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On Sept. 29, 2026, satellite services provider Momentus Inc. confirmed the successful operational demonstration of an artificial-intelligence-enabled LiDAR and optical imaging sensor suite during an in-orbit Rendezvous and Proximity Operations […]
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On Sept. 28, 2026, launch provider SpaceX executed the maiden orbital test flight of its fully integrated Starship launch system. Designated as Flight 14, the uncrewed flight lifted off from […]
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On August 26, 2026, Edinburgh-based flight control manufacturer Aurora Avionics entered into a hardware supply contract with European launch developer Alpha Impulsion. Under the agreement, Aurora Avionics will design, produce, […]
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On August 23, 2026, coinciding with India’s National Space Day, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced a structural policy pivot to cease direct manufacturing of commercial launch vehicles. Under […]
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On August 10, 2026, financial market analysis highlighted a projected shift in space launch economics as SpaceX transitions primary payload manifests from its operational Falcon 9 workhorse to the fully […]
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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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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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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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KWAJALEIN ATOLL — NASA and aerospace startup Katalyst Space Technologies are scheduled to launch an orbital servicing mission on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, aimed at arresting the atmospheric decay of […]
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When the CST-100 Starliner will return to crewed flight is becoming a point of consternation. NASA and Boeing engineers have been mired in intensive root-cause investigations, focusing on how the […]
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