Techcrunch.com reports that spacecraft manufacturer and operator Astranis has agreed to purchase a single Falcon 9 launch to carry four of its 420 kg MicroGEO small satellite bus platforms into a transfer orbit on their way to their final geostationary Earth orbital...
As part of the ramp-up towards the launching of its Kuiper mega-constellation, Amazon placed what is believed to be the largest ever set of commercial multi-launch contracts with three launch providers, Arianespace, Blue Origin and ULA, on 5 April. Officially known as...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 1624 GMT on 1 April 2022 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida. The mission, which is the fourth of its kind, is SpaceX’s latest rideshare mission aimed at carrying more satellites at lower...
Noted space industry entrepreneur Greg Wyler (whose track record in this field includes founding the O3b and OneWeb projects) has secured seed funding of US$50 million for his next constellation aimed at bridging the digital divide. E-Space, of which Wyler is Founder...
During the Satellite 2022 conference we were provided with plans for this year from some American launch providers. Rocket Lab The American small launch provider Rocket Lab – who primarily launches out of New Zealand – announced that it hopes to...
On Tuesday afternoon at the Satellite 2022 conference, Washington D.C. representatives from the main global launch providers gathered for a talk. The European participant on the “Next Generation Launchers Gearing Up” panel was CEO of Arianespace, Stéphane...