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
![SES's AMC-9 satellite drift](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ujbxFRFyzM3W2sw4L3nazn-320-80.jpg)
SES's AMC-9 Satellite Drifting After Anomaly
By Caleb Henry published
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.
![ThrustMe electric propulsion startup](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gTNPS4yMTwJCc4MVeYNHk3-320-80.png)
French Startup Raises $1.9 Million for Smallsat Electric Propulsion
By Caleb Henry published
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.
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SES Says It Could Build the World's Most Powerful Satellite, but Won't
By Caleb Henry published
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.
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Proton Returns After Year Hiatus with EchoStar-21 Launch
By Caleb Henry published
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 Ariane 5 launch of ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat-172b](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BYWinaey34nPMaYMf4AXrg-320-80.jpg)
Arianespace Rocket Launches Two Heavy Satellites to Get Back on Schedule
By Caleb Henry published
![Europeanized Soyuz rocket launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ad3dpmcv77zws9565UKqGc-320-80.jpg)
Arianespace Soyuz Orbits SES-15 Carrying FAA Hosted Payload
By Caleb Henry published
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.
![Arianspace VA236](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9dtjGL2726m6qkw5krEm84-320-80.jpeg)
Arianespace Launches for First Time Since French Guiana Protests Ended
By Caleb Henry published
![Space weather solar storms](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/txHyaZPVXuKT3KA96srnu4-320-80.jpg)
Researchers Bemoan Limited Space Weather Prediction Capabilities
By Caleb Henry published
![SpaceX Falcon Heavy art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kBPQEDB4JroC9JtAjpTZzc-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX to Launch Falcon Heavy with Two 'Flight-Proven' Boosters This Year
By Caleb Henry published
![Ariane 5 rocket](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SD83BjCyJNcGGGsWDw6gU4-320-80.jpg)
Ariane 5 Launch Halted Indefinitely as Kourou Unrest Continues
By Caleb Henry published
![OneWeb groundbreaking](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jTyP7sHDPVRY2dQhsJLJmh-320-80.jpg)
OneWeb Breaks Ground on a Florida Factory That Will Build Thousands of Satellites
By Caleb Henry published
![A Zero 2 Infinity Bloostar rocket prototype launches from a high-altitude balloon, itself flying 25 kilometers above Earth, during a test flight on March 1, 2017.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ad6QfW8nuFpZ9S8ffsq3Jj-320-80.jpg)
Zero 2 Infinity Conducts First Flight Test of Bloostar Balloon-Assisted Launcher
By Caleb Henry published
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.
![jeff bezos blue origin](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DpTdryTMMjYVPW79jLwXNL-320-80.jpg)
Blue Origin Signs OneWeb as Second Customer for New Glenn Reusable Rocket
By Caleb Henry published
OneWeb has signed on as Blue Origin’s second customer for its New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, both companies announced March 8.
![Arianespace Ariane 5 launch of Star One D1 and JCSat-15](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sr42doygLocF7nLMHmu8uB-320-80.jpg)
Arianespace Caps Year With Ariane 5 Launch of Star One D1 and JCSat-15
By Caleb Henry published
![Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k8VNQ78UXWSznquYMXdWhQ-320-80.jpg)
Rocket Lab Declares Electron Ready for Test Flights
By Caleb Henry published
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.
![Restore-L Spacecraft art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WSbiEpRZBhncdfgehbRNa6-320-80.jpg)
NASA's Restore-L Contract Nudges SSL Closer to In-Orbit Servicing
By Caleb Henry published
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.
![WorldView-4 image Yoyogi National Gymnasium](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/36ZQ2XCLoQVj9VQBTQ4SfY-320-80.jpg)
DigitalGlobe Releases First Photo from WorldView-4 Satellite
By Caleb Henry published
DigitalGlobe has released the first picture from its latest high resolution commercial imaging satellite, launched three weeks ago.
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