Caleb Henry
Caleb Henry is a senior analyst for Quilty Analytics and a former staff writer for the space industry publication SpaceNews. From 2016 to 2020, Caleb covered the global satellite industry for SpaceNews, chronicling everything from launches, spacecraft manufacturing and ground infrastructure. Caleb's work has also appeared in NewSpace Global and Access Intelligence. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in astronomy from Grove City College.
Latest articles by Caleb Henry
![SpaceX and Iridium have set March 18, 2018 as the launch date for the fifth launch of Iridium Next satellites. The mission will use the same Falcon 9 rocket first stage as the third Iridium mission.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2Rzu2DMs9RfbTitw4rmXpV-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX, Iridium Set March 18 Launch Date for 5th Iridium Next Mission
By Caleb Henry published
![Angosat-1 seen prior to launch.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j6WdKkN4BP3fXVWu5n3ymW-320-80.jpg)
Angosat-1 Communications Restored After Post-launch Glitch
By Caleb Henry published
Angola's new satellite is communicating normally with ground teams again after losing contact shortly following launch.
![A Ukranian-built Zenit rocket launches Angosat-1, the South African country Angola's first satellite, into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 26, 2017.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/57kTisYJgGEm7YdZvUoxmV-320-80.jpg)
Contact Lost with Angosat-1, Manufacturer Says
By Caleb Henry published
RSC Energia of Moscow said Dec. 27 that the satellite it built for Angola has stopped sending telemetry data after separating from the rocket upper stage that took it to geostationary transfer orbit.
![A Ukranian-built Zenit rocket launches Angosat-1, the South African country Angola's first satellite, into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 26, 2017.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/57kTisYJgGEm7YdZvUoxmV-320-80.jpg)
Zenit Rocket Launches Angola's Long-awaited First Satellite
By Caleb Henry published
A Zenit rocket, flying for the first time in two years, successfully orbited Angola’s debut satellite Angosat-1 on Dec. 26.
![Falcon 9 first stage booster](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8gFcrhZhK9trBfjYR8A6UY-320-80.jpg)
Iridium's Fourth Falcon 9 Mission Holding to Dec. 22 as Other SpaceX Missions Slip
By Caleb Henry published
![Gwynne Shotwell](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dvebdh93KBTPE88iKF5F57-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX Aims to Follow a Banner Year With an Even Faster 2018 Launch Cadence
By Caleb Henry published
SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell — a finalist for SpaceNews' Corporate Executive of the Year award — previews 2018 in an exclusive interview.
![Vega launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zQgGum4oRPmB4CgQurD7kH-320-80.jpg)
Vega Rocket Launches Moroccan Observation Satellite Into Orbit
By Caleb Henry published
Arianespace completed the company's tenth launch this year Nov. 7, delivering a Moroccan Earth observation satellite to low-Earth orbit on a Vega rocket.
![SpaceX's Falcon 9 Koreasat-5A launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TQNkd5PU7qSjcgMBMDvnig-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX Ties ULA's Annual Launch Record With 16th Launch This Year
By Caleb Henry published
![An artist's impression of a satellite by OneWeb.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9MLUsrCx54gbYxXcV5w4Ng-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX, OneWeb Detail Constellation Plans to Congress
By Caleb Henry published
SpaceX and OneWeb say they are within months of launching the first satellites in their competing megaconstellations of broadband smallsats designed to bring internet to every corner of the globe.
![Google Project Loon balloon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VJffj8AYGHTdxkkcbz7JgE-320-80.jpg)
Google Using O3b Satellites to Connect Project Loon Over Puerto Rico
By Caleb Henry published
Google's experimental high-altitude balloon project is using connectivity from O3b satellites to provide emergency communications in hurricane-ravished Puerto Rico.
![SpaceX Falcon 9 launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ttwx7U8JsrrW37SmQEQEFW-320-80.jpg)
Spacecom Returns to SpaceX for One, Possibly Two Launches
By Caleb Henry published
Israeli satellite operator Spacecom has agreed to launch its next satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX in 2019, and will likely launch a second satellite on another Falcon 9 in 2020.
![General Atomics 3U cubesat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6DYaD5oemEXvCPqePnetuS-320-80.jpg)
General Atomics Ramping Cubesat Production, Muses Railgun Smallsat Launcher
By Caleb Henry published
![Ariane 6](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LvkNocxqZNLgay884Fg2A4-320-80.jpg)
Ariane 6 Could Use Reusable Prometheus Engine, Designer Says
By Caleb Henry published
Europe's upcoming Ariane 6 rocket, though designed to be expendable, could one day sport a reusable engine, according to Patrick Bonguet, head of the Ariane 6 program at ArianeGroup.
![ILS Proton launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vErvqA9qVRrYGodxfGXFMS-320-80.jpg)
ILS Proton Launches AsiaSat-9, Completes 2017 Commercial Manifest
By Caleb Henry published
International Launch Services completed its third and final 2017 commercial Proton mission today, launching the AsiaSat-9 telecommunications satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
![Virgin Orbit employees](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/URkXSb3PMWy6pgV28uGgSE-320-80.jpg)
Virgin Orbit Still Aims to Fly Twice a Month in 2020 Despite Test Delays
By Caleb Henry published
Virgin Orbit says it will perform 24 missions with its LauncherOne small-satellite booster in 2020 despite pushing initial test flights into 2018.
![A International Launch Services Proton rocket launches the Amazonas-5 communications satellite for Hispasat on Sept. 11, 2017 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FpcbKKHLTYx4DWVsRKcQn5-320-80.jpg)
ILS Proton Rocket Launches Hispasat Satellite
By Caleb Henry published
International Launch Services last night (Sept. 11) conducted the second of three commercial Proton launches planned for this year to orbit the Amazonas-5 satellite for Hispasat.
![Ariane 5's Vulcain 2 cryogenic liquid engine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WtH5UzFaAd5WvepFnGRMfD-320-80.jpg)
Last-second Scrub Delays Ariane 5 Launch of Intelsat-37e and Bsat-4a Satellites
By Caleb Henry published
A last-second abort halted an Ariane 5 launch of two telecommunications satellites Tuesday evening.
![Erupting debris screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ikSiHYgJJbrdHtmeZsiBE5-320-80.jpg)
ExoAnalytic Video Shows Telkom-1 Satellite Erupting Debris
By Caleb Henry published
Ground-based observations of PT Telkom's 18-year old Telkom-1 satellite show a large cloud of debris generated the night the satellite lost contact with customers across Indonesia.
![ComSpOC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4w7LQypwNV6PBrLiQ3fWRa-320-80.jpg)
Company Loses Contact With Communications Satellite While Changing Orbit
By Caleb Henry published
A 20-year old satellite in fleet operator EchoStar's constellation is drifting after an anomaly the company said has crippled communications.
![Rocket launching at night](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zWN7p8od6tXPKWYnQ3ZYua-320-80.jpg)
Arianespace, Avio launch 10th Vega rocket, orbit two Israeli-made satellites
By Caleb Henry published
Arianespace's smallest rocket launched two remote sensing satellites co-produced by Israeli and European teams on an Aug. 1 night mission from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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