Blue Origin to raise $10 billion in its first outside funding round
Blue Origin is set to raise $10 billion from outside investors — a historic first for the company. The move values the firm at around $130 b…
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Relativity and Stoke Push Forward at the Cape and Pentagon Level
Relativity Space and Stoke Space are both building new launch facilities at Cape Canaveral, while the US Space Force has added Relativity an…
Satellites in orbit are the easy part
AST SpaceMobile keeps adding BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit in its push for space-based cellular broadband. Yet industry insiders in…
Skyroot's Vikram-I eyes orbit in a packed launch week
Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace is counting down to its first orbital attempt with the Vikram-I rocket, targeting July 12. The miles…
Isar Aerospace Locks In Canadian Launch Site in $112.5M Deal
German launch startup Isar Aerospace has signed a $112.5 million agreement with Canada's Maritime Launch Services to develop a dedicated lau…
Apolink Checks In With Its First Relay Satellite on Orbit
Apolink confirmed two-way contact with its debut satellite, launched July 7 on a SpaceX rideshare flight. Armed with an experimental FCC lic…
Long March 10B, Vikram-I, and a packed Falcon 9 rideshare headline busy week
A SpaceX rideshare carrying 81 payloads to sun-synchronous orbit, China's Long March 10B maiden flight, and India's Vikram-I debut are all c…
Long March 10B and Vikram-I set for landmark debut launches
Six orbital launches are on the books for the same week in July 2026. Two of them are first flights — China's Long March 10B and India's Vik…
Atlas V's Final Chapter: Six Flights Left Before Retirement
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V completed its final flight in the powerful 551 configuration during an early-morning Amazon LEO satellite d…
Orbital rescue and farewell flights mark a pivotal week
A robotic spacecraft is chasing down NASA's 21-year-old Swift Observatory to push it back into a safe orbit, while two storied American rock…
Artemis II Shatters NASA Streaming Records as the World Watches
The first crewed lunar mission since the Apollo era drew a record-breaking 149.4 million views on NASA-owned platforms. Artemis II has redef…
Atlas V flies its final payload mission, closing a two-decade run
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket carried its last commercial payload into orbit on July 2, delivering satellites for Amazon's Project…
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