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For years, the space industry whispered about the “sleeping giant” in Kent, Washington. While competitors iterated rapidly in the public eye, Blue Origin worked behind closed doors. Now, the doors […]
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SatNews December 9, 2025 — Deploying assets ranging from the new Long March 8A to classified reconnaissance platforms, China has successfully executed four orbital missions in a span of 96 […]
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WASHINGTON — NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has experienced a critical loss of situational awareness, triggering a safe mode event that threatens to disrupt data relay operations […]
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PROMONTORY, Utah — Targeting the critical supply chain bottlenecks that have plagued the defense industrial base, Northrop Grumman has successfully static fired a new solid rocket motor (SRM) developed in […]
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SatNews, December 8, 2025 — The barrier to entry for the Geostationary Orbit (GEO) club has just been lowered by nine figures. Space Leasing International (SLI), the aerospace subsidiary of […]
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Simsbury, Conn. — Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) has confirmed the successful flight and actuation of its Payload Release Module (PRM9104), marking a critical milestone in the company’s separation […]
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The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has officially issued a Record of Decision (RoD) authorizing the conversion of Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]
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Beijing, China – Chinese commercial launch provider Landspace has confirmed that its ambitious attempt to vertically land the first stage of the Zhuque-3 methane-liquid oxygen rocket resulted in a catastrophic […]
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Today, Blue Origin announced the six people flying on its NS-37 mission. The crew includes Michaela (Michi) Benthaus, Joey Hyde, Hans Koenigsmann, Neal Milch, Adonis Pouroulis, and Jason Stansell. To date, […]
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On December 1st, 2025, Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission—VV28—used an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed […]
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