Iridium shareholders approve Rocket Lab acquisition
Iridium stockholders voted about 99.6% in favor to adopt the merger agreement with Rocket Lab, per a joint SEC filing.
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NASA names Crew-14 astronauts for spring 2027 ISS mission
NASA assigned Kayla Barron, Chris Birch, Makoto Suwa and Arutyun Kiviryan to its 14th SpaceX crew rotation to the ISS.
L3Harris completes design review for SDA Tranche 3 tracking satellites
L3Harris finished the preliminary design review for its 18 SDA Tranche 3 missile-tracking satellites.
GalaxEye secures 63.84 crore rupees in government backing for OptoSAR satellite
India's Technology Development Board is backing GalaxEye's OptoSAR satellite with 63.84 crore rupees in convertible debentures.
Côte d'Ivoire signs the Artemis Accords, becomes 75th signatory
Côte d'Ivoire signed the Artemis Accords in Abidjan, becoming the 75th signatory and the ninth African nation to join.
NSSLGlobal acquires satellite-tracking firm MetOcean Security UK
Correction: NSSLGlobal bought MetOcean Security UK, a MetOcean Telematics division; MetOcean Telematics itself stays independent.
Airtel brings Starlink satellite-to-mobile service to Uganda
Airtel Africa launched Starlink's direct-to-device service in Uganda, its second African market after the DRC, per Space in Africa.
CNES calls for new rocket-tracking turrets at French Guiana spaceport
CNES wants three automated tracking turrets to replace aging optical systems watching Ariane and Vega launches from French Guiana.
Update: Spire, PlanetiQ, Ethereal Space win $67 million in NOAA weather-data task orders
Spire Global said Sept. 22 that NOAA awarded it a $33.2 million task order to deliver GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) data, including RO profiles with Tempo...
original 2026-09-22
Update: NASA and SpaceX delay Crew-13 launch after Dragon oxidizer leak
NASA said Sept. 22 it and SpaceX are targeting 11:10 a.m.
original 2026-08-29
Update: Rocket Lab agrees to acquire Iridium in $8 billion cash-and-stock deal
The FCC accepted the companies' license-transfer applications for filing on September 16, opening a public-comment period running through November 9, per Sto...
original 2026-06-29
Update: Federal judge rejects bid to block SpaceX-Fish and Wildlife Service land swap
DOJ's own Sept. 22 press release on the same Sept. 21 ruling adds an on-record agency quote and upgrades the lead from mainstream to official_record (justice...
original 2026-06-10score 4 → 5
Rocket Factory Augsburg gets 2.7 million euro ESA Boost extension
ESA extended its Boost co-funding to RFA by 2.7 million euros to prepare SaxaVord test infrastructure ahead of RFA One's first launches.
ESA-JAXA Ramses spacecraft core module powers on for first time
Ramses asteroid mission's core module was switched on for the first time, starting integrated functional testing.
European Space Agency · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · OHB Italia · ArianeGroup1 source →
China SatNet launches 26th GuoWang satellite group from Hainan
Nine more GuoWang broadband satellites reached orbit on a Long March-8A from Hainan.
Vast establishes Lunar Programs division targeting NASA Moon Base
Vast is standing up a Lunar Programs division to apply its Haven space-station work to power, communications and habitats on the Moon.
Astrolab teams with Interstellar Mapping to hunt lunar water
Interstellar Mapping will map subsurface lunar volatiles to guide where Astrolab's FLIP rover searches for water.
Hubble Network raises $200 million Series C at $1.6 billion valuation
Hubble Network raised $200 million and opened its satellite-Bluetooth network to all BLE devices.
NASA selects PRIMA far-infrared telescope as first Probe Explorer mission
NASA picked the PRIMA far-infrared space telescope to advance toward construction as the first mission in its new Probe Explorers class.
SpaceX gets access to classified DoD space-tracking data, sources say
Per Breaking Defense: SpaceX won access to the Pentagon's classified space-tracking catalog in exchange for its own Stargaze data.
Viasat wins $42 million Marine Corps satcom task order
Viasat's Inmarsat Government unit won a $42 million initial task order under its $307 million Marine Corps satcom IDIQ.
Vietjet signs Starlink deal for in-flight internet across 120-aircraft fleet
Vietjet signed a deal with Starlink for gate-to-gate in-flight internet, timed to Vietnamese leader To Lam's visit to New York.
Eutelsat brings OneWeb LEO connectivity to Portugal via MEO deal
Eutelsat and Portuguese telecom MEO signed a deal to integrate Eutelsat's OneWeb LEO services into MEO's connectivity offering.
Space Applications Services books LUVMI-M lunar rover on Blue Origin lander
Belgium's Space Applications Services secured a ride for its LUVMI-M rover aboard a Blue Origin Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, on track for 2029.
Starfish Space completes first operational Otter servicing spacecraft
Starfish Space's first Otter vehicle launched Oct. 1 on Transporter-18 and is now in commissioning.
Croatia signs the Artemis Accords, becomes 74th signatory
Croatia's science minister signed the Artemis Accords in Zagreb, becoming the 74th signatory nation.
Isaacman says NASA 'dodged a bullet' with Chinese lunar mission delay
NASA chief Jared Isaacman said the agency 'dodged a bullet' with China's lunar mission delay, at a Houston conference.
EU commissioner says bloc needs 14 Ariane 6 launches a year by 2031
EU commissioner Kubilius says government demand needs 14 Ariane 6 launches a year by 2031, above ArianeGroup's planned output.
ESA and CAS declare Smile spacecraft ready for science operations
ESA says Smile has released its first science images: an auroral substorm from UVI and a supernova-remnant test shot from its X-ray camera.
Update: Kymeta wins rail certification for Kestrel u5 satellite terminal
Eutelsat's own Sept. 22 release confirms the first live rail trial of the Sept. 17-certified Kestrel u5 terminal, naming the operator (PKP Intercity), route,...
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Update: Federal judge rejects bid to block SpaceX-Fish and Wildlife Service land swap
US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. of the Southern District of Texas denied the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction on September 21, findi...
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Firefly Aerospace completes second cleanroom at Cedar Park campus
Firefly's new ISO Class 8 cleanroom, four times the size of its original, lets it build up to 12 landers and orbital vehicles at once.
SaxaVord scraps shared launch rail plan, HyImpulse to supply its own
SaxaVord scrapped its shared suborbital launch rail; HyImpulse will bring its own for its second SR75 flight, per European Spaceflight.
TRL11 wins NASA contract to build cameras for SR-1 Freedom Mars mission
TRL11 will build imaging systems for NASA's SR-1 Freedom, the fission-powered Mars mission carrying the SkyFall helicopters, per Payload.
Two mining majors renew six-figure EarthDaily Marigold contracts
Two of the world's largest mining companies renewed six-figure EarthDaily Marigold contracts, per EarthDaily.
Spire, PlanetiQ, Ethereal Space win $67 million in NOAA weather-data task orders
NOAA's own release shows Spire's $33.2 million task order was one of three simultaneous awards, not a single company plus surge options.
Gogo and Insitu test OneWeb-linked SATCOM on military drone
Gogo and Boeing's Insitu tested a drone-mounted antenna linked to Eutelsat's OneWeb LEO network.
Lite Coms wins Boeing Defence Australia contract for BLOS terminals
Boeing Defence Australia selected Lite Coms to supply tactical satcom terminals for the Australian Defence Force's LAND 4140 program.
NuRAN Wireless pilots Starlink backhaul for rural African 4G sites
NuRAN Wireless is piloting licensed Starlink LEO backhaul at a Nigerian site to accelerate its rural 4G rollout.
Novyy Kosmos's Okulus radar satellite begins supplying data to Russian agencies
Roscosmos says the privately built Okulus SAR satellite has begun supplying imagery to Russian federal agencies.
Arabsat orders ARABSAT-50 satellite from China's CGWIC
Arabsat contracted China's CGWIC to build its 50th-anniversary satellite, the first in Arabsat's fleet built by a Chinese manufacturer.
Planet opens Berlin satellite factory, Pelican production to start this autumn
Planet opened its Berlin satellite factory, with Germany's economy minister attending; Pelican production starts this autumn.
ClearSpace wins ESA contract to advance Phoenix satellite-servicing mission
ESA is funding the next phase of ClearSpace's Phoenix spacecraft, which would dock with aging GEO satellites and take over their propulsion.
LMT Group, Novaspace to develop 5G/6G satellite hub strategy for Latvia
LMT Group and Novaspace will develop a concept for a Latvian satellite-comms innovation hub, modeled on ESA's 5G/6G NTN Hub.
Update: CAS Space launches Lijian-1 rocket carrying nine satellites including an AI-computing demo
The payload included the Qinling-01 and Qinling-02 satellites, Pujiang-4, the Pengcheng-branded PEGA-SUS1 technology demonstrator, the Diting-01 group A/B/C...
original 2026-09-20
Update: Ariane 6 turbopump anomaly caps Arianespace at six 2026 launches
ESA has since confirmed it is aware of the delays: "ESA is aware of the delays," an agency spokesperson told European Spaceflight, though ESA declined to com...
original 2026-09-18
Update: Viasat's F2 satellite enters service despite SpaceX's pending FCC block petition
SpaceX said uncoordinated Viasat-3 F2 transmissions in the shared 18.8-19.3 GHz downlink and 28.6-29.1 GHz uplink bands could exceed statutory equivalent pow...
original 2026-08-31
Update: SpaceX asks FCC to license 100,000-satellite Gen3 fleet
The FCC's Licensing Division accepted the application for filing via a Sept. 18 Public Notice, which opens it to public comment but is not a grant; the Commi...
original 2026-06-30
Update: Federal judge rejects bid to block SpaceX-Fish and Wildlife Service land swap
The suit argues the swap violates the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, NEPA and the Administrative Pr...
original 2026-06-10
Exolaunch signs first SpaceX Starfall reentry mission deal
Exolaunch will integrate customer payloads on a Starship-launched Starfall reentry mission set for no earlier than 2029.