Featured – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-13 08:38 Congressional negotiators have authorized a significant funding increase for the U.S. Space Force. Lawmakers added approximately $1.2 billion to the Space Force’s research and development accounts. The legislation specifically ...

Rocket Lab + Synspective sign another 10-launch contract – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-09-30 00:00 Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has secured a second, multi-launch contract with Synspective, a leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics company. The ...

UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-20 00:00 Kuiper 1, the launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, is now planned for ...

Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 ‘glam’ human crew to launch on Monday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-13 00:00 Blue Origin announced its 11th human flight, NS-31, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Monday, April 14. The New Shepard launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. ...

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™-3′ arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration. The hybrid 3D printed satellite ...

Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00 Boeing teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being ...

Boeing plans more commercial crew charges Original Publication Date: 2024-10-12 07:29 Boeing expects to report pre-tax earnings charges of $2 billion on four programs. Of that $2 billion, $1.6 billion will be charged against two military aircraft programs. $400 million will be charged for ...

Chang’e-6 delivers first lunar far side samples to Earth after 53-day mission Original Publication Date: 2024-06-25 07:08 Chang’e-6 return capsule safely delivers unique lunar material to Earth. Capsule contains around 2 kilograms of lunar material drilled and scooped from Apollo crater on the ...

Freedom Space’s ground network software selected for U.S. Space Force program Original Publication Date: 2024-01-25 09:06 Freedom Space Technologies is partnering with defense contractor Omni Federal. Omni Federal was one of four companies that won $9.7 million contracts from the U.S. Space ...

SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift Original Publication Date: 2023-12-18 04:05 Sift is a startup founded by former SpaceX software engineers. It developed a proprietary telemetry stack to improve the way machine data is recorded. Potential customers include space companies ...