The ESS satellites are central to U.S. nuclear command, control and communications

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Congress approved a budget reconciliation bill that includes nearly $10 billion for NASA human spaceflight programs and could also lead to the transfer of a space shuttle to Houston.

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China sent a new satellite into orbit for its experimental Shiyan series Thursday with a launch from the country’s southwest.

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In this week’s episode of Space Minds we bring you a special panel discussion on the future of commercial lunar exploration which was recorded live during the build-up to a historic moon landing.

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The European Space Agency will soon select the finalists for a competition intended to support the development of new launch vehicles by European companies.

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British smallsat maker Open Cosmos has acquired Connected, a Portuguese startup developing 5G narrowband connectivity payloads for satellites.

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French launch vehicle startup Latitude has signed a deal to expand into a larger factory as the company works towards a first launch as soon as next year.

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Structured as Luno A and Luno B, the five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts carry a combined ceiling of $490 million

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A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by lower launch costs.

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The global pivot toward government-backed satellite programs is redefining global EO strategies, shifting demand toward defense-grade, sovereign capabilities

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Research that leverages space to develop treatments for blindness, cancer, and Parkinson’s disease is jeopardized by the $6.1 billion NASA budget cuts recently announced for 2026 by President Trump. The cuts to the International Space Station (ISS), forecasted to be $508 million, halt space research and development momentum, discourage investors, impede growth of the space […]

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Based in Marietta, Georgia, Atomic-6 makes solar arrays that are designed to fold and unfold

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Boeing has shipped two more O3b mPower broadband satellites to SES with hardware fixes the operator might no longer need thanks to a surprising assist from solar storms. 

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A Falcon 9 launched a European satellite July 1 with a dual mission to collect weather data and monitor atmospheric pollution.

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The funding was awarded through a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) agreement

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IRVINE, Calif. – July 1, 2025 – CAPSTONE™ (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment), owned and operated by Advanced Space, proudly celebrates its three-year anniversary. Serving as […]

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A privately funded satellite designed to measure methane emissions has failed after only a little more than a year in orbit.

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Planet Labs won a multi-year $280 million agreement funded by the German government to supply satellite imagery and intelligence

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Since 1989, SpaceNews has been committed to delivering trusted, independent journalism that keeps the global space industry informed, connected and ahead of the curve. And just as the space business has evolved during that time, so has the business of journalism.

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The European Union has unveiled a long-anticipated space law, but details of how its space sustainability and other provisions will be implemented could take years to work out.

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SAN FRANCISCO – While working in finance years ago, Yasunori Yamazaki traveled to mines to conduct due diligence. Later, as Axelspace chief business officer and Astroscale head of brand management, he considered how satellites could simplify the task. As a result, one of the first products being developed by his new company Singapore-based Liberatech Space, […]

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LOS GATOS, CA– Cambrian Works, an innovator in technological connections between Earth and space, is proud to announce their GigRouter flight unit is ready for launch aboard Aegis Aerospace’s MISSE-21 […]

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The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.

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France’s space agency joined European investors to inject nearly $18 million in French startup Skynopy, backing efforts to rapidly grow its ground station network amid a broader national push to boost financial support for the industry.

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“Maneuver is pretty critical to warfighting,” said Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office

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China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 are conducting proximity operations for a second time high above the Earth as a precursor to an expected on-orbit refueling test.

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The headlines in the space industry over the past month have delivered a sobering reminder: space is not forgiving, and certainly not friendly to overpromising entrepreneurs. From iSpace’s second failed lunar landing attempt (making them 0 for 2) to SpaceX’s ongoing Starship test flight setbacks — amid a backdrop of exploding prototypes and shifting goalposts […]

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Moog hardware enables weekly space launches for commercial and government customers

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Blue Origin launched its third crewed suborbital flight in under three months June 29, flying a group that included a married couple and a lawyer in legal trouble.

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An H-2A rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite June 28 on the final flight of a vehicle that had long been the workhorse for Japanese space access.

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A Rocket Lab Electron placed an undisclosed satellite into orbit June 28 on the company’s second launch within 48 hours and fourth this month.

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Space Force awards third consecutive NSSL Phase 3 task order to SpaceX for 2027 launch

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EchoStar has delayed a potential bankruptcy filing to allow more time for talks with regulators reviewing whether the satellite operator is complying with conditions tied to its spectrum licenses.

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June 27, 2025 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Starcloud and Volta Space Technologies as new Associate Members. These forward-looking companies bring cutting-edge capabilities that […]

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A new version of the solid rocket booster being developed for the Space Launch System experienced an anomaly during a test firing in Utah June 26.

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We live in a brand new era for lunar activities. With over 100 payloads from around the globe planned to visit the Moon by 2030, our closest natural satellite will soon see a flurry of activity like never before. And that presents a problem: If operators don’t know enough information about each other’s missions, many […]

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Rocket Lab launched a set of satellites for HawkEye 360 June 26 in the first of back-to-back launches from its New Zealand launch site.

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Two Chinese astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, marking their second spacewalk in five weeks.

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The outcome of the review could impact the procurement of as many as 140 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 3 program

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IRVINE, Calif. – June 26, 2025 – Terran Orbital Corporation, a leading manufacturer of satellite products for the aerospace and defense industry, is proud to announce the adoption of a […]

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