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Alta Devices‘ gallium arsenide solar cells are powering 60 small satellites, called ThinSats. These small satellites will launch on the NG-11 mission from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on the...

The Arabsat-6A satellite is on its way to its intended orbit at 30.5 degrees East after its successful launch on SpaceX‘s Falcon Heavy rocket, the Saudi operator confirmed. Built by...

As SpaceX sends Arabsat‘s massive 14,000-pound Lockheed Martin-built Arabsat 6A communications satellite to orbit on its massive Falcon Heavy rocket, we reflect on the remarkable 15-year journey this “new” heavy-lift...

NASA will fund research and development for 18 space technology concepts, including solar sails, smart space suits, and a Lunar-polar propellant mining outpost, as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)...

Northrop Grumman is moving ahead on schedule to field its new OmegA rocket by 2021 in hopes that the U.S. Air Force will select it as one replacement to the...

Rocket Lab will begin building a satellite platform called Photon, with the intent of launching small satellites into low-Earth orbit within four months of an order. The end-to-end mission solution...

Arianespace successfully launched four O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites on a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on April 4. The Soyuz launch marks a...

Relativity contracted with Telesat to provide launch services for Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Telesat will now have access to faster, more frequent and more flexible launches at...

GHGSat, a private company which owns and operates a satellite for monitoring Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from industrial sources, revealed that its second satellite will be known as Iris. The...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) from Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota, India at 9:27 IST on Apr. 1....