Space

Orbital Sciences [ORB] said Friday its investigation into the Oct. 28 Antares failure is prioritizing finding, cataloging and securing any elements remaining from the first stage propulsion system. The company […]

The Air Force’s eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-series satellite (GPS IIF-8) signaled to controllers it is functioning properly about 3.5 hours after Wednesday’s launch, according to prime contractor Boeing […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] CEO David Thompson said Wednesday there is no specific provision in the agreement for company’s proposed $5 billion merger with ATK [ATK] covering launch failure and that […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] will not stop work on its Cygnus space capsule that contains the cargo delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) following Tuesday’s launch failure that lost both […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Tuesday and Wednesday launches, respectively. Orbital will take its second shot at launching its Orb-3 Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) […]

An Air Force investigation has found that a fuel leak is to blame for an October 2012 GPS IIF-3 launch RL-10B anomaly, the service said last week. The fuel leak […]

The scheduled Oct. 29 launch of the Air Force’s eighth Global Positioning System IIF series (GPS IIF-8) satellite will be its first using GPS metric tracking (GPS MT) as opposed […]

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that NASA may proceed with the performance of its Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract awards to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Boeing [BA] […]

NASA said Boeing [BA] successfully concluded the final milestone of its Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) Space Act Agreement with the agency. The work and testing completed under the agreement […]

The Air Force reorganized its organization that handles hosted payloads, or government sensors that catch rides on commercial satellite buses, according to a service official. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark […]