Tag: Space industry
SpaceX value climbs to $180 billion, higher than Boeing, Verizon
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed t [...]
Blue Origin aims to launch New Shepard rocket Dec. 18
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six from Launch Site One in West Texas on Dec. 11, 2021.Joe Skipper | ReutersThe moment of t [...]
SpaceX plans NASA refueling demonstration for next Starship launch
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an [...]
Amazon buys SpaceX rocket launches for Kuiper satellite internet project
A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission on January 31, 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.SpaceXAmazon bought three rocket laun [...]
SpaceX Starship rocket goes for second launch attempt
SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket flight on Saturday, with Elon Musk's company pushing development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones [...]
Sierra Space lays off hundreds in push toward Dream Chaser launch
A rendering on a Dream Chaser spaceplane in orbit.Sierra SpaceSierra Space, one of the sector's most valuable private companies, laid off several hund [...]
Amazon Kuiper internet satellites fully successful in testing
A Project Kuiper engineer conducts network testing as prototype satellites pass over McAllen, Texas.AmazonA little over a month after launch, Amazon o [...]
FAA clears SpaceX to launch second Starship flight
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | [...]
SpaceX Starship second launch possible this week, CEO Elon Musk says
Starship launches for the first time on its Super Heavy booster from Texas on April 20, 2023.SpaceXSpaceX is pushing hard to launch the second spacefl [...]
Ron Baron expects SpaceX’s Starlink to go public around 2027
Billionaire investor Ron Baron told CNBC on Friday that he expects SpaceX to IPO its Starlink satellite internet service "in 2027 or so.""We think tha [...]
Iridium, Qualcomm end satellite-to-phone partnership
A Qualcomm sign is pictured at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai.Aly Song | ReutersU.S. semiconductor giant Qualcomm ended its partnership with sa [...]
Astra founders offer to take company private
Astra tests a rocket at its headquarters on the San Francisco Bay in Alameda, California.AstraThe founders of struggling space company Astra have offe [...]
Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q3 earnings report
Peter Beck, chief executive officer of Rocket Lab, speaks during the US Chamber of Commerce's Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., Sept 14, 20 [...]
Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Q3 earnings report
Carrier aircraft VMS Eve releases spacecraft VSS Unity before firing its rocket engine during the Unity 25 spaceflight on May 25, 2023.Virgin Galactic [...]
Satellite imagery company BlackSky ekes out first quarterly profit
The company's banner on the front of the New York Stock Exchange.BlackSkySatellite imagery venture BlackSky delivered its first quarterly profit on We [...]