SES completes acquisition of Intelsat
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
With its acquisition of Intelsat complete, SES plans to scale up a constellation of medium Earth orbit (MEO) communications satellites. SES completed Thursday its acquisition...

Space Force releases guidelines on commercial use of launch sites
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force released new guidelines for how it will allocate finite launch infrastructure and range resources as commercial demand surges. In a...

SpaceX launches Project Kuiper satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of spacecraft for a competitor in the satellite broadband market early Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:46 AM ET (1346 GMT)
SpaceX also launched more satellites for its own Starlink constellation. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:05 pm EDT Tuesday (0205 GMT Wednesday) from...

Ax-4 mission ends with splashdown off California coast
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:44 AM ET (1344 GMT)
A private astronaut mission returned to Earth early Tuesday. A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of San Diego, California,...

Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT)
A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded on a test stand Thursday. The vehicle, known as Ship 36, exploded just after midnight Eastern while on a...

French government leads investment in Eutelsat
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
The French government is leading an investment of more than $1.5 billion into satellite operator Eutelsat. The company said Thursday it planned to raise $...

NASA further delays Ax-4 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
NASA says it needs more time to study an International Space Station air leak before giving the go-ahead for a private astronaut mission. The...

Indian government selects HAL to commercialize SSLV rocket
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
The Indian government has selected a company to take over production and operations of a small launch vehicle. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation...

Airbus, Leonardo, Thales to decide in July on space business combination
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 8:29 AM ET (1229 GMT)
Three European companies who are studying a combination of their space businesses expect to decide in July whether to proceed. At a press conference Tuesday...