China will utilize expected launch capacity from the country’s emergent commercial space sector to help realize its megaconstellation plans.
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The Canadian Space Agency has awarded MDA Space a contract extension worth around $182 million to continue supporting robotics operations on the International Space Station until 2030.
FAA to require reentry vehicles licensed before launch
The FAA is revising its licensing regulations to prevent a repeat of a situation last year where a spacecraft launched without approvals to return.
The trillion-dollar question
Forecasts from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other heavyweight investment banks of a trillion-dollar space economy by 204 have echoed across the industry for more than half a decade.
Astrobotic eyes military customers for reusable Xogdor suborbital rocket
The national security applications for a reusable suborbital rocket ‘haven’t been fully explored’
Space ISAC establishes LEO satellite operators group
A group of low Earth orbit satellite operators are banding together to share information about natural and human-made threats to their spacecraft.
Taking the next steps for satellite-to-smartphone services
The FCC recently approved a regulatory framework for companies vying to develop mobile satellite services (MSS).
Satellite veteran Mark Rigolle appointed CEO amid ABS upheaval
Satellite industry veteran Mark Rigolle is taking the helm of ABS after Amit Somani’s sudden departure early this year in the latest shake-up for the Dubai-based regional satellite operator, the company announced April 16.
Maxar Intelligence looks to evolve beyond traditional imagery business
Recently appointed CEO Dan Smoot says Maxar wants to solidify its position as supplier to the U.S. government, while simultaneously expanding its international reach
Unforgiving Failures: the challenges of upper stages
Among Western launch vehicles alone there were five partial or complete failures on orbital launches in 2023 (six when counting the second, suborbital test flight of SpaceX’s Starship in November.)