Space War: Marsh Sues Willis Over Aviation Insurance Hires Soliciting Clients May 12, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance broker Marsh USA is asking a New York court to stop several former employees and rival Willis Towers Watson...
Another Satellite Breakup Adds to Rising Problem of Space Junk October 22, 2024 A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and...
How Brexit Hobbled Britain’s Race to Space January 2, 2024 By Thomas Seal Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how...
From Ukraine to Taiwan, Satellite Firms Wrangle With Geopolitics in Space October 6, 2023 By Peter Apps If China attempts to cut Taiwan off from the world by severing more than a dozen undersea cables that connect...
Billion-Dollar Satellite Risks Upending Space Insurance August 28, 2023 By Todd Shields and Loren Grush Viasat Inc. has more than $1 billion of orbiting satellites in trouble, and space insurers are girding for market-rattling claims....
Britain’s Satellite Launch Fails, but Virgin Orbit Expected to Try Again January 11, 2023 By Paul Sandle NEWQUAY, England – Britain’s hopes of becoming a prime launch site for small satellites remain intact despite the failure of...
Investigators Probe Failure of Italy’s Vega C Rocket; Satellite Insurers Expect Profit Hit December 22, 2022 An investigation is being launched after the latest version of Italy’s Vega C rocket failed on its second mission, destroying...
Russia’s Threat to ‘Strike’ Western Satellites Tests Laws of War in Space October 28, 2022 By Joey Roulette A Russian official’s threat this week to “strike” Western satellites aiding Ukraine highlights an untested area of international law, raising...
SpaceX Satellites Falling Out of Orbit After Being Hit by Solar Storm February 11, 2022 By Marcia Dunn SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40...
NASA Concerned About SpaceX Satellite Deployment Plan February 10, 2022 By David Shepardson and Steve Gorman The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) raised concerns about SpaceX’s plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink,...