Vulcan Is On The Pad For Its First National Security Launch
“It is what we designed the rocket to do.”
Tim Fernholz
Umbra Debuts Merchant Space Systems Business
“Every Y Combinator funding round seems to now include some space companies.”
NASA Wants To Hit the Accelerator On Lunar Atomics
The Trump administration’s first big change to the Artemis program is a plan to deliver a 100kw nuclear fission reactor to the lunar surface by 2030, with the job done almost entirely by the private sector.
Orbital Operations Raises $8.8M For High Thrust Orbital Vehicle
“This is a counterspace weapon.”
Blue Canyon’s Got A New Bus For Golden Dome
“This product will support more mass and more power, so that a lot of those defense payloads can be carried on the spacecraft.”
AWS Wants KSAT to Send More Space Data to the Cloud
“They can just go into their AWS account, open up the file, and there’s the data.”
ISRO Launches Groundbreaking US-Indian Space Radar Mission
NASA says this is its most advanced radar satellite, and the first time a spacecraft has carried SAR payloads in two different bands.
Will NASA’s Next Mars Mission Be A Fleet of Helicopters?
The success of the Ingenuity helicopter has teed up a more ambitious vision of aerial exploration on the Red Planet.
What is the FAA planning for rocket launch licenses?
Environmental reviews, system safety regs, and explosion models, oh my.
NASA Asks Industry for Interplanetary Comms Plans
The challenge of surviving and operating in deep space will be a relatively new one for the private sector.
BlackSky Blames Politics For Revenue Hiccup
US government budget uncertainties loom large.
Inside ICEYE’s Flood Watch From Orbit
How satellites collect key data for first responders, insurers, and banks.