The defense contractor sees solid rocket motor capacity as key advantage The post Northrop says investments position company for Golden Dome missile defense demand appeared first on SpaceNews.

Military space assets need the same logistics backbone as terrestrial forces, argues Gen. Whiting The post Space Command chief calls for orbital gas stations as China tests satellite refueling appeared first on SpaceNews.

Strong government demand helped send Eutelsat’s LEO revenues soaring 84% over the past 12 months, although the French operator expects its legacy geostationary business to continue weighing on profits in the year ahead. The post Eutelsat’s bright LEO outlook clouded by GEO decline appeared first on SpaceNews.

Big systems projects are nothing novel in defense acquisition. However, a big systems project delivered fast and at an affordable cost is more uncommon. The Trump administration’s transformational vision for continental missile defense, called Golden Dome, has the opportunity to be notable not only for its innovative approach to defending the United States, but for

Interlune, a startup with plans to harvest helium-3 from the moon, will fly an instrument on the first lunar rover from fellow startup Astrolab. The post Interlune to fly instrument on Astrolab’s FLIP rover appeared first on SpaceNews.

A Rocket Lab Electron launched the latest in a series of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellites for a Japanese company Aug. 5. The post Rocket Lab launches iQPS radar imaging satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

The company is positioning its existing missile defense portfolio as foundation for homeland shield The post Lockheed Martin targets 2028 demo of space-based missile interceptors appeared first on SpaceNews.

Skyrora has become the first British company to secure a launch license from the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority, though a lack of available launch pads could push its first suborbital flight from SaxaVord Spaceport into 2026. The post Skyrora gets UK launch license as first flight likely slips to 2026 appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA has formally ended a lunar orbiter smallsat mission more than five months after losing contact with it, another blow to the agency’s efforts at low-cost planetary missions. The post NASA writes off Lunar Trailblazer mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

Rochester, N.Y./Ontario, N.Y. — Eoptic Inc. and Starris: Optimax Space Systems announce a partnering agreement to build end-to-end satellite imaging payloads that leverage the knowledge and space heritage of both […] The post Eoptic and Starris establish strategic partnership to develop multispectral satellite imaging payloads appeared first on SpaceNews.