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The Meaning Behind Pakistan’s First Lunar Rover
The Jinnah 1 mission signals increased cooperation with China and takes Pakistan’s rivalry with India to new heights – l...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailGalaxia Takes Next Step in Earth Observation with purchase of Simera Sense Hyperspectral Imager
Leuven, Belgium & Halifax, Canada – 3 September 2026 – European optical payload provider Simera Sense today announced th...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailNASA Taps Blue Origin for Mars Communications Network
NASA selected Blue Origin to develop NASA’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-gen comms system for the Red Planet....
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailPLD Space, HyImpulse Close Major Extension Rounds
This week, two European launch hopefuls—Spain’s PLD Space, and Germany’s HyImpulse Technologies GmbH—closed major extens...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailIndia sends Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit in milestone launch (video)
India launched an Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit today (Sept. 3) —something it had not previously d...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailRocket issues delay 1st-ever private mission to Venus: 'We are awaiting Neutron readiness'
The first-ever private mission to Venus is still groundbound due to delays with its launch vehicle, Rocket Lab's Neutron...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailLatest updates: BepiColombo's arrival at Mercury
After eight years of travelling through the inner Solar System, BepiColombo is arriving at Mercury. This page will show ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailArcSpace to Demo On-Orbit Welding Tech in 2027
With its announcement that it had secured €2 million in new funding, French startup ArcSpace announced plans to test an ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailRocket Lab’s Hungry Hippo completes testing
With Rocket Lab targeting to launch its Neutron vehicle by the end of this year,… The post Rocket Lab’s Hungry Hippo com...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailThe US may lack the engineers to rebuild space assets in a future war: RAND
Industry is already short of skilled engineering personnel.
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailOpen Cosmos Wins UK Government Contract for ConnectedCosmos
Open Cosmos has won a significant new contract from the U.K. government as the U.K. looks to build better sovereign conn...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailChina's private, reusable Pallas-1 rocket aces debut launch (video)
Galactic Energy's new Pallas-1 rocket aced its debut launch on Monday (Aug. 31), successfully reaching orbit. The vehicl...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailBlue Origin Wins Award for NASA’s Mars Telecommunications Network
NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract worth up to $700 million to build the Mars Telecommunications Network, which will pr...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailBoeing Delivers O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES
Boeing has delivered the final three satellites that will complete SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation. The satellites are se...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailWary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design
"Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · Wedgetail2 spacecraft headed to Mercury are about to begin their long-awaited arrival for Europe and Japan — watch it live today
The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission will begin its drawn-out Mercury arrival phase on Sept. 3, and you can watch t...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailThe D2D boom has a launch problem
Amid the race for more direct-to-device connectivity, a major obstacle has emerged: getting satellites into orbit. The p...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailBlue Origin wins $700 million contract to build NASA's next Mars orbiter
NASA has picked Blue Origin to build its next Mars telecommunications orbiter, awarding a $700 million contract to Jeff ...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailFLEX and Sentinel-3C sealed within Vega-C fairing
At Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, preparations for one of the year’s most anticipated Earth-observation launches a...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailYork Space Systems Unveils New VLEO Sat Platform
While other satellite manufacturers are targeting sub-300km altitudes, York is betting that speed to market can outsell ...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailAstroscale Selects Isar to Launch Debris Removal Mission
Astroscale Japan selected Germany’s Isar Aerospace to launch its ADRAS-J2 mission to capture and remove a piece of large...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites to orbit on its 35th flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from California early this morning (Sept. 2). It was the 35th f...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailIs Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know.
At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailThird spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir successfully completed US EVA-99 at 21:29 CEST on Tuesday 1 ...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailHyImpulse Extends Series A Funding Round by €50 Million
German launch services provider HyImpulse announced on 2 September that it had extended its Series A funding round by mo...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailCluster’s encore for reentry science a success
The Cluster mission danced its final dance as Tango reentered the atmosphere on 1 September, at 23:30:31 CEST. The end o...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailKenya and Tanzania Deepen Regulatory Cooperation on Satellite Communications
The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) undertook a two-day benchmarking visit to the Communications Aut...
No location · Sep 02, 2026 · WedgetailStarlink Is Now Live in Uganda
Starlink’s Uganda story has been running for the better part of a year, and it just reached its real starting […] The po...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailHouse Clears FY2027 CR, Now to the President
A full month before FY2027 begins, the House today joined the Senate in passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) to avoid a ...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailTwo astronauts replace ISS camera and docking aid on 6th-ever all-female spacewalk (video)
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot replaced a camera and a docking aid during a 6-hour, 49-minu...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailInmarsat Maritime Launches New Safety Data Hub
Inmarsat Maritime is launching a new product to provide new insights as well as direct access to the comprehensive analy...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailNonprofit wants to launch 80,000-year mission to Alpha Centauri in 2029 (video)
The Fermi Explorer Mission plans to launch a small, cheap probe to Alpha Centauri in the next few years, to inspire furt...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailKymeta Lands $20M DoD Order for Osprey u8 Satcom Terminals
Kymeta secured an order from a branch within the U.S. Department of Defense for 100 Osprey u8 multi-orbit satcom termina...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailTelesat Considers Space-to-Ground Optical Coms with Cailabs
Telesat will consider adopting space-to-ground optical communications capabilities through a new strategic collaboration...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailLaunch Site and Facility Progress ahead of East Coast Starship debut
As SpaceX prepares to launch Starship Flight 14 in the coming weeks, work in Florida… The post Launch Site and Facility ...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailTrump Orders Study To Establish US Space Academy
Is the US about to add a new service-academy rivalry to college football Saturdays? The post Trump Orders Study To Estab...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailIt turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well
Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailExclusive: Helogen Plans Two In-Orbit Manufacturing Missions in October
While Helogen has flown subsystems in the past, the missions will mark the first flights of the entire HEL-IOS platform....
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailDespite Delays, China Could Gain Ground in the Space Race
While the U.S. still holds considerable advantages gained through its earlier lunar explorations, China’s planned missio...
No location · Sep 01, 2026 · WedgetailFermi Explorer Wants to Reach Another Star for $15M
The Starcloud cofounders announced the Fermi Explorer mission, launching humanity’s first mission to Alpha Centauri by 2...
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