Science operations for NASA’s exoplanet-hunting Kepler telescope were suspended Jan. 17 when the spacecraft was placed into a 10-day safe mode to evaluate a balky reaction wheel, mission manager Roger ...

WASHINGTON — A reaction wheel on NASA’s Kepler spacecraft continues to experience elevated levels of friction after a brief rest period, but project officials say that does not necessarily imply an ...

The new production facility comes as Rocket Lab secures contracts to supply major satellite constellations with reaction wheels LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB ...

LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it ...

LAFAYETTE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, ...

Rocket Lab USA Inc. has released two products aimed at the small-satellite market. The Long Beach company debuted earlier this month a software-defined radio, plus a reaction wheel used for attitude ...

There’s no shortage of ways a satellite in low Earth orbit can fail during the course of its mission. Even in the best case scenario, the craft needs to survive bombardment by cosmic rays and ...

Over the past few decades, numerous space probes sent to the far-flung reaches of the Solar System have fallen silent. These failures weren’t due to communications problems, probes flying into ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), global leader in launch and space systems, today announced that construction is underway on a ...