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Pentagon seeks increase in Space Force budget
Posted: Sat, Apr 2 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
The Space Force and Space Development Agency would get about $5 billion more in the proposed 2023 budget. The budget included additional funding for missile-...

Synspective raises $100 million
Posted: Sat, Apr 2 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite company Synspective has raised $100 million. The company raised the Series B round from several investors in Japan and...

SES orders Thales Alenia satellite
Posted: Sat, Apr 2 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
SES announced Monday it ordered a new GEO satellite from Thales Alenia Space. The SES-26 will replace the NSS-12 satellite at 57 degrees...

NASA to support development of second Artemis lunar lander
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:47 AM ET (1247 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday its plans to support development of a second Artemis lunar lander. NASA said it would release a draft RFP later this month...

Astronauts perform station maintenance on spacewalk
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
Two astronauts completed most of the work planned for a spacewalk Wednesday after recovering from a spacesuit problem. Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer started the...

Indonesia orders Boeing satellite
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
Indonesia's Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) said Wednesday it ordered a high-throughput satellite from Boeing to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2023....

Russia launches military communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Mar 27 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Russia launched a military communications satellite Tuesday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 8:48 am eDT (1248 GMT)...

Firefly raises $75 million
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace raised $75 million as it prepares for its second launch. AE Industrial Partners (AEI) led the Series B round announced Tuesday, valuing Firefly...

SpaceX raises Starlink, launch prices
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
SpaceX has hiked prices for both launches and its Starlink services, blaming the increases on inflation. The company notified Starlink subscribers it was raising monthly...

OneWeb to launch satellites with SpaceX
Posted: Sat, Mar 26 11:07 AM ET (1507 GMT)
OneWeb announced Monday an agreement with SpaceX to launch at least some of its satellites that were to fly on Soyuz. OneWeb said it would...



news in brief
SpaceX launches seventh set of NRO satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)

ISRO delays docking experiment
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:36 AM ET (1536 GMT)

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 11 10:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)

news links
Friday, January 17
'Clearly a sham': Hawaiians, Texans unite against Elon Musk company
San Francisco Chronicle — 7:43 am ET (1243 GMT)


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