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Ball Aerospace CEO to retire
Posted: Tue, Feb 5 6:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)
The CEO of Ball Aerospace will retire at the end of next month and be replaced by a former NASA official, the company announced Monday....

Boeing sues Sea Launch partners
Posted: Tue, Feb 5 6:34 AM ET (1134 GMT)
Boeing has filed suit against its Russian and Ukrainian partners in the Sea Launch venture for over $350 million, saying the companies need to reimburse...

Zenit-3SL launch fails
Posted: Fri, Feb 1 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket suffered an engine shutdown shortly after liftoff early Friday, causing the vehicle and its satellite payload to plunge into...

Atlas launches NASA communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Jan 31 7:31 AM ET (1231 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully placed into orbit Wednesday night the first in a new generation of communications satellites for NASA. The Atlas 5 401...

Lockheed Martin joins Dream Chaser team
Posted: Thu, Jan 31 7:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the company developing the Dream Chaser commercial crew vehicle, announced Wednesday it has added Lockheed Martin to its team to help...

South Korea successfully launches first rocket
Posted: Wed, Jan 30 8:27 AM ET (1327 GMT)
A South Korean rocket placed a satellite in orbit successfully Wednesday, a first for the nation after two previous attempts failed. The Korea Satellite Launch...

SpaceX to launch Israeli communications satellite
Posted: Wed, Jan 30 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT)
SpaceX will launch a satellite for an Israeli satellite operator in 2015, the companies announced Tuesday. A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the Amos-6...

Iran launches monkey on suborbital flight
Posted: Tue, Jan 29 6:19 AM ET (1119 GMT)
The Iranian government announced Monday that the country's space program had launched and successfully recovered a monkey on a suborbital spaceflight, a first for...

Japan launches reconnaissance satellites
Posted: Sun, Jan 27 10:05 AM ET (1505 GMT)
An H-2A rocket placed two Japanese reconnaissance satellites into orbit on Sunday during a period of heightened tensions in the region. The H-2A...

Lockheed Martin space unit reports quarterly revenue decline and leadership change
Posted: Fri, Jan 25 7:13 AM ET (1213 GMT)
Aerospace company Lockheed Martin reported a drop in quarterly revenue and operating profit for its space division in the most recent quarter on Thursday, and...



news in brief
FAA restricts hours for commercial launches during shutdown
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:05 AM ET (1405 GMT)

EchoStar sells more spectrum to SpaceX
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 9:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)

China postpones Shenzhou-20 return on orbital debris concerns
Posted: Sun, Nov 9 8:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)

news links
Saturday, November 15
Emirates to put Starlink on aircraft in major win for SpaceX
Bloomberg News — 5:11 am ET (1011 GMT)
New Glenn Rocket Aces Launch and Landing, Setting Up Space Force for More Options
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 5:06 am ET (1006 GMT)
Second Viasat Broadband Satellite Enters Space
Aviation Week — 5:04 am ET (1004 GMT)


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