The Architecture We Inherited: Artemis, Commercial Space, and the Long Shadow of 2010 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2026-01-22 00:00 NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 2010 bill ...

Featured – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-09 14:32 Reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could have a value of some $800 billion. Musk promptly scotched the $800 billion reports, saying they were not accurate. But an $800 billion valuation could just be a precursor to future growth. And ...

SmallSat Symposium 2026 Agenda Targets D2D Engineering and Edge Compute; Early Registration Opens – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-02 00:00 SmallSat Symposium has released a 2026 agenda that signals a distinct shift from the “new space” experimental era to a phase of industrial ...

Arianespace launches KOMPSAT-7 satellite – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-01 00:00 KOMPSAT-7 was launched on December 1st, 2025. The mission is to provide high-resolution satellite images to address South-Korea’s governmental and institutional needs. The satellite was developed by ...

Sentinel-1D + Ariane 6 ready for liftoff – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-03 00:00 ESA’s Sentinel-1D satellite is in on its launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. The broadcast of the launch can be watched on ESA Web TV, starting at 21:15 CET, Tuesday, November 4th, with ...

SpaceX delivers for Amazon — launches Project Kuiper-01’s smallsats from the Cape on Wednesday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-16 00:00 Amazon now has delivered the third launch of its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites. The analysts estimate the cost to Amazon is $150 ...

SpaceX’s Starship explodes during static fire test – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-06-19 00:00 SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle was destroyed in an explosion on Wednesday as it was being readied for a static fire test. Ship 36 was torn apart exploding in a huge fireball as liquid ...

SSC awards National SSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts to the tune of $13.7 billion – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-04 00:00 Space Systems Command has awarded three National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts. The overall NSSL Phase 3 Mission Manifest has almost doubled ...

SpaceX’s bittersweet seventh flight test, the loss of Starship but successful catch of booster – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-01-16 00:00 SpaceX’s Starship tore through the skies from Boca Chica, Texas with 33 out of 33 engines working to send it on it’s seventh flight test. As the ...

SpaceX plans Starship’s Sixth Flight Test as early as Monday, November 18 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-07 00:00 SpaceX's sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, November 18 following the not-too-distant Fifth Flight test conducted on September 10. ...