Blue Origin to raise $10 billion in its first outside funding round
Blue Origin is set to raise $10 billion from outside investors — a historic first for the company. The move values the firm at around $130 b…
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Satellites in orbit are the easy part
AST SpaceMobile keeps adding BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit in its push for space-based cellular broadband. Yet industry insiders in…
Orbit Fab Bets on New Leadership to Bring Satellite Refueling to Market
Orbit Fab, the US start-up developing in-orbit refueling services for satellites, has appointed a new chief executive and closed a funding r…
Skyroot's Vikram-I eyes orbit in a packed launch week
Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace is counting down to its first orbital attempt with the Vikram-I rocket, targeting July 12. The miles…
Apolink Checks In With Its First Relay Satellite on Orbit
Apolink confirmed two-way contact with its debut satellite, launched July 7 on a SpaceX rideshare flight. Armed with an experimental FCC lic…
Webb Peers Through Dust to Expose Centaurus A's Hidden Depths
Marking four years of science operations, the James Webb Space Telescope has produced its most detailed view yet of Centaurus A, resolving m…
Long March 10B, Vikram-I, and a packed Falcon 9 rideshare headline busy week
A SpaceX rideshare carrying 81 payloads to sun-synchronous orbit, China's Long March 10B maiden flight, and India's Vikram-I debut are all c…
Long March 10B and Vikram-I set for landmark debut launches
Six orbital launches are on the books for the same week in July 2026. Two of them are first flights — China's Long March 10B and India's Vik…
Atlas V's Final Chapter: Six Flights Left Before Retirement
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V completed its final flight in the powerful 551 configuration during an early-morning Amazon LEO satellite d…
Orbital rescue and farewell flights mark a pivotal week
A robotic spacecraft is chasing down NASA's 21-year-old Swift Observatory to push it back into a safe orbit, while two storied American rock…
LINK Spacecraft Heads to Reboost NASA's Swift Observatory
Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft is now in orbit after a Pegasus-XL launch. Its target: NASA's Swift telescope, a gamm…
Metal 3D Printing in Orbit: A Step Toward Crew Self-Sufficiency
A metal 3D printer installed on the ISS by ESA in 2024 has reached a new milestone: its fifth sample is now on its way back to Earth for ana…
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