Just over three and half years after its formation, Vancouver based Helios Wire has been sold to EchoStar. It’s an exit for the founders, though one in which it’s hard to gage how the company was performing when it sold.
Read More »Nanoracks to use Maritime Launch Services Cylcone 4M Rocket Upper Stages for Outposts
At the International Astronautical Congress in Washington today, Nanoracks announced an agreement with Maritime Launch Services (MLS) to use the upper stages of the Cyclone 4M (C4M) rocket for Outposts.
Read More »Nova Scotia Destined Cyclone 4M Rocket for Maritime Launch Services Passes Another Test
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) and the Ukrainian based Yuzhnoye Design Office announced this morning that Yuzhnoye had successfully completed the qualification test of the fully integrated upper stage of the Cyclone 4M rocket.
Read More »Kepler Communications and Other NGSO Constellation Operators Oppose SpaceX Plans
In an October 15, 2019 letter to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , Kepler Communications is petitioning the FCC to reconsider its order and authorization request from SpaceX to lower the altitude of 1,584 of its satellites to 550 km.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Confirms Industry Mission to Australia
In an email to its industry list today, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) confirmed it would lead an industry mission to Australia November 4 – 12, 2019.
Read More »A Conversation with Rocket Lab’s Chief Engineer of Space Systems, Grant Bonin
Grant Bonin is a driven space systems engineer, so much so he doesn’t mind the commute between California and New Zealand, which he does at least once a month.
Read More »Public Services and Procurement Canada Snafu Leads to Postponed Lunar Gateway Industry Day
Oh my, with industry seemingly never satisfied with the government procurement system comes along a procurement snafu that has many shaking their heads.
Read More »The Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit Space Station Habitats – Part 2
Today we present the second part of our podcast series titled what is the real world Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space station habitat marketplace?
Read More »The Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit Space Station Habitats – Part 1
What is the real world Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space station habitat marketplace? That’s a central question in this weeks SpaceQ podcast, the first of Season 3.
Read More »Does the UK Space Agency Spaceport Report Point the Way Forward for Canada?
The UK Space Agency commissioned an independent report completed by Frost & Sullivan which in part concludes that there is a good investment opportunity to support a UK based spaceport.
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