Stratolaunch performs first powered Talon flight Original Publication Date: 2024-03-09 23:52 Stratolaunch's Talon vehicle reaches "high supersonic" Speeds in uncrewed test. The company's next vehicle, TA-2, is its first reusable hypersonic vehicle. TA-1, an expendable vehicle, was not ...

Stratolaunch performs first powered Talon flight Original Publication Date: 2024-03-09 23:52 Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon vehicle March 9. The vehicle reached "high supersonic" Speeds in the uncrewed test. The company's next vehicle, TA-2, is its first reusable ...

Lockheed Martin offers to acquire Terran Orbital Original Publication Date: 2024-03-02 01:13 Lockheed Martin has proposed acquiring smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital for more than $500 million. The company already owns a stake in and does business with Terran Orbital. Lockheed Martin is ...

Astra founders reduce offer to take company private Original Publication Date: 2024-02-28 00:02 Founders of satellite propulsion and launch vehicle company Astra cut offer. Chris Kemp and Adam London slashed by two-thirds their offer to buy outstanding shares of company. In November, Kemp and ...

Electron launches Astroscale inspection satellite Original Publication Date: 2024-02-18 16:06 Rocket Lab Electron launches Astroscale-Japan's ADRAS-J spacecraft. The 150-kilogram satellite was released into an orbit of about 600 kilometers. The goal is to approach the upper stage of an H-2A ...

AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space Original Publication Date: 2024-02-18 11:00 Space Development Agency selected California-based EpiSci to develop tool. It will test its AI-powered software against data collected by low Earth orbit sensors. Hypersonic ...

H3 reaches orbit on second launch Original Publication Date: 2024-02-17 01:17 Japan's H3 rocket successfully reaches orbit on its second launch Feb. 16. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 7:22 p.m. Eastern. On the vehicle’s inaugural launch in March 2023, that engine ...

India targets a surge in civil and commercial launches Original Publication Date: 2024-02-16 09:32 India is planning up to 30 launches over a 15-month period. The launches are a mix of scientific, commercial, user-funded and technology demonstration missions. The moves follow a new national ...

Falcon 9 launches first Intuitive Machines lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2024-02-15 06:54 SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off at 1:05 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A. The rocket’s upper stage deployed the Nova-C lander, called Odysseus. The lander will arrive at the moon on Feb. 21, going ...

Resilient Space Order of Battle: Flexible, Adaptable & Affordable Original Publication Date: 2024-02-13 11:00 Boeing is helping the U.S. Build a resilient space order of battle. Operational resilience is as relevant in space as it is at sea – or land, or air. Proliferated constellations make ...