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Space Intel Report Editor, Co-founder

Peter B. de Selding is the co-founder and chief editor of SpaceIntelReport.com, a website dedicated to the latest space industry news and developments that launched in 2017. Prior to founding SpaceIntelReport, Peter spent 26 years as the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews, an industry publication. At SpaceNews, Peter covered the commercial satellite, launch and international space market. He continues that work at SpaceIntelReport. You can follow Peter's latest project on Twitter at @pbdes.

Latest articles by Peter B. de Selding

Europe Commits to Space Station, ExoMars as Part of $11 Billion in Commitments to ESA

By Peter B. de Selding published 2 December 16

International Space Station

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) has created a commercial-launch venture, called Expace Technology Co., to market the solid-fueled Kuaizhou rocket globally. The company expects to make 10 launches per year between 2017 and 2020.

New Chinese Commercial-Launch Company Advertises High Launch Rate, Low Price

By Peter B. de Selding published 30 November 16

Private Spaceflight

European Mars Lander Crash Caused by 1-Second Glitch: ESA

By Peter B. de Selding published 23 November 16

Mars

SpaceX's Musk Says Sabotage Unlikely Cause of Sept. 1 Explosion, But Still a Worry

By Peter B. de Selding published 17 October 16

Private Spaceflight

Ariane 5, in 74th Straight Success, Launches Australian, Indian Telecom Satellites

By Peter B. de Selding published 6 October 16

Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket on Oct. 5 successfully placed telecommunications satellites for Australia and India into geostationary-transfer orbit.

Satellites

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket blasts off from the country's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sept. 26, 2016.

India's PSLV Rocket Launches 8 Satellites in Record 5th Mission This Year

By Peter B. de Selding published 27 September 16

India's PSLV rocket on Sept. 26 successfully placed the Indian SCATSAT-1 meteorological satellite and seven co-passengers into separate polar low Earth orbits.

Satellites

Europe's Vega Launches 1 Peruvian and 4 Terra Bella Earth Observation Satellites

By Peter B. de Selding published 16 September 16

Satellites

Spacecom CEO on SpaceX failure: 'It Took a Minute to Realize the Guys Under the Smoke Are Us'

By Peter B. de Selding published 8 September 16

Private Spaceflight

SpaceX's Falcon 9 after JCSAT-14 Mission

SpaceX to Launch SES-10 Satellite on Previously Flown Falcon 9 This Year

By Peter B. de Selding published 30 August 16

Satellites

Ariane 5 Successfully Places Two Intelsat Satellites Into Orbit

By Peter B. de Selding published 25 August 16

Satellites

Facebook Reports Successful Flight of Full-Scale Internet-Delivery Drone

By Peter B. de Selding published 27 July 16

Tech

Europe Plans Euro-Russian Moon Exploration To Go Beyond Apollo 'Gift Shop Visit'

By Peter B. de Selding published 19 July 16

Apollo

Britain Selects US, French, British Teams to Study Spaceport Feasibility

By Peter B. de Selding published 15 July 16

The British government has awarded feasibility-study contracts to five industrial teams that want to operate orbital or suborbital launch vehicles from British territory on a commercial basis.

Human Spaceflight

Three Years Later, Reaction Engines Gets Promised UK Investment in Rocket Technology

By Peter B. de Selding published 15 July 16

Tech

One Year After Kickoff, OneWeb Says Its 700-Satellite Constellation is On Schedule

By Peter B. de Selding published 7 July 16

Satellites

Britain's Quitting the EU, But Will It Be Forced Out of EU Space Programs?

By Peter B. de Selding published 24 June 16

The British vote to leave the European Union may occur gradually over two years but raises multiple immediate questions about the consequences for Europe's space programs and Britain's role in them.

Jupiter