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On September 1, 2026, propellant developer CycloKinetics and hypersonic propulsion company Venus Aerospace announced the successful completion of initial hot-fire detonation tests using CycloRP fuel. The test campaign evaluated CycloRP—a […]
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On September 1, 2026, Swedish satellite systems manufacturer GomSpace announced that Italian space logistics provider D-Orbit selected GomSpace to supply flight power systems for upcoming orbital transportation missions. Valued at […]
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On August 31, 2026, Teledyne Space Imaging, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced that it surpassed 1,000 space-qualified scientific imaging sensors operating in orbit. The milestone was achieved […]
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For decades the U.S. had one supplier of space-qualified traveling wave tube amplifiers. Elve CEO Diana Gamzina says its TRL-8 qualification makes it two — and the Justice Department spent the first half of 2026 making the same single-source argument about the market next door. Qualification and flight heritage are different things, and the incumbent counts 360 million on-orbit hours.
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Targeting high-precision satellite pointing, orientation determination, and stabilization requirements in low Earth orbit (LEO), Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd released its new Zenith closed-loop accelerometer on August 24, 2026. The single-axis […]
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Targeting expanding requirements for high-power intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) payloads, Kongsberg NanoAvionics introduced its Gen-2 MP42 family of ITAR-free microsatellite buses on August 24, 2026. The updated product line […]
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On August 20, 2026, an environmental analysis of commercial orbital computing filings highlighted the long-term e-waste and upper-atmosphere pollution risks posed by proposed mega-constellations dedicated to space-based artificial intelligence processing. […]
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On August 19, 2026, Davis, California-based high-power amplifier manufacturer Elve announced that its 100 W millimeter-wave (mmWave) Space Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) platform achieved Technology Readiness Level 8 (TRL-8) […]
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On August 19, 2026, Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with radioisotope power developer Zeno Power to integrate a radioisotope heating unit (RHU) aboard an upcoming Blue Ghost lunar lander mission. […]
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Targeting the vendor lock-in and closed ecosystem limitations of proprietary mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, Lithuanian optical communications developer Astrolight is scaling an open-standard, interoperable laser communication architecture across space, ground, […]
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