Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first attempt by Jeff Bezos’s private space company, Blue Origin, to launch a rocket into orbit will ...

A Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites in July reached orbit, but the upper stage malfunctioned during a relight of the engine to circularize the orbit, resulting in the satellites deployed in ...

And while risks to astronauts may be a top concern, congestion in orbit is also hazardous to satellites and space-based technologies that power our everyday lives — including GPS tools as well ...

London’s river transport is about to get a green upgrade with fully electric ferries. Orbit Clipper, the UK’s first fully electric, zero-emission cross-river passenger ferry, will launch on ...

So much junk is filling Earth's orbit that collision avoidance has become a busy business. "We're talking about the dead satellites, the rocket bodies, the fairings, the wrenches, the gloves ...

Now in its closest orbit yet, Parker will pass just 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface. It will be within the corona, the super-heated outer atmosphere that's visible from Earth as bright ...

Rocket Lab launched a private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today (Dec. 21) on the company's final mission of a busy 2024. An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand ...

21). SpaceX's plans to launch four small communications satellites to a high Earth orbit were called off as the countdown reached T-0 seconds on Saturday (Dec. 21). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying four ...

So far, there have been 244 rocket launches to successfully reach orbit this year, a record for annual launch activity. And there are still a couple of weeks to go before the calendar turns to 2025.

18. Based in Irvine, California, Turion Space specializes in satellites and software solutions for space situational awareness, debris removal, and other in-orbit services. The company won prior ...

The East Asian superpower, China, has launched its ambitious take on providing its region with satellite internet, with the Guowang megaconstellation successfully reaching orbit to begin its ...