ESA awards contracts for Copernicus satellites
Posted: Thu, Nov 19 7:52 PM ET (0052 GMT)
ESA awarded contracts Friday for three sets of Copernicus Earth observation satellites worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.54 billion). The three Copernicus satellite pairs...

Lunar Gateway facing cost and schedule delays
Posted: Sun, Nov 15 12:25 PM ET (1725 GMT)
NASA's lunar Gateway is suffering cost overruns and schedule delays. A report released this week by NASA's Office of Inspector General found that...

NASA certifies Crew Dragon
Posted: Sun, Nov 15 12:21 PM ET (1721 GMT)
NASA formally certified SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft Tuesday for missions to the International Space Station. The certification, the culmination of the commercial crew program,...

APT buys Chinese communications satellitw
Posted: Sun, Nov 15 12:18 PM ET (1718 GMT)
APT Satellite is buying a new communications satellite from China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC). The Apstar-6E spacecraft will be based on the new...

Galactic Energy performs first Ceres-1 launch
Posted: Sun, Nov 15 12:15 PM ET (1715 GMT)
A Chinese startup carried out its first orbital launch Nov. 7. The Ceres-1 four-stage solid rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch...

PSLV returns to flight launching 10 satellites
Posted: Sun, Nov 15 12:10 PM ET (1710 GMT)
India performed its first launch in nearly 11 months Nov. 7. A PSLV rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 4:42...

SpaceX launches GPS satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
SpaceX launched a GPS 3 satellite Thursday, a month after a last-second abort during a previous launch attempt. The Falcon 9 lifted off at...

Virgin Galactic preparing for SpaceShipTwo test flights
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 7:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
Virgin Galactic says it's entering the final phase of the flight test program for its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle. The company said Thursday the next...

Long March 6 launches set of smallsats
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 7:42 AM ET (1242 GMT)
A Long March 6 rocket launched a set of smallsats Thursday night. The rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 10:19...

Rocket Lab to attempt first stage recovery on next launch
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
Rocket Lab will attempt to recover the first stage of its Electron rocket during its next launch. The company announced Thursday that it will conduct...