SpaceX confirms $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport
SpaceX and Louisiana officials confirmed a $100 billion Starbase Louisiana spaceport on 130,000 acres at Vermilion Parish's Pecan Island.
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SpaceX tells FCC Starship Flight 14 will attempt first orbital insertion
Per Teslarati: SpaceX's FCC filing for Flight 14 describes Starship's first real orbital-insertion attempt, targeting Sept. 15.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blue Origin outlines new pad plan for New Glenn return to flight
After a May 28 pad explosion destroyed its transporter-erector, Blue Origin will move New Glenn horizontally then raise it by crane.
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.