Tag: Space

‘Taiwan must secure a strategic position in space industry’s supply chain’: president (Park Si-soo, Space News)

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Sept. 14 the country “must secure a strategic position in the space industry’s supply chain” by leveraging its competitive...

Commercial spaceflight industry sees Inspiration4 as a pathfinder but not a model (Jeff Foust, Space News)

SpaceX’s first fully commercial Crew Dragon mission is being closely watched by both NASA and other companies in the commercial human spaceflight sector, who...

Space SPACs struggle to lift off (Jeff Foust, Space News)

The rocket went sideways, so the stock went down. Astra Space made its third orbital launch attempt from Kodiak, Alaska, Aug. 28, using an upgraded...

SpaceX launches Crew Dragon on first private mission (Jeff Foust, Space News)

SpaceX successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four nonprofessional astronauts on its first private crewed mission Sept. 15, a long-awaited milestone in the...

Space. Head of UK’s Space Directorate warns of space terrorism (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The decreasing cost of getting payloads on orbit means more people have access to space than ever before. (DKosig/Getty Images)  The head of the United...

Space. BAE Systems eyes new space business with acquisition of In-Space (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

BAE Systems has taken a step into the satellite sector in the UK with the acquisition of low earth orbit spacecraft builder In-Space Missions....

Space. Now officially a public company, BlackSky moving to expand sales and marketing (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

BlackSky CEO Brian O’Toole on Sept. 13 rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. The satellite imagery and geospatial data provider began...

Space. SpaceX’s Starlink broadband to be available in Japan’s remote areas next year (Park Si-soo, Space News)

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service will be available in Japan’s remote areas starting in 2022. Japan’s major mobile provider, KDDI, announced Sept. 13 a partnership with SpaceX...

Space. Marlink’s sale values maritime connectivity specialist at $1.4 billion (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in Marlink, valuing the maritime connectivity specialist at $1.4 billion. U.S.-based Providence...

Space. BAE Systems to acquire smallsat company In-Space Missions (Jeff Foust, Space News)

BAE Systems announced Sept. 14 that it will acquire In-Space Missions, a company that recently won a contract to build a British military satellite. BAE...

Space. South Korea seeks $553 million space budget for 2022 (Brian Berger, Space News)

In a bid to nurture its nascent domestic space sector, South Korea is seeking a 640 billion won ($553 million) annual space budget for...

Space. Planet provides data to federal civilian agencies under NASA contract (Debra Werner, Space News)

Researchers delving into climate change, biodiversity loss and other topics through work funded by U.S. federal civilian agencies and the National Science Foundation will...

Space. SpaceX launches first dedicated polar Starlink mission (Jeff Foust, Space News)

SpaceX launched its first dedicated polar Starlink mission Sept. 13 as the company moves into the next phase of deployment of its broadband satellite...

Space. Raymond: Small satellites and fast data transforming space business (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Tiny but powerful spacecraft enabled by microelectronics and advanced propulsion is a transformative trend in the space industry that will benefit national security, Gen....

Space/USA. Potential component defect to delay next Virgin Galactic flight (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Virgin Galactic is further delaying its next SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight in order to check a potential issue the company says is unrelated to an...

Space/USA. Perseverance collects first Mars samples (Jeff Foust, Space News)

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected and stored the first samples of Martian rock for later return to Earth, but exactly when those samples...