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HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace has secured major funding from a state-backed investment initiative to boost its development of reusable launchers.

WASHINGTON — Iceye has added $65 million to a funding round it announced in April, bringing the total amount the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imaging company has raised to more than $500 million.

HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial Kinetica-1 solid rocket failed late Thursday, with the launch attempt setting a new domestic record for launches in a calendar year.

TAMPA, Fla. — Spacecoin said it is successfully communicating with a recently launched debut connectivity satellite, designed to test technology for a decentralized space-based network shared by multiple investors.

The recent congressional approval of the first-ever acknowledgment of space launch noise impacts on nearby communities is a landmark moment for both the aerospace sector and the communities that ho…

TAMPA, Fla. — Slam Corp, the shell company founded by former MLB player Alex Rodriguez, extended its merger deadline with Lynk Global but must refund $81 million to investors who redeemed shares instead of seeking a stake in the direct-to-smartphone satellite operator.

SANTA FE, N.M.— Blue Origin says it is ready for the first launch of its New Glenn rocket after completing a static-fire test Dec. 27, hours after receiving a launch license.

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft toward geostationary orbit Dec. 29, marking the first time a single commercial manufacturer has flown four of its own satellites on one mission to GEO.