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Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
High above the remote Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the northernmost part of Australia, an air-launched rocket fired into space on Independence Day weekend to kick off a weekslong pursuit of a NASA astronomy satellite perilously close to falling out of orbit. The endeavor to rescue NASA’s Swift satellite is the first mission…
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SpaceX’s Transporter-17 Mission Launches 81 Payloads
SpaceX launched 81 payloads on the latest launch in its rideshare series, Transporter-17. The mission launched early Tuesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a Falcon 9 rocket, taking off at 12:12 a.m. PT (3:12 a.m. ET). The mission had a number of notable milestones onboard, including the first Nova satellite from Apex…
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NATO Allies Plan Hybrid HALO Constellation
A group of eight NATO allies plan to bring national military satellites together into a hybrid constellation called HALO to improve NATO’s resilience and military advantage in space. HALO, which stands for Hybrid Alliance Layered Operations in Space, “will focus on improving connectivity and integration of sovereign, nationally owned and controlled military satellites into a…
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CesiumAstro Files for 737-Satellite Synchronicity Constellation
CesiumAstro submitted an FCC filing for a 737-satellite constellation called Synchronicity to provide reconfigurable connectivity to fixed and mobile satellite users. CesiumAstro, which is based in Austin, Texas, builds software-defined radios and phased arrays and processor systems, and has moved into end-to-end missions. Last year the company announced its Element reconfigurable satellite platform, but this…
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China’s Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration
China’s Tianwen-2 probe has successfully arrived at a distance of 20 kilometers from the asteroid 2016HO3, enabling it to begin scientific exploration after an approximately 400-day journey of about 1 billion kilometers, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Monday. China launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, on May 29, 2025, aiming to…
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There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend
As the United States of America celebrated its 250th birthday on terra firma with fireworks displays this weekend, two Asian countries made some splashes of their own farther from Earth. On Sunday, an aging Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa2, which completed its initial sample-return objective more than half a decade ago, found success with an extended…
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Cyber in Space Signs Partnership Deal with ExeQuantum
Cyber in Space hopes a partnership with ExeQuantum will enable it to deliver better advanced cyber resilience and quantum-readiness services to organizations across the global aerospace and space ecosystem. The partnership will enable Cyber in Space to incorporate ExeQuantum’s cryptographic discovery capabilities within its advisory services. The companies said this will allow clients to identify…
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Neo Space and Hughes Deploy 3 Ground Gateways to Support IFC
Neo Space Group and Hughes Network Systems have deployed three new Hughes ground gateways in Saudi Arabia and Europe to support NSG’s in-flight connectivity. NSG on Monday announced new gateways with the Jupiter 3 ground system, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Sintra, Portugal; and the Canary Islands. These gateways support NSG’s expanding its in-flight connectivity portfolio.…
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Max Space Secures NASA Funding to Advance Expandable Lunar Habitat Technology
Max Space, a U.S-headquartered space infrastructure company developing next-generation expandable habitats, announced it has been selected for NASA funding through the agency’s Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO) program. The work will accelerate testing of Max Space’s expandable habitat technology for future human lunar surface applications. The award comes as NASA and the United States shift…
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Tianwen-2 Reaches Kamo’oalewa at 20 km After 400-Day Transit
Has China’s Tianwen-2 Reached Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa? Yes — and the first close-up image has already rewritten what planetary scientists thought they knew about it. China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft arrived at near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3) on July 6, 2026, establishing a 20-kilometer station point after a transit of approximately 1 billion kilometers across…