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Jan 14
SpaceX flies the same Falcon 9 booster 25 times, and what it means for Blue Origin
Between the imminent debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and the seventh demo launch of SpaceX’s Starship, the team at SpaceX quietly hit a new


Nov 13, 2024
SpaceX flight rate continues to climb
If SpaceX achieves VP of Flight Kiko Dontchev’s recently established goal of another 26 launches by the end of the year, the company will no


Nov 7, 2024
A new era of GPS competition
In September, the U.S. Space Force selected four companies – Astranis, Axient, L3Harris and Sierra Space – to submit design concepts for a l

Oct 28, 2024
Evaluating SES’s case for a proliferated MEO constellation
On Oct. 21, United Launch Alliance began integrating its third Vulcan rocket on a mission that, if done this year, positions the company to


Oct 23, 2024
ULA’s quest to reset industry precedent
On Oct. 21, United Launch Alliance began integrating its third Vulcan rocket on a mission that, if done this year, positions the company to


Sep 26, 2024
Quilty’s takeaways from World Space Business Week
Every year at the perennial Paris pilgrimage, one or more trends emerge as the dominant theme of the show, and 2024 was no different.


Aug 7, 2024
GEO Satellite Manufacturing Death Spiral?
If the GEO satcom industry is to survive, GEO satellite manufacturers will need to up their game and reverse a troubling trend of ever-longe

Jul 22, 2024
An Airbus-TAS Space Merger: good, bad, or none of the above?
Press leaks on M&A discussions typically aren’t helpful (remember EchoStar’sa target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://spacen


Jun 25, 2024
No slowdown in Falcon 9 Starlink launches in 2025
A change in the winds of European defense spending


May 15, 2024
DoD’s ULA Dilemma
What Quilty Space identified as a risk for Amazon’s Project Kuiper two years ago is now a concern the U.S. military shares.


Apr 8, 2024
Sierra Space goes for all orbits
Sierra Space on April 5 announced a trio of satellite platforms meant to meet the needs of any orbit.


Feb 9, 2024
Rocket Lab returns to the M&A playground
Companies are often coy about when they want to do acquisitions, but not Rocket Lab.


Jan 17, 2024
Sierra Space’s Return to LEO Constellations
Amid all the new entries into LEO small satellite manufacturing, there has been one prominent legacy manufacturer that seemed focused ona ta

Jan 3, 2024
Space is Hard: Small Launch Chapter
It might not come as a surprise that 70% of all maiden orbital launch attempts have been a total bust.


Jan 2, 2024
Unwrapping the Space Sector Deal Outlook for 2024
The past year has been a roller-coaster ride in the financial markets and an unusual one for transaction activity.


Nov 28, 2023
Can Starship leapfrog early launcher challenges?
After this month’s launch of the second-ever Starship vehicle, SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a picture of four more Starships described as


Nov 14, 2023
Virgin Galactic vs. the Rocket Equation
Ever since Tsiolkovsky published the rocket equation in 1904, bold inventors and theorists have endeavored to break the equation.

Oct 27, 2023
The Dawn of Solid Rocket Motor Diversification
U.S. lawmakers have been fretting since 2018 (when Northrop Grumman bought Orbital ATK) that the national supply base for solid rocket motor


Oct 25, 2023
Aalyria: A Darkhorse Candidate for OCT Kingmaker?
Incorporating Optical Communications Terminals (OCTs) has become a baseline assumption for nearly every megaconstellation operator (i.e., St


Oct 16, 2023
CLDP Teams Approach Halftime in Race to Replace the ISS
As the players in NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) transition program approach the second half of theira target="_blank" rel="noopen
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