A graphic rendering of a Pelican satellite. Planet Earth imaging and data specialist Planet Labs on Thursday unveiled details of its new line of Pelican satellites, as the company looks to further exp...
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U.S. to end anti-satellite ASAT testing; calls for global agreement
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launches from the U.S. Navy’s USS Lake Erie at a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite on Feb. 20, 2008 as an anti-satellite weapons U.S. Departmen...
Richard Branson hopes to fly with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson prepares to spray champagne after flying with a crew in Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity to the edge of space at Spaceport America near...
Amazon signs rocket deal with Blue Origin, Arianespace, ULA for Project Kuiper internet satellites
Artist renderings of the companies’ rockets, from left to right: New Glenn, Vulcan Centaur, and Ariane 6. Blue Origin / United Launch Alliance / Arianespace Amazon on Tuesday announced what it s...
Machining start-up Hadrian raises $90 million from Andreesen, Lux
The exterior of the company’s factory in Hawthorne, California. Hadrian Machine-parts start-up Hadrian Automation raised $90 million in a new round of funding led by venture firms Lux Capital an...
How Atlassian’s dual-CEO structure has helped the company thrive
Atlassian’s founders and co-CEOs, Scott Farquhar, left, and Mike Cannon-Brookes. Atlassian In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 yea...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launch New Shepard NS-20 crew to space
[The livestream is slated to begin at 8:10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the web player above.] Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to launch its New Shepard rocket for the first...
Spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital LLAP begins trading on the NYSE
Spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday after closing its SPAC merger, going public with over $200 million in outstanding orders. Terran trades un...
SpaceX raises prices for launches and Starlink due to inflation
A Starlink logo of a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON — SpaceX is raising pri...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sent thousands of Starlink satellite dishes to Ukraine, exec says
A shipment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite antennas, also known as terminals, arriving in Ukraine. Fedorov Mykhailo on Twitter WASHINGTON – SpaceX has sent “thousands” of Starlink sat...
Rocket builder Firefly resuming launch operations, raises $75 million
The company’s inaugural Alpha rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 2, 2021. Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON – Firefly Aerospace aims to make its second attempt to...
SpaceX will hopefully launch Starship orbital flight in May
Prototypes of SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster stand at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas. Michael Sheetz | CNBC Elon Musk on Monday gave an update on the timeline f...
Aviation internet market ripe for overhaul
A passenger plane takes off from Frankfurt Airport. The aviation industry is particularly hard hit by the effects of the global Corona pandemic. Picture alliance | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Elon Musk&...
U.S. space companies to benefit from Russia pullback: Quilty Analytics
A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. SpaceX Russia is rapidly cutting itself off from much of the global space industry in response to Western sanctions due t...
Astra stock ASTR swings: LV0009 rocket reaches orbit
A view from onboard the upper stage of rocket LV0009 during the company’s livestream on March 15, 2022. Astra / NASASpaceflight Rocket builder Astra returned to flight with a successful orbital ...
Hypersonic aircraft start-up Hermeus raises $100 million
The company test firing the Quarterhorse aircraft’s engine at an unveiling event in 2021. Hermeus Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus on Thursday announced a $100 million round of funding that i...
Russia Roscosmos refusing to launch OneWeb satellites: Ukraine crisis
A Soyuz 2 rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites on March 25, 2020 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia. Roscosmos The corporate internet space race has taken a geopolitical turn. Russian space agency Rosc...
Artemis missions, SLS rocket billions over budget
The Artemis 1 mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Frank Michaux / NASA To the moon, indeed. NASA’s auditor didn’t mince words when he told lawmakers Tuesday that the space agency̵...
Pentagon’s SDA awards Transport Layer satellite internet contracts
Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon. Jason Reed | Reuters The Space Development Agency, an acquisition arm of the Department of Defense, on Monday announced nearly $1....
Starlink satellite dishes arrive, official thanks Elon Musk
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. Nacho Doce | Reuters A shipment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellit...
ISS partnership with Russia ‘working’ despite Ukraine conflict
The International Space Station is pictured from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around on Nov. 8, 2021. NASA NASA’s top official on human spaceflight addressed the agency̵...
Viasat says ‘cyber event’ disrupting satellite internet service
A Viasat Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Viasat said Monday that it believes “a cyber event” disrupted its satellit...
NASA and space partnerships with Russia face Ukraine challenge
ISS Expedition 64 crew member, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov takes part in a training session at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Zvyozdny Gorodok [Star City], Moscow Region. Anton No...
Satellite imagery shows Russian attack on Ukraine from space
Satellite imagery of the Chuhuiv Airbase outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb. 21, 2022. Planet Labs PBC Satellite imagery gives another perspective on the developing situation in Ukraine, as Russian tr...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX to split its private stock 10-for-1
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft ahead of the Inspiration4 mission in Merritt Island, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Mus...
Chamath Palihapitiya steps down from Virgin Galactic board
Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic announced ...
Bezos’ Blue Origin building more space tourism rockets: CEO
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six, including Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of the first American in space Alan Shepard, for whom the spacecraft is named, from Launc...
Virgin Galactic stock rises as ticket sales reopen $150,000 deposit
Carrier aircraft VMS Eve is seen in the background shortly after releasing VSS Unity, which is firing its engine and acclerating during the company’s fourth spaceflight test, Unity 22, carrying ...
Jared Isaacman buys private SpaceX flights for Polaris Program
The Polaris Dawn mission crew, from left: Medical officer Anna Menon, pilot Scott Poteet, commander Jared Isaacman, and mission specialist Sarah Gillis. Polaris Program / John Kraus Jared Isaacman, th...