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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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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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The modern connectivity landscape is undergoing a structural transformation that is entirely dismantling traditional engineering silos. For decades, the space segment, terrestrial cellular infrastructure, and enterprise IT networks operated as […]
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On Friday, June 5, 2026, NASA issued a rare emergency directive for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Five crew members were temporarily ordered to take shelter inside a docked […]
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Impulse Space has successfully closed a $500 million Series D funding round, co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, with additional participation from Founder’s Fund, Lux Capital, and Linse Capital. […]
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Stefano Antonetti at D-Orbit told the conference Europe has ships but no ports. The metaphor surfaced in five other Day 3 venues — Jarvis at Kepler, Mignolo at ESA, Willems at ST Engineering iDirect, Angellotti at EUSPA, Alam on the resilience panel. The category shifted from satellite to infrastructure layer.
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Revolv Space, a European manufacturer of high-performance space mechanisms and power generation systems, has secured a new contract with Infinite Orbits, a Toulouse-based satellite integrator that specializes in in-orbit servicing. […]
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During the SmallSat Europe conference in Amsterdam, space access provider SEOPS announced the launch of its Waymaker program. The initiative is designed to offer dedicated rideshare missions to low Earth […]
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On May 21, 2026, senior defense and aerospace officials confirmed that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Northrop Grumman have finalized the schedule for the historic Robotic Servicing […]
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