Launch Manifests Are Becoming Spectrum Policy
The FCC's conditional waiver of Amazon Leo's 1,616-satellite milestone ties spectrum rights to launch capacity, a precedent every NGSO operator will feel.
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SpaceX Targets First Starship Upper Stage Tower Catch for Flight 14
Following the successful ocean splashdown of the Starship upper stage during its Flight 13 test on Friday, July 24, 2026, SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced that the company […]
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Viasat Deploys Reflector and Boom Assembly on ViaSat-3 F3 Ahead of In-Orbit Testing
Viasat, Inc. confirmed on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the successful mechanical deployment of the main boom and ultra-large reflector on its ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (VS-3 F3) broadband satellite. Visual verification […]
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L3Harris Delivers Four RS-25 Core Stage Engines to NASA for Crewed Artemis III Lunar Mission
On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, defense contractor L3Harris Technologies announced the completion and shipment of four modified RS-25 main engines to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The liquid-fueled […]
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Commercial Launch Providers Advance Next-Generation Heavy and Medium-Lift Vehicle Milestones Ahead of 2026 Debuts
Targeting the prolonged global deficit in commercial launch capacity and heavy-lift pricing pressures, three leading launch providers completed major technical milestones for their upcoming medium- and heavy-lift launch architectures. On […]
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SpaceX Limits Future Commercial Rideshare Bookings Past 2028 Amid Severe Manifest Saturation
On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, SpaceX successfully launched its Transporter-17 dedicated small satellite rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. However, concurrent […]
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AST SpaceMobile Defers Commercial Direct-to-Device Timeline to Early 2027
On Wednesday, July 15, 2026, satellite-to-phone pioneer AST SpaceMobile Inc. announced in a regulatory filing that it has rescheduled its commercial Direct-to-Device (D2D) service launch to early 2027. The revision […]
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Air Launch Died the Same Week Responsive Space Arrived
Pegasus XL's final flight ended the only operational orbital-class air-launch system the same week VICTUS HAZE delivered a 17-hour tactical call-up from a fixed pad. Responsiveness turned out to be a software and operations problem, not an aircraft problem.
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China Achieves Historic First Orbital Booster Recovery via At-Sea Net System
On Friday, July 10, 2026, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) successfully executed its first-ever controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster. The maiden flight of the Long […]
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Blue Origin Insulates Lunar Landers from Launch Pad Recovery Fallout
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — At the Spacetide space commerce conference, Blue Origin Senior Vice President of Lunar Permanence John Couluris confirmed that engineering, assembly, and integration work on its Blue […]
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