06 March 2017
Virgin Galactic announces its new space venture - Virgin Orbit
... Galactic has announced the creation of a new commercial space company, Virgin Orbit, a satellite launching service that will complement the company’s growing suite of space ventures. Previously conducted as a division of Virgin Galactic, Virgin...
May 2024
The challenges of satellite communications on the move
... wherever they are, so a flexible means is needed for managing communication capacity demand around the world. Many space companies are looking to address the need for a generational upgrade in satellite services. LowEarth orbiting (LEO) satellites...
25 March 2016
Airbus Spaceplane May Be the Future of Space Tourism
... 2006, when Astrium, then a subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) began developing the vehicle. Development slowed down in 2011, but the company has continued to work on the project in spite of the global economic crisis...
03 May 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt HLS development after protest by rivals
...awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three private US space companies to design and develop a human landing system (HLS...released a Request for Information (RFI) asking US companies to indicate their interest in providing Artemis astronaut transit...
25 January 2021
SpaceX rocket deploys record number of payloads in one flight
SpaceX on Sunday launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a record number of satellites on board, the private space company said. The rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:00 am (1500 GMT), 24 hours after its initial ...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... heavy communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit). As a result, vertical integration occurs in these SSC developing companies. Previously, space companies did almost everything themselves (including making bolts and microcircuits) and left the...
