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The 2023 SpaceNews Icon Awards: Winners

SpaceNews established the awards in 2017 to recognize and celebrate the people, programs and institutions shaping a rapidly evolving global space economy. Chosen by...

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Starliner “on track” for April crewed test flight

WASHINGTON — NASA says the first crewed launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle remains on schedule for the middle of April as the company...

Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on second flight

Updated 2:30 p.m. Eastern with additional comments. BERLIN — SpaceX’s Starship vehicle reached space on its second integrated test flight Nov. 18 but broke apart...

Radical Transparency: The promise and peril of generative AI

AI chatbots like ChatGPT continue to attract attention for their ability to churn out essays, reports and emails. For space companies, generative artificial intelligence...

Space Force eyes a future of speed and agility in orbit

For its latest Hyperspace Challenge accelerator, the U.S. Space Force selected three startups specializing in satellite propulsion, picks reflecting the military’s growing interest...

Telesat taps Aalyria to provide network orchestration

SAN FRANCISCO – Telesat selected Aalyria Technologies to orchestrate communications for its Lightspeed low-Earth orbit broadband network. Under the contact announced Nov. 14, Aalyria’s...

SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards honorees: Space Stewardship

First awarded in 2019, the Space Stewardship Award seeks to recognize individuals and organizations going above and beyond to safeguard the orbital commons.  The...

Avanti in LEO talks to become a multi-orbit connectivity provider

TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is in talks to procure capacity from a low Earth orbit (LEO) operator to transform into a provider of...

Airbus and Voyager sign agreement with ESA on Starlab commercial space station

CEDAR PARK, Texas — The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with Airbus and Voyager Space to study potential use of the companies’...

Canadian government backs 2024 space accelerator in Southern California

SAN  FRANCISCO – Canadian space entrepreneurs seeking to raise $500,000 to $20 million are invited to join the 2024 SoCal-Canadian Space Accelerator. The two-month...

Revealing the Startup of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards

The space industry has seen an unprecedented surge in startups recent years, each with their own vision for the future of space exploration...

SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals

SAN FRANCISCO – The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceRake, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, $1.8 million to develop miniature laser communications terminals. It was the...

SpaceNews Icon Awards honorees: Deal of the Year

This year saw some long-predicted industry consolidation finally come to pass as Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat acquired Starlink competitor OneWeb and Viasat merged...

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