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Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX’s millenary milestone
Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches and landings we were most excited about in 2026. The list included things that were, at the time, officially scheduled to occur this year. I also gave my own view of the probability of each of these events…
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Katalyst LINK Launches to Reboost NASA Swift Observatory
Is NASA’s Swift Observatory About to Be Saved by a $30M On-Orbit Servicing Mission? Katalyst Space’s LINK on-orbit servicing spacecraft lifted off at 4:26 a.m. EDT on July 4, 2026, aboard Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket, targeting NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory with a mandate to push the aging gamma-ray telescope into a higher, stable…
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Planet Labs Germany and Isar Aerospace Sign Strategic Satellite Launch Agreement
Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, and European space company Isar Aerospace announced a strategic launch agreement. Under the agreement, Isar Aerospace will launch one of Planet’s next-generation high-resolution Pelican satellites, with additional satellites planned for future launches. The Pelican is scheduled to fly on Isar…
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Axiom Space Relocates to Texas to Expand Space Ecosystem
Axiom Space, the leader in commercial human space exploration, announced it has officially changed the company’s legal domicile from Delaware to Texas, planting its roots deeper in the state that shares its conviction: what happens in space profoundly shapes life on Earth. The move aligns the company’s legal home with its operational headquarters in Houston,…
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NASA Awards Commercial Satellite Data Contracts to Eight New Providers
NASA has awarded contracts to eight commercial satellite data providers under its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, expanding the range of Earth observation data available to support scientific research and operational applications. The awards were issued under the CSDA On-Ramp 2 Multiple Award contract, a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) agreement with a cumulative ceiling value…
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Astrobotic Selected by NASA for Lunar Payload Delivery Mission
Astrobotic has been selected by NASA to deliver a suite of agency payloads to the lunar surface under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative in support of NASA’s Moon Base. These Moon Base task order awards will fly two Peregrine lunar landers to the Moon by the end of 2028. “Each mission has moved us…
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Amazon Leo Reaches 396 Satellites, Enough to Begin Broadband Service
The milestone follows a United Launch Alliance Atlas V mission on July 2 that placed 29 additional Amazon Leo satellites into orbit. Amazon, whose service was formerly known as Project Kuiper, plans to begin rolling out initial broadband service to customers later in 2026. The launch also marked the last Atlas V mission in the…
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Humans to Titan Summit Asks if Robots Go First
Will Humanoid Robots Reach Titan Before Humans Do? The first-ever Humans to Titan Summit, held June 11–12 in Boulder, Colorado, reached a conclusion that undercuts its own premise: AI-powered humanoid robots may be a more practical vanguard for Saturn’s largest moon than flesh-and-blood astronauts. Pascal Lee — chairman of the Mars Institute, planetary scientist at…
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Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Infostellar to Expand Ground Station Services for Satellite Operators
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Infostellar, a provider of cloud-based ground station services for satellite operators, jointly announced that Mitsubishi Electric acquired all shares of Infostellar on July 1, making Infostellar a wholly owned subsidiary. Through their collaboration, the two companies aim to expand ground station services for satellite operators, the demand for which is growing rapidly…
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SpaceX Plans Natural Gas Pipeline to Support Starship Operations in Texas
SpaceX is planning to construct a natural gas pipeline in Texas to supply fuel for its Starship launch operations, according to regulatory filings reviewed by Reuters and the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. SpaceTechnology The proposed pipeline would extend approximately eight miles from the Port of Brownsville to the company’s Starbase launch and manufacturing facility.…