Author: Rachel Jewett

A group of Spanish banks have backed PLD Space with a 31.2 million euro ($34 million) loan to fund the company’s Miura 5 space launch program. Banco Santander and EBN...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket suffered an engine failure during a Starlink mission on July 11, losing 20 Starlink satellites and triggering a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigation. This is a...

Edge computing startup Armada has raised $40 million in a funding round led by M12, Microsoft‘s venture fund. Armada also announced a separate agreement with Microsoft where its products are...

European venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures closed its first fund with 170 million euros ($185 million) in capital to target space startups.  The fund is targeting Series A funding...

Moog is rolling out a new space computer designed to support the next-generation of on-orbit computing needs. The company announced the Moog Cascade Single Board Computer (SBC) on July 9....

Redwire Space and Phase Four have a new strategic cooperation to jointly develop Hall effect thrusters (HETs). The companies announced Tuesday they are developing the Valkyrie System family of propulsion...

International mining company Barrick Gold is using a Fleet Space Technologies solution for copper exploration at its Reko Diq project in Pakistan. Barrick Gold is using Fleet Space’s ExoSphere product...

Italian space logistics company D-Orbit is expanding to the U.S., establishing D-Orbit USA. D-Orbit announced the company on Wednesday, a  joint venture led by CEO Mike Cassidy, along with Mark...

The Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, made its long-awaited debut in a successful launch on Tuesday, restoring Europe’s sovereign access to space launch.  Ariane 6 lifted off at 16:00...

SpaceX launched Turksat 6A on July 8, Turkey’s first communications satellite built by the country. The telecommunications satellite will expand national satellite operator Turksat’s area of coverage with four new...