Latest articles by Caleb Henry
SES's AMC-9 Satellite Drifting After Anomaly
SES is moving customers off a 14-year-old geostationary communications satellite that's drifting in orbit following a "significant anomaly" discovered over the weekend.
French Startup Raises $1.9 Million for Smallsat Electric Propulsion
A pair of French entrepreneurs have raised 1.7 million euros ($1.9 million) for a new electric propulsion system to address the small satellite market.
SES Says It Could Build the World's Most Powerful Satellite, but Won't
Global fleet operator SES says it could join the race to build the world’s highest-throughput satellites if it wanted to, but doesn’t believe such spacecraft will be effective at serving customers.
Proton Returns After Year Hiatus with EchoStar-21 Launch
Russia's Proton rocket returned to service June 7, almost one year to the date from vehicle's last flight, delivering a U.S. telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
Arianespace Soyuz Orbits SES-15 Carrying FAA Hosted Payload
Arianespace launched a Soyuz rocket May 18 from Europe’s space center in French Guiana, carrying the electrically propelled SES-15 satellite to geostationary transfer orbit.
Zero 2 Infinity Conducts First Flight Test of Bloostar Balloon-Assisted Launcher
Spanish high-altitude balloon specialist Zero 2 Infinity completed its first test flight of Bloostar, a balloon-assisted small-satellite launcher four years in development.
Blue Origin Signs OneWeb as Second Customer for New Glenn Reusable Rocket
OneWeb has signed on as Blue Origin’s second customer for its New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, both companies announced March 8.
Rocket Lab Declares Electron Ready for Test Flights
Launch startup Rocket Lab says it is ready to begin test flights of its Electron launch vehicle early next year, having concluded flight qualification and acceptance of the first stage booster.
NASA's Restore-L Contract Nudges SSL Closer to In-Orbit Servicing
A new contract from NASA to build the agency's Restore-L satellite servicing spacecraft could bring Space Systems Loral that much closer to launching its own satellite servicing business.
DigitalGlobe Releases First Photo from WorldView-4 Satellite
DigitalGlobe has released the first picture from its latest high resolution commercial imaging satellite, launched three weeks ago.
