KBR bids on ground, launch and data contracts to broaden commercial space footprint
US tactical engineering specialist KRB is bidding on work in the ground segment and other sectors as it seeks to ...
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NanoRacks expects first contracts soon for Bishop commercial airlock on International Space Station
NanoRacks expects to close the first contracts by summer to launch LEO satellites from its Bishop commercial airlock module aboard the ...
Astrocast CFO discusses raising funds for newspace connectivity | Q&A
Swiss newspace startup Astrocast aims to launch its first test nanosat on a shared Falcon 9 rocket this summer, after raising more ...
Sale speculation surrounds Spacecom as Eurocom plunges into liquidation
Israeli businessman Raz Steinmetz is reportedly behind a bid to buy satellite operator Spacecom that came after its debt-laden owner Eurocom was ordered into ...
Lockheed Martin-owned condosat service GEOshare follows cost-saving trend
US-based condosat service startup GEOshare has 150 missions and 100 orbital locations in its portfolio and is in “serious” negotiations with “a few” companies, ...
Astranis eyes GEO operator JV opportunities ahead of 2019 commercial launch
Astranis would consider a joint venture with a geosynchronous orbit satellite operator as the US startup eyes its first commercial ...
Launch readies for trajectories of change with introduction of Falcon Heavy and other rockets
SpaceX’s next-generation Falcon Heavy rocket is leading the trajectory of change in commercial launch, with increased mission affordability perhaps the ...
Observers urge prudence as race to provide LEO broadband rushes into overdrive
Low Earth orbit constellations being planned to usher in a new era of connectivity continue to attract skepticism and urgings for ...
How small launchers plan to battle the growing competitive threat from China and India
Mounting competition from China and India presents one of the biggest challenges for the fledging small launch market, as they increasingly attract ...
Newspace shift prompts Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio JV to invest in Spaceflight Industries
Thales Alenia Space has taken a major step in its newspace transformation strategy, acquiring a minority stake in US-based Spaceflight Industries through a ...
