Rachael Zisk
Skyrora Partners with Spirit AeroSystems on Rocket Manufacturing
Skyrora, a UK-based launch startup, is aiming to keep its supply chain close to home as it gears up for its first orbital launch tests.
Q3 Earnings Roundup: AST SpaceMobile, Terran Orbital, Intuitive Machines, Momentus
We’re deep into earnings season, and the space SPACs have been reporting all week. Here’s our roundup of the highlights.
Scientists Uncover Source of Strange, Bright, Flashing Object
Every once in a while a new kind of flash shows up in the cosmos that astronomers don’t quite know how to explain.
Quantum Reveals First Mission, Sentry
Quantum Space is building a mesh communications infrastructure that spans from LEO to cislunar space and beyond to meet growing data needs as humanity expands its reach into the cosmos. This morning, the company unveiled details of Sentry, its first mission. Sentry will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare, currently slated for no earlier than March,…
Euclid’s First Light
There’s something mysterious happening in the universe. It’s driving the formation of galaxies and it’s pushing outward in space, leading to an accelerated expansion. We call the culprits behind these mysterious phenomena dark matter and dark energy, and together, astronomers believe they comprise 95% of the universe. But that’s about where our knowledge ends. In…
Euroconsult Releases Ground Segment Report
With the exponential growth of satellites in space showing no signs of slowing down, Euroconsult is considering the growing need for supportive ground infrastructure to back up assets in orbit. The consulting firm released the fourth edition of its yearly report on the ground segment market yesterday, spanning ground stations, antennas, and user terminals back…
KMI Pulls In $5M for Debris Removal
Kall Morris, Inc. (KMI) has secured $5M in DoD contracts and private investment to further its technology development and commercialization efforts, the debris removal startup announced today.
Researchers Find Possible Traces of Theia Under the Earth’s Surface
The Earth didn’t always look the way it does today. Here’s how we think it happened: About 4.5B years ago, the Earth was a smaller protoplanet without a moon. While tracing its orbit around the sun, that proto-Earth (sometimes called Gaia) collided violently with another early planet, Theia. Being the larger body, Gaia won the…
