Business

Lockheed Finally Buys Terran Orbital

A transaction became inevitable on Monday when Terran reported substantial doubt about its ability to remain afloat.

Military

Hungry Redwire Scarfs Sat Builder To Win DoD Biz

This is the tenth acquisition for the conglomerate built by private equity fund AE Industrial Partners.

Launch

Exolaunch Replaces CEO-Founder With CTO Robert Sproles

Dmitriy Sternharz, the CEO and founder of the German satellite integrator, is stepping back from a day-to-day role.

Launch

SpaceX Back Up To Its Neck in Discharged Wastewater

Texas and federal officials have reportedly found that SpaceX violated environmental regulations.

Moon

NASA: Can Anybody Use A High-End Lunar Rover?

The agency canceled the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) last month to save $80M.

ISS

NASA and Boeing Debate Starliner While Dragon Stands By

“Reasonable people could have different views on which path we should take.”

GEO

Impulse Is Hunting for GEO Rideshare Customers

“We’re going to go to market and try and understand: can we aggregate enough demand to make this work?”

Rockets

Japanese Rocket-Maker Nets 3.1B Yen ($21M) Series E

Interstellar Technologies models itself on vertically-integrated launch vehicle and spacecraft manufacturers like SpaceX or Rocket Lab.

Cislunar

The Latest Satellite Rideshare Heads To Cislunar Space

SEOPS Space, a payload integrator, will partner with Intuitive Machines to offer a rideshare service to deep space.

The State of the Japanese Space Industry

How Japan Became Ground Zero for Space Sustainability

“There is no such thing as regulation in space traffic, and there won’t be for a while.”

Uncategorized

Space Force Ups Launch Deal By $1.8B 

A reminder of the military’s fast-growing demand for space access.

BroadbandSatcom

Astranis CEO Talks 2024’s Largest US Space Funding Round

CEO John Gedmark on his company’s $200M Series D fundraise.

LunarThe State of the Japanese Space Industry

Japan’s Bet on the World’s Lunar Race

A handful of firms are trying to shape an unproven commercial market on the Moon.