Astranis raises $200 million
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:23 PM ET (1623 GMT)
Astranis has raised $200 million to fully fund development of a new broadband satellite design. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz co-led the Series D...

NASA review examines options for Chandra and Hubble
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:22 PM ET (1622 GMT)
A review chartered by NASA concluded that it is not possible to operate the Chandra X-Ray Observatory at the funding levels proposed by NASA....

Second RS1 rocket suffers "irrecoverable" damage in pad test
Posted: Sat, Jul 27 12:21 PM ET (1621 GMT)
ABL Space Systems says its second RS1 rocket suffered "irrecoverable" damage after a test on its launch pad. The company, in a brief statement Monday,...

H3 launches Japanese Earth science satellite
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:44 PM ET (2044 GMT)
An H3 rocket launched a Japanese Earth science satellite June 30. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 11:06 pm EDT (...

Chinese rocket stage breaks loose in static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:36 PM ET (2036 GMT)
A static-fire test of a new Chinese launch vehicle became very dynamic Sunday. The booster for Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket broke free...

China launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:33 PM ET (2033 GMT)
China launched a communications satellite June 29. A Long March 7A lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site at 7:57 am EDT (1157...

Starliner to remain at ISS well into July
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:31 PM ET (2031 GMT)
NASA and Boeing are keeping the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station for the foreseeable future to conduct more tests. In a...

Eumetsat switched weather satellite launch from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:28 PM ET (2028 GMT)
Eumetsat will launch its next weather satellite on a Falcon 9 rather than an Ariane 6, a move that stunned European space officials. The weather...

SpaceX launches second set of NRO satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 7 4:24 PM ET (2024 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched the second set of reconnaissance satellites for an NRO constellation June 28. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base...

Russian satellite breaks up in LEO
Posted: Sun, Jun 30 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
A defunct Russian satellites has broken up in low Earth orbit, creating potentially hundreds of pieces of debris. U.S. Space Command said Thursday that...