Update: Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
Blue Origin's own CEO tells staff New Glenn's return to flight has slipped from end-of-2026 into January 2027, per the FT and Reuters.
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Blue Origin unveils GS3 third stage and Northstar engine for New Glenn
Blue Origin adds a third stage and a new booster engine to push New Glenn payloads to GEO, cislunar space, and beyond.
Blue Origin pushes New Glenn's return to flight to January 2027
A slower-than-planned pad rebuild pushes Blue Origin's next New Glenn launch about 10 days past its year-end target.
ULA brings Vulcan payload fairing manufacturing in-house from Beyond Gravity
ULA is taking over fairing production from longtime supplier Beyond Gravity to cut costs and vertically integrate.
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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Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
UL System's board approved a 40-year, $1-a-year lease letting SpaceX access the former Pecan Island High School site ahead of a planned 2027 purchase.
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Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
SpaceX is reportedly negotiating to acquire about 4,000 acres across six parcels owned by the Vermilion Parish School District near White Lake, per Acadiana...
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ULA sets Nov. 13 return to flight for Vulcan after nine-month grounding
ULA will return Vulcan to flight Nov. 13, flying the rocket's first Amazon Leo mission after a nine-month grounding.
Update: Airbus ships first lightweight Vulcain aft bay for Ariane 6 Block 2
European Spaceflight corrected its own report: the Vulcain Aft Bay redesign cut 880 kg, beating Airbus's 800 kg target, not falling short of it as first repo...
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Airbus ships first lightweight Vulcain aft bay for Ariane 6 Block 2
Corrected: the redesigned structure cut 880 kg, beating Airbus's 800 kg target; an earlier figure covered only the shipped hardware.
Blue Origin to build $330 million plant for 150 New Glenn upper stages a year
Blue Origin plans a $330 million Florida plant for up to 150 New Glenn upper stages yearly, part of a $3 billion buildout.
Update: SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
Ship 40 reached Starbase Oct. 7 after its 75-day recovery voyage and was rolled into a Megabay, where SpaceX says it will pull first-of-its-kind data from a...
original 2026-07-16
FAA opens environmental review of SpaceX's 456-launch-a-year Starbase plan
The FAA will study SpaceX's plan to ramp up to 456 Starship launches and 912 landings a year at its Texas Starbase site.
Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
SpaceX's own chief engineer told Pecan Island residents at a Sept. 24 meeting that 30 launches a day will essentially block local property access, walking ba...
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Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
SpaceX filed a coastal permit application for a 15.5-mile access road, elevated bridge and cargo wharf to serve the Starbase Louisiana site.
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Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
The incentive agreement includes a two-year penalty clause if SpaceX misses its job-creation target, per a report detailing the deal's contract terms.
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SpaceX flies Falcon Heavy's first mission for the NRO
A Falcon Heavy carrying the classified NROL-97 payload lifted off Oct. 1, the NRO's first flight on the rocket.
Update: SpaceX reaches orbit with Starship for first time, deploys Starlink V3
Reuters reports the in-flight engine failure could complicate NASA's Artemis lunar-lander timeline, since Starship's lander variant depends on the same engin...
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FAA opens comment on Blue Origin bid to launch New Glenn 50 times a year
The FAA opened public comment on Blue Origin's bid to raise New Glenn's launch cadence at SLC-36A from 12 to 50 flights a year.
FAA opens new environmental review for SpaceX Starship buildout at Cape Canaveral
The FAA will prepare a supplemental environmental review for up to 76 Starship launches a year from Cape Canaveral's SLC-37.
SpaceX reaches orbit with Starship for first time, deploys Starlink V3
Starship reached orbit for the first time on its 14th flight, deploying the first operational Starlink V3 satellites.
Update: SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
The FAA issued Starship Flight 14's launch license late on Sept. 26, covering an orbital profile for the first time; SpaceX's Ship 41 is set to fly roughly s...
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Update: SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
Booster 21 and Ship 41 rolled out and completed a full-stack wet dress rehearsal, loading both stages with propellant, with the countdown proceeding to just...
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Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
SpaceX posted its first Starbase Louisiana job opening, an external affairs manager to serve as a local point of contact as construction begins, in early Sep...
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Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
NPR reported September 20 that Musk has said the site could eventually launch about 30 rockets per day, thousands per year, and that lawmakers involved in th...
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FAA clears environmental review for Relativity's Terran R at Cape Canaveral
The FAA cleared its environmental review of Relativity's Terran R program at Cape Canaveral SLC-16, per the Federal Register.
Update: SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
SpaceX pushed back the target launch date for Starship Flight 14, the vehicle's first attempt at a real orbital insertion after 13 suborbital test flights, f...
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Update: SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
SpaceX confirmed Sept. 22 as the target date for Starship Flight 14, the vehicle's first attempt at a real orbital insertion after 13 suborbital test flights...
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Update: SpaceX wins FAA license for Starship's first orbital flight
SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen told investors at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia and Technology Conference on Sept. 10 that Flight 14, coming later in September, will b...
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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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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.
Update: SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
Per Payload, the site will include five launch complexes, each with two launch pads and a propellant farm, and is designed to self-sustain with propellant pr...
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SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
Update: ESA confirms it has shelved the Ariane 6 Block 3 upgrade
In a follow-up Aug. 24, an ESA spokesperson told European Spaceflight that Ariane 64 Block 2, featuring the P160C boosters and Vulcain Aft Bay evolution, is...
original 2026-08-20
Update: SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
On Aug. 24, the semi-submersible heavy-lift carrier Forte docked at Christmas Island's Flying Fish Cove and began loading Ship 40 directly from the water for...
original 2026-07-16
ESA confirms it has shelved the Ariane 6 Block 3 upgrade
ESA told European Spaceflight it is no longer considering the Ariane 6 Block 3 upgrade and its lightweight carbon-composite upper stage.
Update: SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
By Aug. 18, recovery vessels had towed Ship 40 through calmer seas to just offshore Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean; SpaceX sai...
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Blue Origin outlines new Cape Canaveral pad for larger New Glenn
Blue Origin will add Launch Complex 36B at Cape Canaveral for a larger, nine-engine New Glenn variant.
Update: SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
Recovery vessels Go Australis, Normand Ranger and Skimmer Tide spent more than a week towing the intact Ship 40 toward shore, but worsening seas in the India...
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Blue Origin traces New Glenn pad explosion to BE-4 engine valve
CEO Dave Limp says a main oxygen valve on one BE-4 engine caused the May 28 New Glenn pad explosion.
CNES sets 2028 target for reusable heavy-lift engine hot-fire test
CNES president François Jacq says a subscale ASTRE engine prototype will get its first hot-fire test in 2028.
OrienSpace raises pre-C round, preps IPO for reusable Gravity-2 rocket
The Chinese launch startup closed a pre-C funding round and began IPO coaching while pushing Gravity-2 toward a Q4 debut.
Update: SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
SpaceX dispatched a recovery team to retrieve the still-floating Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean, and mission data confirmed the splashdown was precise enough...
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Update: SpaceX flies Starship Flight 13, deploys first V3 Starlink satellites
SpaceX flew Starship Flight 13 on July 24, after the July 16 T-0 abort and a further slip past the July 20 target, per SpaceNews and Spaceflight Now.
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Lockheed Martin guarantees $500 million loan to ULA amid Vulcan grounding
Lockheed cut its Space profit outlook and backed a $500 million ULA loan as Vulcan's grounding drags on.
Blue Origin to test New Glenn upper stage at NASA's Stennis B-2 stand
NASA and Blue Origin will hot-fire test New Glenn's second stage on the Apollo-era B-2 stand at Stennis starting this fall.
Northrop Grumman takes $91 million more in charges on Vulcan booster program
Northrop added a $91 million charge on its GEM 63XL solid rocket motor program, bringing 2026 charges to $162 million.
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.
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.
Update: Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
original 2026-07-01
ispace books 500 kg of SpaceX Starship lunar cargo space
ispace reserved 500 kg of Starship cargo capacity for a lunar mission targeting no earlier than 2030, a roughly $50 million deal.
Beyond Gravity signs deal for 27 Ariane 6 payload fairings
Beyond Gravity will supply 27 payload fairings for Ariane 6 flights 16 through 42, its largest Swiss launch-vehicle contract yet.
Update: Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
NASASpaceflight independently covered the same July 1 New Glenn LC-36 hybrid horizontal/vertical CONOPS plan; attached as a second distinct trade source.
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Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp told staff New Glenn's return to flight has slipped into January 2027, the FT and Reuters report.
Ariane 6 debuts P160C boosters on VA269, lofting 36 Amazon Leo satellites in a record
ESA says the upgraded boosters made this the heaviest payload ever launched by a European rocket, beating Ariane 5's ATV.
IN-SPACe opens ISRO's LVM3 heavy-lift rocket to private industry via technology transfer
Per GKToday: IN-SPACe invited Expressions of Interest for private companies to manufacture, operate and commercialise LVM3.