Rocket Lab is taking a major step toward competing more directly with SpaceX, announcing an agreement to acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications in an approximately US$8 ...

Rocket Lab RKLB-10.40%decrease; down pointing triangle agreed to buy Iridium Communications IRDM-2.85%decrease; down pointing triangle, a deal that would give it control over a satellite fleet and ...

As Elon Musk basked in the public spectacle of SpaceX’s blockbuster initial public offering this month, another — altogether more restrained — rocket executive also hailing from the Southern ...

Long Beach-based Rocket Lab Corp. agreed to buy Iridium Communications Inc., a pioneer in satellite telephones, for $54 a share in a cash-and-stock transaction as players in the space industry try to ...

‘A space superpower’ - Sir Peter Beck on his firm's purchase of Iridium, which will allow it to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink. Video / Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is buying satellite network operator ...

A Rocket Lab Electron launches from New Zealand. By owning its rockets, Rocket Lab aims to replicate SpaceX's Starlink success with Iridium. Scott Andrews / US Department of Defense public domain ...

Rocket Lab just spent $8B ($6.3B) to put itself in the same league as SpaceX's Starlink, and the prize on offer is the phone in your pocket finding a signal where no mast can reach. The launch company ...

This episode of Chromatography Life takes a closer look at the evolving landscape of synthetic peptide drugs - one of the most compelling frontiers in biopharmaceutical analysis. Joining us is Matt ...

Summertime in New Hampshire means summer camp for thousands of students. While some kids are hiking mountains and swimming in lakes, nearly two dozen students spent part of this week trying to turn ...

Wesley Family Services will discontinue two of its support programs for seniors this month because of a lack of funding, the nonprofit confirmed to TribLive this week. The nonprofit operates Open Your ...