Articles about SmallSat

Illustration: LeoStella's LS-300 satellite platform

LeoStella super-sizes its platform for small satellites as it takes aim at new markets

Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella is unveiling its latest, greatest platform for small satellites, which should hit a sweet spot for future… Read More

Rocket Lab will try helicopter recovery of rocket booster – and CEO will eat his hat

Taking a page from SpaceX’s playbook, Rocket Lab’s CEO says the company will try to recover the first-stage booster of… Read More

Spaceflight gets first crack at India’s new SSLV rocket – and puts up a ‘sold out’ sign

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s purchased the first commercial launch of India’s next-generation Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, or SSLV, and has… Read More

Tethers Unlimited joins forces with TriSept to test system for reducing orbital debris

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited will have its technology for deorbiting space debris put to its most ambitious test next year,… Read More

Good news, bad news for Spaceflight: Satellite rideshare market is heating up

Seattle-based Spaceflight has made a name for itself by putting together bunches of small satellites for launch on someone else’s… Read More

Images start to stream in from new crop of satellites after two launch extravaganzas

More than 100 payloads have been put into orbit over the past couple of weeks, including 64 satellites riding a… Read More

Third time’s the charm: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches a record 64 satellites for Spaceflight

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched Seattle-based Spaceflight’s first-ever dedicated rideshare mission, a satellite extravaganza aimed at placing 64 spacecraft in… Read More

From Stratolaunch to startup: Chuck Beames raises his sights to York satellites

Two years ago, Chuck Beames presided over Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s effort to build the biggest airplane in the world.… Read More

Efforts to develop small-scale rockets are soaring, but only a few get off the ground

News Brief: The latest “State of the Industry” report for small orbital-class launch vehicles tracks 101 reported efforts to create… Read More

‘Smallsats are big’: NASA official details initiatives to boost tiny science satellites

LOGAN, Utah — NASA is already deep into small-satellite science, but today the space agency’s associate administrator for science signaled that… Read More

Aerospace Corp. lays out ‘Launch Unit’ standard for medium small satellites

LOGAN, Utah — Tiny satellites have their own 4-inch CubeSat standard size, and bigger satellites have a size standard as well.… Read More

Spaceflight’s SmallSat Express rounds up more than 70 satellites for SpaceX launch

LOGAN, Utah — Seattle-based Spaceflight is confirming that it has more than 70 satellites from 18 countries signed up for launch… Read More

How small satellites tackle big challenges, from orbital manufacturing to exoplanets

LOGAN, Utah — No one has ever built a satellite in space, but thanks in part to a team of students… Read More