NASA's Isaacman pushes back on calls to commercialize every program
Per NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: not every NASA problem has a commercial fix.
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Schiess sworn in as Space Force's third Chief of Space Operations
Gen. Douglas Schiess took over as Space Force's top uniformed officer, succeeding Gen. Chance Saltzman.
BepiColombo separates from transfer module, begins Mercury arrival phase
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo shed its transfer module and began final approach to Mercury, orbit insertion set for November 21.
SpaceX urges FCC to sunset $4.5 billion rural broadband fund
SpaceX urged the FCC to sunset its High-Cost rural subsidy fund as 'rent-seeking'; rural ISPs' trade group objected.
Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
State documents obtained through a public-records request, reported September 1, put the property-tax exemption underlying the PILOT arrangement at an estima...
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Update: ispace-Europe wins ESA's 65 million euro MAGPIE lunar rover contract
ESA's own Sept. 2 page confirms the MAGPIE contract's formal implementation signing ceremony (Space for Inspiration event, Copenhagen) and adds first-party m...
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Update: Bureau 1440 launches second batch of Rassvet broadband satellites
The Institute for the Study of War reported September 1, citing satellite tracking data, that none of the second batch's 16 satellites had reached the conste...
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HyImpulse extends Series A round by 50 million euros
The German launch company adds 50 million euros to its Series A, taking total funding past 125 million euros.
4iG signs SpaceX's first European Starlink Mobile agreements
4iG and SpaceX signed Europe's first Starlink Mobile and Sovereign Solutions agreements, launching in Hungary and Albania.
SAS completes Starlink installation across its A320neo fleet
SAS finished fitting Starlink Wi-Fi to all 81 of its Airbus A320neo aircraft six months after starting.
Rocket Lab launches Synspective's 11th StriX SAR satellite
Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight put Synspective's 11th StriX radar satellite into a 575km orbit from New Zealand.
Sierra Space secures national security, commercial payloads for Dream Chaser debut
Sierra Space signed undisclosed national security and commercial customers to fly payloads on Dream Chaser's first mission.
Fire breaks out at Russia's Proton-PM rocket engine plant near Perm
A fire broke out in a workshop at Proton-PM, which builds RD-191 engines for Russia's Angara rockets; no injuries were reported.
Farcast completes antenna demo for Telesat Lightspeed terminal
Farcast validated its electronically steered antenna over Telesat's LEO 3 test satellite, a step toward a Lightspeed user terminal.
Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ADRAS-J2 debris removal mission
Astroscale Japan picked Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket to launch ADRAS-J2, its bid to capture and remove a large piece of orbital debris.
York Space Systems unveils VLEO satellite platform
York introduced the LX/V-Class, a satellite bus built to sustain very low Earth orbit for tactical imaging and communications payloads.
Open Cosmos selected as approved provider for UK's £8bn TacSys framework
Open Cosmos becomes an approved provider on the UK's £8 billion TacSys defence-communications framework.
Boeing delivers final three O3b mPower satellites to SES
Boeing has delivered the last three satellites needed to complete SES's 13-satellite O3b mPower constellation.
NASA taps Axiom for simplified Artemis IV lunar 'Sortie Suit'
Per Ars Technica, NASA has decided to use a simpler 'Sortie Suit' spacesuit variant for the first Artemis lunar-surface missions.
Chang Guang completes 19-satellite 3D mapping constellation
Chang Guang Satellite says its new 19-satellite fleet is the world's largest dedicated 3D-mapping constellation.
Munich's Project-S raises seed funding for orbital debris radar
Project-S emerged from stealth with a multi-million-euro seed round to build a radar-based system for tracking orbital debris.
SpaceX flies Falcon 9 booster B1063 a 35th time on Starlink launch
Booster B1063 launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, two flights short of SpaceX's Falcon 9 reuse record.
NASA consolidates launch programs into single procurement office
NASA is merging its launch programs into one office weighing block buys of launch services, per SpaceNews.
Oppenheimer raises SpaceX price target to $280 on AI infrastructure bet
Per Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan: SpaceX's vertically integrated AI platform justifies a $280 target, up from $250.
Galactic Energy launches Pallas-1 on debut flight from Jiuquan
China's Galactic Energy flew its new Pallas-1 rocket for the first time, reaching orbit on a test flight with no customer payload.
Galactic Energy launched the Pallas-1 Y1 rocket on its maiden flight from the Dongfeng commercial space site at Jiuquan on September 1 at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time (02:00 UTC), carrying no customer or internal payload; both stages separated normally and the second stage reached its target sun-synchronous orbit, completing the flight's test objectives, per Xinhua and China-in-Space. No booster-recovery hardware was installed on this flight; Galactic Energy said the debut completes the first of a three-step plan toward routinely reusing the first stage, which the company says will progress to a controlled descent and an eventual first-stage landing on future flights, per China-in-Space.
PLD Space adds €108 million to Series C, tops out at €288 million
Mitsubishi Electric leads a fresh €108M tranche, bringing PLD Space's Series C round to €288M total.
Kepler Aerospace raises $8 million seed round for swarming ISR satellites
Bengaluru startup Kepler Aerospace lands its first outside funding to build six autonomous swarming surveillance satellites.
Vantor wins Navy contract to support Indo-Pacific maritime awareness
Vantor's Maritime Sentry will feed SAR and optical imagery into the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness.
Telesat and Cailabs to pursue optical ground links for government missions
Telesat Government Solutions and Cailabs US will study pairing Lightspeed's optical inter-satellite links with Cailabs' ground stations.
Helogen plans two in-orbit biomanufacturing missions for October
Per Payload: Helogen plans two October orbital missions, making biopolymers on one and retina proteins with LambdaVision on the other.
Kymeta lands $20M DoD order for 100+ Osprey u8 satcom terminals
Kymeta secured a $20 million DoD order for more than 100 Osprey u8 multi-orbit satcom terminals.
Intuitive Machines books order for two IM 300 satellites from new customer
Intuitive Machines will build two modular IM 300 spacecraft for an undisclosed new commercial customer.
Inmarsat Maritime launches safety data hub combining GMDSS and weather data
Inmarsat Maritime launched a Safety Data Hub combining three years of distress-call data with weather patterns to flag maritime risk trends.
SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
The FAA granted Starship Flight 14's launch license, clearing the vehicle for its first orbital attempt and first revenue flight.
Blue Origin wins $700M NASA Mars Telecommunications Network contract
NASA picked Blue Origin over Rocket Lab to build and operate a $700 million Mars telecom orbiter due by December 2028.
MDA Space expands AURORA satellite line into direct-to-device market
Per SatNews: MDA Space is applying its software-defined AURORA satellite platform to the direct-to-device market, targeting 2027 deliveries.
Axelspace partners with Airbus Defence and Space on GRUS imagery
Axelspace and Airbus Defence and Space will jointly distribute GRUS satellite imagery to a broader customer base.
House panel advances bill to fast-track FCC satellite licensing
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's telecom subcommittee advanced the SAT Streamlining Act, per CCIA.
OHB wins nearly €1 billion SES contract for IRIS2 satellites
OHB will build all 18 IRIS2 medium Earth orbit satellite platforms under a contract worth almost €1 billion from SES.
Diffraqtion adds $5 million to pre-seed round for quantum cameras
Quantum-imaging startup Diffraqtion added over $5 million to its pre-seed round, led by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio Ventures.
All.Space wins DIU award to scale Hydra terminal production
The Defense Innovation Unit tapped All.Space's Hydra satcom terminal for its 10ⁿ rapid-manufacturing program.
NorthStar to lead ESA consortium on uncontrolled reentry forecasting
ESA picked NorthStar Earth & Space to lead a study improving predictions of when and where uncontrolled satellites will fall.
Viasat's ViaSat-3 F3 satellite enters service over Asia-Pacific
Viasat's second next-generation ViaSat-3 satellite began commercial operations, adding over 1 Tbps of capacity across Asia-Pacific.
Northwood Space opens 135,000-square-foot antenna factory in Torrance
Northwood Space opened a new California factory that more than fivefolds its antenna manufacturing footprint and adds 400 jobs.
Turkey signs the Artemis Accords, becomes 71st signatory
Turkey's industry minister signed the Artemis Accords at NASA headquarters, becoming the 71st signatory nation.
Viasat's F2 satellite enters service despite SpaceX's pending FCC block petition
Viasat-3 F2 began commercial service over the Americas Sept. 17, even as SpaceX's FCC petition to block or restrict it remains undecided.
SpaceX launches NASA's $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched NASA's flagship Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, nine months ahead of schedule.
NASA and SpaceX delay Crew-13 launch after Dragon oxidizer leak
NASA and SpaceX fixed the Dragon oxidizer leak that delayed Crew-13 and now target an Oct. 1 ISS launch.
SpaceX pledges $220M for Brownsville water infrastructure, gains control of 444 acres
Brownsville removed 444 acres near Starbase from city zoning after SpaceX tied the move to a $220 million water-infrastructure commitment.
Firefly CEO Jason Kim says rocket capacity still trails satellite demand
Per Firefly CEO Jason Kim, to Yahoo Finance: even with SpaceX dominant, rocket supply still trails satellite demand.