WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab stretched the performance of the kick stage of its Electron rocket on its most recent launch, the first in a series of milestones the company has set out for this year. During the Jan. 20 launch, Electron’s kick stage placed its payload, a satellite built by […]
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“We will sell no wine before its time” — Paul Masson, 1978 Compared to the rapid-fire tempo of SpaceX Starlink and OneWeb’s upcoming return to launch operations in December, Telesat’s pace to build a global LEO broadband constellation is glacial. It still hasn’t selected a satellite manufacturer, a task it […]
WASHINGTON — Satellite operators in the Asia-Pacific say they are having discussions with companies planning large constellations of broadband satellites, but lack clarity on how such systems will work in their markets. The Asia-Pacific, like the rest of the world, has a growing demand for broadband that satellite operators are […]
One way to help the industry is for the government to communicate what problems it needs solved and commit funding for the right solutions. The COVID-19 economic slowdown will have lasting implications on the new space sector. Yet the United States cannot afford another lost decade of commercial space innovation. […]
Ellen Lord: “We’re looking where the greatest pain points are, and again, it’s really aviation, shipbuilding and small space launch.” WASHINGTON — Among the domestic industries that provide equipment and services to the Pentagon, suppliers in the aviation, shipbuilding and small space launch sectors have been the most impacted by […]
WASHINGTON — Manufacturers are generally optimistic that last year’s rebound in commercial geostationary satellite market orders marks the beginning of trend. After two years of single-digit totals, manufacturers sold 15 geostationary satellites in 2019. At the Satellite 2020 conference, executives from Airbus, Boeing, Maxar, Thales Alenia Space and Northrop Grumman, […]
WASHINGTON — As the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak grows worldwide, executives believe the space industry will not be immune from its effects but also may not be hurt as badly as other sectors. The spread of the coronavirus disease, formally known as COVID-19, continues to grow both in […]
This article originally appeared in the Jan. 20, 2020 issue of SpaceNews magazine. It was updated Feb. 26 to reflect OneWeb and SpaceX launches that have happened since. In 2019, the U.S. Space Force was formally established, NASA received a 2024 deadline for returning Americans to the moon, and […]