Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
myFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Most Read
    • Europe’s AstraZeneca stockpile mounts as citizens snub jab
    • Sunak warns of bill to be paid to tackle UK’s ‘exposed’ finances
    • US concludes Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi operation
    • House of Representatives passes $1.9tn Covid stimulus package
    • US removes stumbling block to global deal on digital tax
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Yuval Noah Harari: Lessons from a year of Covid | Free to read
    • ‘Zoom fatigue’ brought into focus by Stanford study
    • US concludes Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi operation
    • ‘Humbling’ week in bond markets leads to fears of paradigm shift
    • House of Representatives passes $1.9tn Covid stimulus package
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Warren Buffett warns of ‘bleak future’ for debt investors
    • Head of Canada’s largest pension fund quits after Covid vaccine trip
    • Revlon error forces Citigroup to slash profits by $323m
    • Amanda Staveley loses High Court battle against Barclays
    • Jeff Immelt shares out blame for GE’s decline
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    Most Read
    • Warren Buffett warns of ‘bleak future’ for debt investors
    • Bitcoin cannot replace the banks
    • Return of the bond vigilantes: will inflation fears spoil the post-pandemic party?
    • Treasury yields fall after savage bond sell-off abates
    • When bitcoin bros* talk money-printing
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Bitcoin cannot replace the banks
    • Jay-Z created a hip-hop path to luxury influence
    • Daft Punk and the virtues of mystery
    • When bitcoin bros* talk money-printing
    • Narendra Modi’s stadium monument is not quite cricket
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • The unsettling internal threat to McKinsey’s next leader
    • Leaders’ Lessons: what can we learn from those at the top?
    • Forced mediocrity can boost your creativity
    • Delta’s Ed Bastian: building staff loyalty to survive a crisis
    • Toxic offices don’t change when they go virtual
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • Yuval Noah Harari: Lessons from a year of Covid | Free to read
    • Extra stamp duty holiday would raise house prices, say lawyers
    • Chef Ruth Rogers: ‘The hardest thing for managers is telling somebody they’re wrong’
    • Daft Punk and the virtues of mystery
    • Nicole Krauss: on stealing from life as a livelihood
  • How to Spend It
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How to Spend It
Financial Times
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe

$50 for your first 3 months Get the print edition and steer from crisis to recovery

Subscribe now

Space industry

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Space exploration
    Nasa rover to begin search for ancient Mars life after safe landing

    Largest vehicle sent from Earth will conduct experiments and prepare samples for future missions to bring back

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    Special ReportLuxembourg: Data and Innovation
    Luxembourg space programme to work with Nasa on moon mining

    The Grand Duchy is pouring money and expertise into exploration after playing a pioneering legal role

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Astra to test appetite for space Spacs

    Start-up that offers low-cost rocket launches follows Virgin Galactic on to public markets

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launches rocket into space

    Successful test puts satellites into orbit eight months after failed first attempt

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Oneweb Global Ltd
    SoftBank takes new $350m stake in OneWeb

    Investment comes after Japanese company forced satellite group into bankruptcy last year

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Oneweb Global Ltd
    OneWeb set to raise $400m as satellites launched into orbit

    Executive chairman expects to complete first fundraising since rescue within weeks

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Matthew Slaughter
    To the moon and back, Chinese R&D is leaving the US behind

    It’s telling that the same day a Chinese rocket collected lunar rocks, a key US radio telescope collapsed

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    UK joins with Bharti to take control of failed space start-up OneWeb

    Goal will be to launch global commercial internet service focusing on remote areas by 2022

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Military technology
    Wars of the future may be won or lost in space, says head of RAF

    UK has to be ready to protect and defend critical national interests in orbit, warns military chief

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    Europe’s Arianespace struggles for relevance in SpaceX era

    Delay to Ariane 6 rocket adds to satellite launcher’s challenges in an upended market

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Germany joins space race as Munich start-up begins rocket production

    Isar Aerospace bets on boom in small satellites and aims for launch by end of 2021

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    US politics & policy
    US military officials eye new generation of space weapons

    Pentagon planners worry about China’s extraterrestrial advances — including its version of GPS

  • Sunday, 2 August, 2020
    Space exploration
    SpaceX brings astronauts back to earth in historic landing

    Musk company completes 2-month test mission to International Space Station

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    News in-depthMilitary technology
    Russia satellite weapon test reignites space arms race fears

    World powers developing new generation of ‘Star Wars’ military assets, experts say

  • Wednesday, 29 July, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain should shed light on its OneWeb gamble

    Ministers must explain strategic rationale behind high-risk satellite investment

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Military technology
    US accuses Russia of testing new space-based weapon

    Former cold war rivals could be extending their conflict into a new theatre

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Britain’s bet on OneWeb: a shot in the dark Premium

    The grand idea of a satellite system comes with a warning that it could all fall to earth

  • Wednesday, 22 July, 2020
    UK ministers were warned of financial risk of $500m OneWeb deal

    Senior civil servant takes rare step of seeking ‘ministerial direction’ over danger of losing satellite investment

  • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    SpaceX success has Asia start-ups dreaming of the stars

    From Japan to Singapore, space companies face financial and technical challenges

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    UK-Bharti bid for OneWeb gets green light from US court

    Decision bolsters Britain’s ambitions to be at forefront of space technology

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    UAE shoots for Mars in Arab world’s first space mission

    Emirates pin diversification hopes on space gamble as critics fear odyssey is a vanity project

  • Friday, 3 July, 2020
    Satellites
    UK to enter satellite race after winning bid for OneWeb

    British government’s joint venture with Bharti will compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink

  • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
    UK gamble on OneWeb signals more interventionist space policy

    Controversial bid for failed satellite provider exposes rifts as UK scales back alternative to Galileo

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Lex
    Satellites/OneWeb: space jam Premium

    UK spies an opportunity but communications company’s technology is still a work in progress

  • Monday, 29 June, 2020
    Bharti Enterprises emerges as key investor in UK’s OneWeb bid

    Government said to expect golden share in project, giving it say over any future sale and over access to platform

Previous You are on page 1 Next

Topics related to Industrial goods & services

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

FT LiveShare News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingContracts & Tenders
Executive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT TransactSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School Rankings
Enterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter
More from the FT Group
Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2021. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • How to Spend It
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Graphics
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In