Stellar Alpina unveils Monarch orbital tug and Morpho lunar lander
The Swiss startup, pivoting from rocket-engine tests, unveiled a high-delta-V orbital tug and a lunar lander on the same design.
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ESA opens call to fund reusable booster flight demonstrations
ESA's BEST 2 call asks ArianeGroup, MaiaSpace and Isar Aerospace to fly reusable booster demonstrators.
STIF wins first SpaceX order for explosion containment valves
STIF's US unit BOSS Products will supply close to EUR1 million of VIGIFLAP valves for SpaceX launch pads in Texas and Florida.
Hydrosat unveils Nyktòs thermal imaging capability for tactical ISR
Hydrosat's new Nyktòs MWIR line targets tactical ISR, paired with a planned European facility for sovereign customers.
SES wins multi-orbit in-flight connectivity deals with Finnair and Air Astana
SES will equip Finnair's 18 new Embraer jets and Air Astana's A321LR fleet with multi-orbit in-flight Wi-Fi.
Space Force weighs 5-satellite proliferated cislunar constellation for 2029
The Space Force says it may launch up to 5 seed satellites to cislunar space by late 2029 to shape a future constellation.
Rocket Lab launches 10th dedicated Electron mission for iQPS
Rocket Lab's 99th Electron flight deployed iQPS's WADATSUMI-II SAR satellite, the pair's 10th dedicated launch together.
Voyager names former Space Force chief Saltzman to lead advisory board
Voyager named retired Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman chairman of its board of advisors.
Boost Mobile's Adderton tells AST SpaceMobile to pivot fast on SpaceX threat
Per Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton: AST SpaceMobile "needs to pivot, and pivot FAST" against SpaceX's wireless push.
ESA chief Aschbacher visits UAE to pursue Gulf space partnership
ESA's Josef Aschbacher is in the UAE pursuing a framework space agreement as Europe looks to cut its reliance on the US.
NASA's Swift Observatory reenters over Indonesia after 22-year mission
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered over North Sumatra at 7:39 a.m. EST Nov. 4, nearly 22 years after launch.
Vantor cuts satellite imagery delivery to Ukraine troops to seven minutes
Vantor says a Ukraine field test delivered tasked satellite imagery to a soldier's tablet in seven minutes, down from 12-15 minutes.
China's StarVision and Adasat Oman sign Space Silk Road satellite deal
Oman and China agreed a satellite program building seven satellites in its first phase and training 1,000 Omani specialists.
Update: MDA Space wins over $100 million deal to build IRIS2 satellite antennas
Canada and the EU issued a joint statement the same day outlining plans to explore wider Canadian participation in IRIS2, per European Spaceflight.
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Update: ISRO says it will operate four launch pads by 2029
ISRO's Narayanan now puts a specific date on the new Tamil Nadu spaceport's debut launch: March or April 2027.
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Update: NASA details three-vehicle Artemis III test plan, two options for Artemis IV landing
Isaacman tells NASASpaceflight NASA will withhold the SLS/Orion launch commitment until Blue Origin's New Glenn/Blue Moon flight is already in orbit and chec...
original 2026-10-23
Update: SpaceX agrees to buy Grain Management's 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile
The FCC's own drone order confirms SpaceX's Grain spectrum transfer is still pending and that the agency expects drones and Starlink Mobile to coexist with t...
original 2026-10-08
Update: Anthropic's SpaceX compute deal grows to $120.5 billion in IPO filing
Musk says SpaceX's Colossus 2 campus is adding two more AI compute clusters, Gun Range and Spam, on the way to about 1.2 million Nvidia Blackwell chips by ye...
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Update: Quantum Space to go public via SPAC merger at a $1.2 billion post-deal value
The SEC declared the deal's registration statement effective and Inflection Point set a Nov. 20 shareholder vote, with the combined company now expected to l...
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ReOrbit pitches Australia a 600-1,000-satellite sovereign Starlink alternative
Finnish satellite maker ReOrbit proposes building Australia a sovereign, government-owned Starlink rival.
Update: Texas denies plan to sell Boca Chica State Park to SpaceX
Texas's parks agency is fighting to withhold the draft commission agenda on the Boca Chica sale from an open-records request, while SpaceX's Starbase has sep...
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
The Pentagon's inspector general declines a bipartisan Senate request to investigate the Starlink/Starshield disruptions, saying the matter is for the Air Fo...
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Update: Bureau 1440 launches second batch of Rassvet broadband satellites
A second Rassvet-3 satellite, No. 17, reentered Oct. 30 after never raising its orbit, per Defense Express; satellite No. 23 reportedly began climbing after...
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SpaceX flies Falcon 9 for the 700th time
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9's 700th flight overall, with booster B1093 landing for the 675th time.
Manastu Space, Inspecity, VyomIC, MumbaiSemi win IN-SPACe tech grants
IN-SPACe gave four Indian startups Rs 67.15 crore combined for propulsion, refuelling, timing and navigation-chip technology.
Update: Virgin Galactic names Delta-class spaceplane Apeiron, ferries it to spaceport
Space.com adds that Apeiron is designed for twice-weekly flights over a 500-plus-mission lifetime, dropping from carrier aircraft VMS Eve at about 45,000 fee...
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Update: SpaceX declines three Space Force launch bids as Falcon 9 phase-out looms
An Ars Technica/Quilty Space analysis finds the launch shortfall could reach 150 missions by 2030, doubling if military demand is included, as Space Force de...
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Update: AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile ask FCC to drop two bands from Starlink Mobile plan
SpaceX tells the FCC that T-Mobile's proposed interference protections would create 400 km buffer zones cutting millions off from direct-to-cell service, acc...
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Putin says he and Musk are in "close contact" so Rassvet and Starlink don't interfere in orbit, while Fire Point's CEO says Ukraine has found workarounds cov...
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Update: SpaceX subsidiary seeks Florida approval for Starship fuel pipeline
Florida regulators approved Coastal Connect's pipeline tariff on October 6; filings show the planned route running up the State Road 407 corridor to the NASA...
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Update: Telesat reports 25% revenue drop, warns on $1.7B debt maturity
Telesat's Q3 results confirm the GEO refinancing is still unresolved with five weeks to a Dec. 6 deadline, and a lender group has offered a C$3.2 billion res...
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Hanwha Systems beats KAI for Korea's 40-satellite SAR constellation contract
Hanwha Systems beat KAI to win a South Korean government contract to build a 40-satellite military SAR constellation.
Filtronic lands record $68.1M SpaceX order, wins first GEO satellite deal
Filtronic landed a record $68.1 million SpaceX order and its first GEO satellite contract, per an Oct. 30 trading update.
ISRO launches NVS-03, restores NavIC to minimum operational configuration
ISRO's GSLV-F18 launched NVS-03 to restore NavIC; the satellite has now reached its final geosynchronous slot.
MDA Space wins over $100 million deal to build IRIS2 satellite antennas
MDA Space will supply digital antennas for 66 EU IRIS2 satellites in a deal worth over 100 million Canadian dollars.
Satellogic signs three-year deal to supply HEO with non-Earth imaging
Satellogic will task its NewSat satellites to photograph in-orbit objects for HEO's space-domain-awareness service under a new 3-year deal.
Starlink tests location-based pricing, raises maritime data prices 50%
Starlink is piloting location-based residential pricing and will raise Global Business maritime data prices 50 percent from December 1.
ESI Motion to supply solar array electronics for Lockheed's SDA satellites
ESI Motion's SuperNova and Pulsar motor controllers will drive solar arrays on Lockheed's SDA missile-tracking satellites.
Rocketdyne to supply 28 thrusters per NOAA GeoXO weather satellite
Rocketdyne will supply 28 monopropellant and electric-propulsion thrusters per spacecraft under a new Lockheed Martin GeoXO contract.
BofA flags China as top risk to a SpaceX-Tesla merger
Per BofA: China is the top regulatory risk to a SpaceX-Tesla merger, since Tesla's Shanghai plant would sit under a defense contractor.
Manastu Space raises Rs 22 crore in Series A extension
Manastu Space, an Indian green-propulsion and debris-avoidance startup, raised Rs 22 crore ($2.3 million) in a Series A extension.
SpaceX may need $120-130 billion more to rival T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon
Per telecom analyst William Webb: SpaceX may need another $120-130 billion to compete head-on with T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon.
Sequoia's Maguire models SpaceX revenue at $274B in 2027, $731B in 2028
Per Sequoia's Shaun Maguire: SpaceX revenue could reach $274B in 2027, $731B in 2028, more than double Wall Street's estimate.
Update: Space Force awards first operational CASR contracts to six SDA firms
Aviation Week reports the six initial CASR contracts total just $1.37 million combined, with the Space Force now developing similar commercial-reserve arrang...
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Update: AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile ask FCC to drop two bands from Starlink Mobile plan
The FCC's Oct. 29 vote opened a formal rulemaking rather than granting the spectrum outright, leaving the carriers' band-exclusion request undecided during a...
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Update: Lithuania foils arson attack on Starlink equipment facility
Lithuanian prosecutors named the two suspects held in Germany, a Turkish-German and a Serbian-German man in their twenties, on terrorism charges carrying up...
original 2026-10-18
Update: Zelenskyy says he has repeatedly asked Trump to sanction Russia and China's Starlink rival
Putin said at the Russia-Africa Summit he remains in "close contact" with Musk on satellite coordination, as Russia's digital minister put Rassvet's on-orbit...
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Update: Anthropic's SpaceX compute deal grows to $120.5 billion in IPO filing
Bloomberg reports Anthropic made up about 34.5% of SpaceX's third-quarter revenue, citing a person familiar with the matter, overtaking the US government as...
original 2026-09-29
Update: Poland says fire at Exatel-Starlink ground station was likely sabotage
Turkish police detained 85 people in raids on the Daltonlar criminal network linked to the Poland sabotage suspects, though Turkey's own statement does not t...
original 2026-09-24
Update: Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
Blue Origin has fully reassembled LC-36A's Vehicle Access Tower, CEO Dave Limp said Oct. 24, as the company works toward return to flight by year's end.
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