SpaceX receives contract to fly GOES U weather satellite on Falcon Heavy

SES will acquire its rival satellite operator Intelsat for US$3.1 billion in cash. The deal, expected to close in the Read more

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Middle Eastern satellite operator Yahsat’s subsidiary Thuraya has lost the communications payload on one of its satellites. The Thuraya-3 communications Read more

Keraunothnetophobia, the fear of falling artificial satellites and other space objects, is not to be confused with Keraunophobia, the fear Read more

The US Navy has used its Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor in action for the first time. SM-3s were used to Read more

The cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return project has doubled from a projected US$5.3 billion to US$11 billion, prompting many Read more

A pair of major launches, that took place just days apart in April, illustrate how far Russia has lost its Read more

Farah Ghouri finds out how Aarti Holla-Maini, director of the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs, is faring six months Read more

We're keeping an eye on space news, so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, Read more