Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite telecommunications company Iridium for $8 billion as part of its effort to become an end-to ...

Peter Beck announcing Rocket Lab's acquisition of Iridium in a June 29 video presentation. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab’s chief executive says the company’s acquisition of Iridium was ...

Quantum computing is advancing fast, and nations are racing to field the first machines powerful enough to break modern encryption. This race has direct consequences for the commercial space industry, ...

(Glasgow, UK) Glasgow-based space engineering company Craft Prospect has been selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of The Sunday Times Scotland Fast 50, a new annual list recognising some ...

HELSINKI — China has established a national very low Earth orbit industry alliance, as multiple satellites demonstrate sustained operations below 300 kilometers and propulsion startups attract ...

Rocket Lab launched a radar-imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on June 26, a flight delayed by a responsive ...

Spanish startup FOSSA Systems has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation in a funding round that ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Weather Stream, a Boulder, Colorado, commercial weather satellite operator, is collecting global atmospheric ...

SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the ...

For years, small satellite manufacturers have built their business plans around the idea that SpaceX could launch their ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of science missions on three Electron rockets in 2027. NASA ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the selection June 22 of an Apex bus for its first orbital computing node. Pasadena, ...