Celestia Aerospace announce new nanosatellite production facility in Sabadell.

Mysterious new Celestia nanosatellite production facility announced

Spanish launch and nanosatellite manufacturing startup Celestia Aerospace announced yesterday that it had entered into an agreement with the City of Sabadell and Consorci...
MaiaSpace CEO Yohann Leroy admitted in an interview that reusing small launchers is a challenging prospect.

MaiaSpace CEO admits reusing small launchers is a challenging prospect

During an interview with French television channel B SMART, MaiaSpace CEO Yohann Leroy described the challenges of implementing reusability in a small launch vehicle....
A look at European launch startup funding trends for 2023.

Predicting 2023 European Launch Startup Funding Trends

2022 saw a 60% reduction in the funding raised by European launch startups. Although that reduction was driven largely by Isar Aerospace not securing...
Virgin Orbit appearing to be offering very little to the UK and Spaceport Cornwall.

Is Virgin Orbit a Phantom in the UK?

Virgin Orbit UK, the UK-based subsidiary of US launch vehicle operator Virgin Orbit, filled its annual accounts for 2021 on December 20. The document...
A deep dive on French launch startup Latitude (ex-Venture Orbital Systems) - hero image.

Everything you need to know about Latitude

Latitude was officially founded in 2019 by Stanislas Maximin, Ilan Saidi-Bekerman, and Corentin Coste. However, at that time it was not called Latitude or...
Isar Aerospace and Exotrail have signed a multi-launch agreement.

Exotrail and Isar sign multi-launch agreement

French space logistics company Exotrail has signed a multi-launch agreement with Germany’s Isar Aerospace. The agreement will see Exotrail spacevan space tugs launch aboard...
Orbex has announced that it will build and operate its own launch facility in Scotland investing £20 million over three years in the project.

Orbex to begin building its own launch facility

Scottish launch startup Orbex has announced that it is moving forward with plans to build and operate its own vertical launch site. The company signed...
Orbex has raised £40.4 million in additional funding to develop its Prime launch vehicle.

Orbex announces £40.4 million Series C funding round

UK-based launch startup Orbex has announced the successful closing of a £40.4 million (approximately €46.5 million) Series C funding round. According to Orbex, the new...
A close examination of German rocket launch startup Isar Aerospace and the company's Spectrum launch vehicle.

Everything you need to know about Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace was founded in March 2018 by Daniel Metzler (current CEO), Markus Brandl, and Josef Peter Fleischmann. As of 2022, the company employs...
An exclusive update on the progress being made by ArianeGroup's launch startup Maiaspace.

An exclusive update on ArianeGroup’s Maiaspace startup

Since its founding in early 2022, Maiaspace has begun work on a small reusable launch vehicle. Despite clear interest in the company and its...