But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.
The space industry can build rockets. Moving money around them is the hard part. A new startup called Nebex wants to fix that, and Google’s venture arm is backing it with $30mn. GV, formerly Google Ventures, led the seed round, Bloomberg reported. Nebe…
Swift has watched the sky since 2004, catching some of the universe’s biggest explosions. Now it is sinking, and time is short. NASA is paying Katalyst Space Technologies about $30mn to save it, the Associated Press reported. Liftoff could come as earl…
The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion, and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.
Rocket Lab, the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron, has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion. The deal will combine Rocket Lab’s launch services and spacecraft manufacturing with Iridium’s satellite-based communications network, putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX. Iridium offers communications services to over 2.5 […]
Most rocket companies buy their fuel. SpaceX wants to pipe it in. Filings in Texas show the company plans to build its own natural gas pipeline, an unusual move for a space firm, and a telling one. SpaceX calls the line Starpipe. It would run eight mil…
NASA just tested a fully automated refueling coupler for spacecraft, and if it works, it could fundamentally change how deep space missions work.
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.
Mesh came out of stealth in February with a $50 million Series A.
SpaceX may be preparing its boldest Starlink expansion yet. Instead of just supporting mobile carriers, it could soon become one, and that could shake up the entire wireless industry.