Kepler demonstrates optical data relay service in LEO Original Publication Date: 2024-06-11 10:00 Kepler Communications has successfully tested optical inter-satellite links. The company moved terabytes of data across two pathfinders over testing scenarios. Starting next year, Kepler plans to ...

Overseas firms on a journey to establish themselves as U.S. entities Original Publication Date: 2023-09-12 09:16 Many overseas companies have set up shop in the United States. Notable successes include European firms like BAE Systems and Airbus. New crop of overseas space and intelligence ...

Technical problem postpones final Ariane 5 launch Original Publication Date: 2023-06-15 23:35 Arianespace postpones the 117 th and final launch of the Ariane 5. The launch had been scheduled for June 16 from Kourou, French Guiana. X-ray inspections raised doubts about three lines on the ...

China looks to build space partnerships with Gulf nations Original Publication Date: 2022-12-30 13:44 China is aiming to grow cooperation with emerging space nations including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Space was named as one of a number of priority areas for the next three to ...

L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion Original Publication Date: 2022-12-18 23:02 L3Harris is buying Aerojet at $58 per share in an all-cash transaction. The deal is expected to close in 2023, pending regulatory approvals. Lockheed Martin sought to buy Aerojet in a $4.4 ...

New launch vehicles inch towards the pad Original Publication Date: 2022-09-15 08:24 Executives of several launch providers say they are entering home stretch of development of next-generation vehicles. United Launch Alliance still preparing for a first launch of its Vulcan Centaur before the ...

ULA’s Atlas 5 launches U.S. Space Force experimental missile-warning satellite Original Publication Date: 2022-07-01 23:41 The rocket lifted off at 7:15 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. The $1.1 billion USSF-12 mission to geosynchronous Earth orbit carried two ...