NASA confirmed its SunRISE small satellites completed launch vibration testing, marking a completed prelaunch milestone ahead of the mission’s planned 2026 rideshare launch.

York Space Systems Inc. is touting its ability to churn out cheap satellites for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome project as a selling point for its IPO, as investors look for exposure to the estimated $175 billion in spending on the proposed missile shield.

NASA sees potential value in cubesat swarms collecting data via distributed sensors. Credit: NASA NASA’s first small spacecraft missions were in 1972 and 1973, when it launched Pioneer 10 and 11. Those deep space probes weighed less than 600 kg (1,300 lb.

Already recognized for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency's Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled its most important role. This small prototype mission has succeeded in paving the way for a new constellation of similar satellites,

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous "space weather" affecting satellites, electrical grids ...

This week SpaceNews is at the SmallSat Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and a professor at the Surrey ...

SpaceX asserts that establishing data centers in orbit could be more cost-effective and eco-friendly compared to traditional land-based facilities.