sensing, and telecommunications, as well as ground-breaking, scientific space research. Most optical satellites operate passively taking images in the visible or ...

SpaceX now plans a late night Wednesday launch of NASA’s TRACERS mission from California
TRACERS Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 23 for Falcon 9’s launch of NASA’s TRACERS mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 57-minute launch window ...