WASHINGTON — Despite dire predictions just six months ago, space companies in general, and startups in particular, have survived the pandemic and its economic fallout in relatively good shape.
In sessions at the three-day Satellite Innovation 2020 conference that concluded Oct. 8, executives and o...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its orbital debris rules last month for the first time since 2004. These now require satellite operators to quantify their collision risk, probability of successfully disposing spacecraft, and casualty risk of spacecraft that re-enter Earth’s atmo...
HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor is aiming to carry out more than 40 launches in 2020, including lunar, interplanetary and space infrastructure missions.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), stated Jan. 2 (Chinese) that its major goals include completing the Bei...
Space in Africa has released the NewSpace Africa Industry Report, 2019 Edition.
This report provides an overview of 34 companies that are currently navigating the African space industry, with an emphasis on their size, financial and investment history, and products and services, as they exist and...
The Russian news site, Sputnik International, is reporting that the S7 Space Company's owned Sea Launch Rocket Platform, stripped of foreign equipment, is now ready to leave the U.S. for Russia.
The mobile maritime space port, designed to launch commercial payloads using specially-made rockets fro...