Earth Observation Overtakes Telecom in Europe's Space Industry
The European space industry bounced back in 2025 after a difficult 2024, according to Eurospace's annual report. The headline finding: Earth…
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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…
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…
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…
Atlas 5 Flies Its Last for Amazon's Kuiper Broadband Network
United Launch Alliance is set to close out Atlas 5's involvement in Amazon's Project Kuiper with a final overnight launch from Cape Canavera…
Rocket Lab bets eight billion dollars on Iridium acquisition
Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire satellite communications operator Iridium for eight billion dollars, a landmark transaction that signals th…
SpaceX Targets Two Launches in a Single Weekend
Within hours of each other, SpaceX scheduled missions from both US coasts: a 7.5-ton broadcast satellite for SiriusXM from Florida and 24 mo…
Webb Telescope Reads the Chemical Story of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar visitor ever detected, has yielded its chemical secrets to the James Webb Space Telescope. Its u…
Jio Charts Course for a Sovereign LEO Constellation Ahead of Its IPO
Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries and owner of India's largest mobile network, has outlined a two-stage plan to enter th…
Upgraded Ariane 6 Delivers 36 Amazon Kuiper Satellites to Orbit
Arianespace successfully launched 36 Amazon Kuiper satellites on June 17, 2026, aboard an Ariane 6 fitted with new P160C solid-fuel boosters…
Amazon's Kuiper Backlog Puts the Spotlight on Launch Capacity
Amazon has built hundreds of Kuiper satellites with nowhere near enough rocket rides to launch them on schedule. Meanwhile, Arianespace is m…
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