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Spaceflight SSO-A launch

Spaceflight Industries strikes deal to sell rideshare launch business; will focus on BlackSky satellites

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries says it has signed a deal to sell Spaceflight Inc., its satellite rideshare launch subsidiary, to one… Read More

Second-stage ignition

Rocket Lab launches Japanese satellite that’s designed to spit out shooting stars for Olympics

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from its New Zealand launch pad today, sending a shooting-star satellite and six other… Read More

Spaceflight SSO-A launch

Spaceflight Industries is raising more cash as satellite deals heat up on the final frontier

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, which has taken on a string of high-profile satellite missions over the past year, is in the… Read More

ALE-2 satellite

Spaceflight and Rocket Lab will put a Japanese shooting-star satellite into orbit

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s handling the pre-launch logistics for a Japanese satellite that’s designed to spray artificial shooting stars into… Read More

Rocket Lab Electron launch

Rocket Lab launches four satellites for BlackSky, UnseenLabs and U.S. Air Force

Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites into orbit today for a threesome of customers, including the Seattle-based BlackSky Earth-watching… Read More

PSLV rocket

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

SpaceX small-satellite deployment

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

Rocket Lab launches seven small satellites from New Zealand for Seattle’s Spaceflight

Rocket Lab executed a picture-perfect first launch for Seattle’s Spaceflight Inc., putting BlackSky’s Global-3 Earth-observing satellite and six other small… Read More

Relativity Terran 1 liftoff

Spaceflight strikes a deal to put rideshare satellites on Relativity Space’s rocket

Seattle-based Spaceflight has signed a launch services agreement to put payloads on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket. Relativity, a startup… Read More

PSLV launch

India’s PSLV rocket puts 29 satellites in orbit, just days after anti-satellite test

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has put a military satellite and 28 secondary payloads into orbit, with Seattle-based Spaceflight and… Read More

SpaceX SSO-A launch

Seattle rideshare space company wins a shout-out for disrupting launch industry

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has taken the spotlight in a research note from Morgan Stanley for disrupting the process of putting… Read More

Beresheet lander

Israeli lunar lander passes tests in preparation for SpaceX launch to the moon

The managers of Israel’s first mission to the moon say their lunar lander has passed a crucial set of tests… Read More

SpaceBEE design

FCC levies $900,000 fine against Swarm Technologies for unlawful satellite launch

The Federal Communications Commission says Swarm Technologies must pay a $900,000 fine and be subject to increased scrutiny for having… Read More

Amazonia-1

Spaceflight signs up Brazil for Amazonia-1 satellite launch on Indian rocket in 2020

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s struck one of its biggest deals for a satellite launch with Brazil’s space research institute, focusing… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

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

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Spaceflight’s 64-satellite extravaganza inches closer to SpaceX launch

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is closing in on what’s shaping up as a grand convergence in commercial space. Spaceflight, which handles launch… Read More

PSLV launch

India’s PSLV rocket launches BlackSky’s Global-1 satellite (plus 30 other satellites)

The first Earth observation satellite for Seattle-based BlackSky’s Global constellation has been sent into orbit aboard an Indian rocket. Global-1… Read More

Israeli moon lander to ride SpaceX rocket in Spaceflight’s first move beyond low Earth orbit

SpaceIL’s lunar lander is go for launch as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that’s due to… Read More

Satellite deployment

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

PSLV rocket

How a snafu over swarming satellites led Spaceflight to sharpen its launch policy

When India’s PSLV rocket launched a host of satellites into orbit in January, one big piece was missing: the Federal… Read More

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl jet

Spaceflight launch services company adds Virgin Orbit and Cosmic Girl to its lineup

Seattle-based Spaceflight has a new product to offer customers who want to get small satellites up and running: Virgin Orbit’s… Read More

Rocket Lab Electron launch

Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas

Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches… Read More

PSLV launch

FCC stings Swarm Technologies after an unauthorized launch of tiny satellites

A stealthy California startup called Swarm Technologies is facing the wrath of the Federal Communications Commission after its super-miniaturized satellites… Read More

PSLV launch

Planetary Resources’ prototype asteroid prospector set for January liftoff in India

Redmond, Wash.-based Planetary Resources’ technology demonstrator satellite for asteroid prospecting is due for launch in early January, along with more… Read More

Black Sky satellites

Spaceflight Industries issues $150 million investment offer amid high-flying plans

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is seeking as much as $150 million in new investment as it gets ready for a key… Read More

Spaceflight SHERPA

Spaceflight wins $5.5 million NASA contract for nanosatellite launch services

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s been awarded its first contract for launch and integration services from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in… Read More

BlackSky platform shows Aleppo

Spaceflight’s BlackSky wins $16.4M Air Force contract for geospatial data platform

BlackSky, a division of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, has been awarded a two-year, $16.4 million cost-plus prime contract with the Air… Read More

Rocket Lab electron

Spaceflight buys Rocket Lab Electron launch for a small satellite sampler

Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s struck a deal to buy the full capacity of a single Electron rocket launch from L.A.-based Rocket… Read More

Elysium Space

Elysium Space and Seattle’s Spaceflight plan to spread loved ones’ ashes in orbit

Elysium Space has struck a deal to give people an out-of-this-world memorial by sending their cremated remains into orbit. The… Read More

BlackSky Spectra imagery

Spaceflight Industries unveils BlackSky Spectra for multispectral satellite imaging

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries lifted the curtain on another satellite imaging service today: BlackSky Spectra, a Web-based platform that knits together… Read More

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