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On March 29, 2026, SpaceX reported an on-orbit anomaly involving Starlink satellite 34343, resulting in a total loss of communications at an altitude of approximately 560 kilometers. Shortly after the […]
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On March 30, 2026, SpaceX successfully launched its Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, carrying a diverse manifest of 119 payloads. Among the spacecraft deployed were seven satellites […]
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Indra has announced its participation in the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) 2026, scheduled to take place from April 7 to 12 in Santiago, Chile. As a leading global […]
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On March 30, 2026, WISeKey International Holding Ltd announced that its space-focused subsidiary, WISeSat.Space, successfully deployed its 21st satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellite was launched aboard a […]
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On March 30, 2026, York Space Systems announced that NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have extended the operations of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) mission through […]
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On March 24, 2026, NASA leadership outlined a major strategic realignment of the Artemis program, designed to transition the agency from intermittent lunar sorties to a sustained presence on the […]
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New Zealand — At 10:14 CET on March 28, 2026, the first two satellites of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Celeste mission—IOD-1 and IOD-2—successfully lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch […]
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On March 24, 2026, Blackwave announced its strategic expansion into the United States during the SATELLITE 2026 conference in Washington, D.C. The Munich-based aerospace manufacturer has established its first U.S. […]
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Chris Forrester — Once upon a time – and this is a true story – when interviewing Roman Bausch (SES CEO 1995-2014) in 2012 he said SES would not invest […]
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Europe is the only major space power building its smallsat sector on defense procurement rather than venture capital or state industrial policy. The demand signal is institutional, contracted, and accelerating.
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