Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft suffers technical glitch in pre-landing maneuver
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region,…
Telesat swaps internet satellite suppliers to save $2 billion
A rendering of Telesat’s low earth orbit broadband constellation. Telesat Shares of Canadian telecommunications satellite operator Telesat surged Friday after the company announced it would swap suppliers for its planned…
Viasat VSAT Q1 earnings report
Viasat offices are shown at the company’s headquarters in Carlsbad, California, March 9, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Viasat reported a jump in quarterly revenue Wednesday, as the company continues…
Astra conducts layoffs, raises debt, shifts focus to survive
An Astra Spacecraft Engine during testing. Astra Struggling space company Astra is cutting 25% of its workforce, the company announced Friday, and restructuring to focus more on its spacecraft engine…
Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Q2 2023 earnings report
VMS Eve, operated by Virgin Galactic, returns after the company’s first commercial flight to the edge of space, at the Spaceport America facility, in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S.,…
China threatens U.S. GPS dominance with Beidou
GPS, or the Global Positioning System, is the oldest and most widely used satellite navigation system in the world with 6 billion users. GPS is owned by the U.S. government…
Vulcan rocket will still fly this year after engine explosion
The Vulcan rocket for the Cert-1 mission stands at SLC-41 during testing in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 12, 2023. United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance still plans to fly its…