Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Rocket Lab has signed an agreement to buy Motiv Space Systems, a specialist in planetary robotics and solar array motors, for $40 million in cash.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Swissto12 is to add an unfurling antenna reflector to a satellite in geostationary Earth orbit that it plans to use to broadcast directly to mobile devices.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Spire Global has opened its satellite manufacturing facility in Munich.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
ExLabs is preparing a mission called ApophisEX to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis that is predicted to make a close approach to Earth in 2029.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor won’t rule out pursuing the Starlab commercial low-Earth-orbit space station without NASA backing.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Momentus says recent efforts to strengthen its balance sheet have given it sufficient liquidity to sustain operations for 12 months.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Capella Space has commercially debuted its Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) service.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Vantor a $70 million follow-on contract for the NGA's primary commercial platform for geospatial intel.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
More than 40 companies have expressed interest in elements of the Aerospace Corp.-developed DiskSat flat satellite platform.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab on April 14 added a high-performance, Hall-effect satellite thruster to its growing catalog of space technologies and flight services.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Vantor—formerly Maxar Intelligence—a new contract to surveil high-interest objects in space.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
UK space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has conducted the first test of a prototype exhaust system for a nuclear fusion rocket engine.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Trump administration proposes streamlined OSC payload certification for novel space activities like debris removal and asteroid mining to boost commercial innovation.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is starting to focus on a returning its H3 heavy launch vehicle to the pad.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Spire Global says it has demonstrated single-satellite radio-frequency geolocation.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russia started deployment of its first national low-orbit satellite internet constellation similar to Starlink or Oneweb.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The company, which has 33 satellites in space, aims to deploy 107 more through this year and next.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Two space startups want to make on-orbit debris removal as seamless as street sweeping.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Satellite bus builder Apex has signed a contract with Tokyo-based technology company NEC Corp. to support an on-orbit laser link demo launching in 2027.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
OHB has booked a €248 million ($285 million) contract for 20 Eumetsat Polar System-Sterna (EPS-Sterna) microsatellites.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
SpaceX has bought Maryland-based Hexagon Masterworks Inc.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russian users from Kaliningrad to Siberia lost signals of their satellite television on March 4 after the Ekspress-AT1 broadcasting satellite went offline.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly one year on March 11.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Aalto, a company spun out of Airbus to fly the Zephyr HAPS, is to work with Indonesian telecoms provider Telkomsel to address coverage issues.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Phantom Space, a would-be small rocket launch provider, has bought key assets and intellectual property from Vector Launch, another would-be provider.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion