Astroscale Japan’s ADRAS-J mission recently completed a controlled fly-around of a rocket upper stage in orbit, taking pictures of the object. Astroscale reports this is the world’s first attempt to safely approach and survey an existing piece of large debris through rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO). This is a critical milestone in the commercial debris...

Space has always been a huge part of popular culture. In fact, some of the highest-grossing movies like “Star Wars” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” have space at the heart. The expanse of space provides the perfect backdrop for emotive storytelling. No matter what age we are, space fascinates us. It engages with the dreamer inside...

Global launch services company Rocket Lab USA confirmed Monday that it completed integration and testing of two spacecraft it built for The University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and NASA. The “Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE)” mission spacecraft will be shipped to Cape Canaveral in August, where they will be integrated...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded the second on-ramp to its Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies on July 3. This brings the number of launch providers to 12 that are eligible to compete for task orders under the potential $986 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. So far, the Space...

Indian space startup Dhruva Space and Kinéis have signed a joint technological and commercial partnership to bring the French IoT company’s connectivity to India.  Dhruva Space will provide Kinéis IoT services in India once the service is launched and develop new applications and services tailored to the Indian market. Dhruva Space will also develop and...

Synspective has secured another 7 billion yen ($44.1 million) in a Series C funding round. The Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics solutions provider, will use the money to accelerate its global business expansion. The company announced the financing, June 20. The latest round of funding was led by Japan Growth Capital...