… SpaceX may be planning to shutter Transporter program . For years, small satellite manufacturers have built their business plans around the idea that SpaceX could launch their payload to space through its affordable Falcon 9 Transporter and Bandwagon rideshare missions. …
… Artemis I also launched 10 small CubeSats into deep space, many of which required tracking and telecom services from the DSN. …
… With more data on how methane-fueled rockets explode, officials expect the keep-out zones to get smaller over time. …
… South Korean government officials have encouraged tech companies to share some of their unprecedented profits with their workers and smaller supplier companies. …
… LC-46 has hosted a handful of small satellite launches and hypersonic missile tests in recent years. …
… The smallest planetary science missions, with budgets of less than $100 million, have a lousy track record . …
… For comparison, it takes SpaceX about the same amount of time to load a million pounds of propellant into its smaller Falcon 9 rocket. …
… Finally, NASA has built a 10-acre site, Launch Complex 48, that it may lease to small launch vehicle companies. …
… President Donald Trump is the first president to receive the honor while still in office. …
… Separately, a group representing rural mobile carriers criticized the approvals, saying the FCC ignored competition concerns raised by small wireless operators. …