SpaceX in early talks to supply Pentagon AI computing power
Per the Wall Street Journal, the multi-billion-dollar computing deal is still being negotiated and could fall apart.
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Space Force triples NSSL Lane 1 launch contract ceiling to $17 billion
Space Force raised the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch contract ceiling from $5.6 billion to $17 billion for its seven-provider vendor pool.
Space Force · SpaceX · United Launch Alliance · Blue Origin · Rocket Lab · Stoke Space · Impulse Space · Relativity Space3 sources →
Swissto12 raises $70 million to expand small GEO satellite production
Swissto12 raised a $70 million Series C to scale up HummingSat small-GEO satellite manufacturing.
Belgium to build Galo military satellite constellation by 2030
Belgium's defence ministry will spend over 200 million euros on its own low-Earth-orbit imaging constellation.
Agnikul Cosmos adds ex-ISRO chief Somanath as board observer
Former ISRO chairman S Somanath joins Agnikul Cosmos's board as an observer ahead of its Mission 02 booster-recovery attempt.
ESA books Ariane 6 to launch Henon deep-space CubeSat
ESA signed a launch contract flying its Henon CubeSat as a secondary payload on Ariane 6 alongside the Plato telescope.
SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
Flight 13 flew: Starship's first intact splashdown, first V3 Starlink deployment, and a hard Super Heavy booster landing.
SpaceX launches 21 York-built satellites for SDA's Tranche 1 network
The Falcon 9 mission puts the military's proliferated data-relay constellation at the halfway mark of its planned 126 satellites.
NASA taps SpaceX Starlink lasers to relay Artemis III imagery from Orion
Two Starlink mini laser terminals on Orion's exterior will downlink 4K video during Artemis III's crewed rendezvous demonstration.
Sky Perfect JSAT and ispace sign lunar ground station MoU
The companies will study using JSAT's ground network for ispace's ULTRA lunar lander, targeted for 2028.
LegendSpace raises $29.5 million angel round for AI-driven rocket engines
Six-month-old Chinese startup LegendSpace raised 200 million yuan ($29.5M) to build AI-designed liquid rocket engines.
Japan sets goal of 30 orbital launches a year by early 2030s
Japan's National Space Policy Secretariat targets 30 launches yearly by the early 2030s, per SpaceNews.
Loft Orbital orders 10 Airbus buses, 1 Apex Nova bus with option for 9 more
Loft Orbital bought 10 Airbus Longbow buses and an Apex Nova bus, with options on 9 more, per Payload.
Icarus Robotics picks KULR to build batteries for its ISS robot Joy
Icarus Robotics selected KULR to supply batteries for its Joy free-flying ISS robot, per SpaceNews.
Amazon Leo partners with Herotel to launch satellite internet in South Africa
Amazon Leo and Herotel will launch a satellite-internet service, evry, for South Africa in 2027.
Slingshot Aerospace wins $69.2M Space Force AI training contract
Slingshot's largest contract yet funds AI-powered mission-rehearsal training for Space Force Guardians.
Office of Space Commerce defends licensing framework as Congress questions TraCSS cuts
OSC's director defended a novel-activity licensing plan before a House panel as the White House proposed an 80% cut to TraCSS funding.
Defense Innovation Unit opens commercial contest for space-based power beaming
DIU's solicitation seeks commercial proposals to beam electrical power to and from orbit, aiming for a 2030 capability.
AST SpaceMobile slips BlueBird target to 2027, plans $1B note sale
The SEC filing flags possible vertical integration into launch and an advanced-stage Rakuten joint venture for Japan's J-LEO program.
Draper and NASA terminate CLPS lunar lander task order after delays
NASA and Draper mutually ended the CP-12 lunar lander task order after years of schedule slips, ispace-U.S. said.
FCC proposes opening unlicensed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth bands to satellites
FCC proposes letting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and IoT devices link directly to satellites across 225+ MHz of unlicensed spectrum.
Zenno Astronautics to redomicile from New Zealand to the United States
Zenno Astronautics will relocate its headquarters to Los Angeles, citing the US space industry's scale and talent pool.
Flexell Space raises $20 million Series A for satellite solar cells
Hanwha-backed Flexell Space closed a $20 million Series A to scale its flexible perovskite and CIGS space solar cells.
SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
A Falcon 9 launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, landing its booster on a droneship in the Pacific.
FAA finalizes environmental review for expanded SpaceX Starship reentry zones
The FAA issued a final environmental finding clearing wider SpaceX Starship reentry and splashdown zones in the Pacific.
Frontier picks Starlink Wi-Fi for over 1,000 Indigo Partners aircraft
Frontier and four sister Indigo Partners airlines will equip more than 1,000 aircraft with Starlink Wi-Fi starting in 2027.
Frontier Airlines · SpaceX · Wizz Air · Volaris · JetSMART · Cebu Pacific · Indigo Partners5 sources →
Evercore ISI initiates SpaceX at Outperform with $230 price target
Per Evercore ISI's Kutgun Maral: SpaceX's post-IPO slide makes the upside 'too compelling to ignore.'
UK Space Agency previews strategy framed around growth and security
UK Space Agency director Rebecca Evernden says a new national space strategy is coming 'in the coming weeks.'
SpaceX flies a flight-proven Falcon booster for the 600th time
Booster B1080's 28th flight, carrying 29 Starlink satellites, was the 600th reflight of a flight-proven Falcon booster.
SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle to extend satellite life
Northrop's Mission Robotic Vehicle launched on a Falcon 9, the first US multi-client GEO satellite-servicing spacecraft.
Nicholas Air CEO calls Starlink's price doubling 'reckless'
Per Correnti, via Corporate Jet Investor: Starlink's aviation price hike 'lacks any reasonable ethical process.'
Pangea Propulsion opens Barcelona-area manufacturing plant for serial production
The Spanish propulsion maker opened a 1,000-square-metre plant near Barcelona, its first shift to serial production.
Iridium's PNT ASIC chip reaches commercial availability
The satellite operator's assured-PNT chip is now shipping to device makers after 150+ organizations expressed interest.
SpaceX ships smaller, more power-efficient Starlink V5 dish
SpaceX's Starlink V5 dish weighs less, draws roughly half the power of the V4, and trades a little peak speed for efficiency.
NASA and Roscosmos agree to extend ISS operations, seat-swaps through 2030
Russia commits to the station's 2030 retirement date, two years past its prior pledge, and keeps its no-cost astronaut seat-swap with NASA.
UK Space Agency misses deadline to award debris-removal contract
The UK Space Agency missed its deadline to award a GBP75.6 million debris-removal contract to Astroscale or ClearSpace.
Spire partners with SATE on ESA-backed AI satellite health monitoring program
Spire and Italy's SATE will spend 18 months building AI to diagnose satellite health and failures, under an ESA-backed program.
EU orders 24-hour delay on Copernicus satellite imagery over Gulf of Oman
The EU Council ordered a 24-hour delay releasing Sentinel imagery of part of the Gulf of Oman after a US security request.
Voyager Technologies completes $300 million Astrobotic acquisition
Voyager closed its acquisition of lunar lander maker Astrobotic, now renamed Voyager Lunar Systems.
Reditus Space completes first ENOS reentry vehicle ahead of fall launch
Reditus finished building its first reusable reentry capsule, ENOS, targeting a rideshare launch this fall.
FAA closes Starship Flight 12 mishap investigation, clears Flight 13
The FAA closed its investigation into May's Starship booster failure and cleared SpaceX for Flight 13 as soon as July 16.
China confirms Long March 10C as commercial launch workhorse
CALT confirmed the methalox Long March 10C as its commercial launch workhorse after the 10B's first booster recovery.
China Commercial Rocket Co raises registered capital to $616 million
The Long March 12B developer's registered capital nearly tripled to about 4.17 billion yuan as investors expanded stakes.
ESA reports record 12% growth in European space budgets
ESA's 2026 report found European space budgets grew 12% to €13.5 billion in 2025, the fastest rise in five years.
L3Harris and Sierra Space win $1.75 billion SDA missile-tracking award
The Space Development Agency awarded the two companies a combined $1.75 billion to build 36 Tranche 3 missile-tracking satellites.
Poland to host new ESA center as space contribution grows tenfold
Poland will host ESA's first center in an eastern-flank member state and is raising its ESA funding roughly tenfold for 2026-2028.
NASA moves SunRISE mission from ULA Vulcan to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
NASA's SunRISE solar radio mission will now launch on a Falcon Heavy rideshare instead of a Vulcan Centaur.
Rocket Lab completes full-duration burn of Neutron's second-stage engine
Rocket Lab ran a 5.5-minute full-duration test of the Archimedes vacuum engine that powers Neutron's second stage.
Update: Space Force adds Relativity, Impulse Space to NSSL Lane 1
Per Via Satellite, Space Systems Command awarded both companies $5 million firm-fixed-price task orders for risk and capability assessments; Impulse said it...
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Update: Eight NATO allies launch HALO military satellite constellation initiative
Lead upgraded to NATO's own 7 July announcement after Florian approved a NATO registry institution profile (2026-07-12), which makes nato.int a first-party d...
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