Satellite antennas can be 3D-printed in space with the help of sunlight, using a new patented technique that promises to do away with clunky satellite parts that take up too much space in a rocket.

A team led by aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor Jeff Baur has developed a low-energy, scalable technique that ...

LITTLETON, Colorado (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's biggest supplier, is ramping up its use of 3D printing and virtual reality simulators to drive down the huge costs of producing ...

JCSAT-110A (previously known as JCSAT-15) was the first SSL 1300 satellite to use a 3D-printed antenna tower design. Credit: SSL WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturers are turning increasingly to ...

NASA’s mission to the moon has returned – but this time, with a modern tech twist. A 3D-printed satellite the size of a microwave oven was launched into space Tuesday, embarking on a new path around ...

The hardest thing about space is getting there. A 2016 estimate, using the SpaceX Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket, put the cost at $9,100 per pound. So the Pentagon is looking at ways to reduce ...

TAMPA, Fla. — 3D printing specialist Swissto12 said Nov. 7 it has sold its first small satellite to Intelsat for a launch to geostationary orbit (GEO) in 2025. Intelsat 45 (IS-45) will be based on ...

3D Systems will produce and supply critical parts to Airbus Defence and Space for its new OneSat commercial satellite. The contract involves “an end-to-end, additive manufacturing solution” developed ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 18, 2017 ” Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) space systems segment, has said the future of satellite production will be driven by ...

WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturers are turning increasingly to additive manufacturing to reduce the cost and time required to design and build spacecraft. Space Systems Loral announced March 7 that ...