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HELSINKI — China carried out separate Long March 8 and Long March 6A launches this week, adding new batches of satellites to the country’s megaconstellation projects. The missions mark the

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was widely described as the first commercial space war. Not because satellites were firing weapons, but because privately owned systems became essential to the fight. A

Preparing to send astronauts back to the moon is no small feat. Spaceflight exposes the body to both known and unknown risks, some of which are subtle, cumulative, and difficult

WASHINGTON — Space mobility company Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million to scale up development of its highly maneuverable spacecraft. The company announced April 9 it closed a Series

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force selected 14 companies to compete for contracts under a new $1.8 billion procurement of satellites and supporting technologies to monitor activity in geosynchronous orbit.

SAN FRANCISCO – Albedo, the former Earth-observation startup now focused on satellite manufacturing, announced plans April 9 to send its second spacecraft into very low-Earth orbit (VLEO). Vicinity, scheduled to

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $105 million contract to support ground control operations for the next generation of GPS satellites, as the Pentagon moves to

WASHINGTON — Vantor, the Earth-observation satellite operator formerly known as Maxar, is planning its first major overhaul of its space architecture in nearly a decade, aiming to combine its hallmark

This story was updated with additional details about the Comet product line WASHINGTON — Apex, a Los Angeles–based satellite manufacturer, is moving to build larger and more powerful spacecraft, signaling

WASHINGTON — Improving the accuracy of space situational awareness (SSA) data and using tighter thresholds for potential conjunctions can help retire most of the risk of satellite collisions in low