Dr Erich “HB” Hernandez-Baquero has been sworn in as the US Department of the Air Force’s new assistant secretary for space acquisition and integration, taking responsibility for accelerating the ...

The Australian Defence Force is trialling a University of New South Wales telescope to assess how ground-based optical sensors, automated tasking and data analysis could strengthen Australia’s ...

LeoLabs has secured a US$20.68 million ($28.81 million) contract with the US Space Force to develop and demonstrate a modified Scout radar, expanding the company’s transportable sensing technology ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced a US$100 billion ($139.6 billion) investment in Starbase Louisiana, an expansion of the company’s launch infrastructure, providing a “high cadence” launch site. On a ...

NASA engineers have successfully tested a lightweight, fabric-based radar antenna designed to help a future fleet of Mars helicopters search for shallow deposits of frozen water that could support ...

US spacecraft developer Portal Space Systems has signed a contract with SpaceX for a Falcon 9 launch in 2028, supporting the first flight of its Supernova spacecraft and proprietary solar thermal ...

United Launch Alliance has appointed longtime aerospace executive Mark Peller as president and chief executive officer, placing the veteran engineer who led Vulcan’s development at the helm as the ...

Rocket Lab has been selected by Viasat to build a geostationary satellite for the US Space Force’s Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global program. Rocket Lab has been selected by Viasat to manufacture a ...

Western Australia has taken another step towards establishing its own spaceport, with Perth-based Space Angel awarded a $1.75 million grant to assess potential sites and develop a business case for a ...

Blue Origin has begun rolling out its Quartz ground communications network, with the first three stations already operational in Australia, New Zealand and Bermuda as the company builds a nine-site ...

The site will serve both Australia and New Zealand and aims to eventually improve the accuracy of GPS signals to as little as 10 centimetres. Located on the southern tip of the South Island, it was ...