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Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?
New Glenn Catastrophe Aftermath: What’s Next for the Space Industry? | Ars Live This week Ars hosted a live discussion with two space industry experts about the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion of the New Glenn rocket in late May. Along with Ars Technica Space Editor Eric Berger; the director of research at Quilty Space,…
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Skyroot Aerospace Advances Private Space Launches with Mission Prarambh
Skyroot Aerospace continues to expand India’s commercial space capabilities through the development of the Vikram launch vehicle family and the successful execution of Mission Prarambh, the company’s inaugural launch mission. As India’s first privately developed rocket launch, Mission Prarambh marked an important milestone for the country’s evolving commercial space sector, demonstrating the capabilities of privately…
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Axelspace Secures JAXA Agreement for In-Orbit Technology Demonstration
Axelspace Corporation, a leading microsatellite company committed to making “Space within Your Reach,” has entered into a service agreement with JAXA to prove the AxelLiner Laboratory in-orbit demonstration service. In-orbit demonstration(IOD) refers to the process of launching satellite components and mission payloads into space and verifying their performance in the orbital environment. These components may…
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Ship 40 Completes Six-Engine Static Fire, Clearing a Milestone for Starship’s 13th Flight
The test took place at SpaceX’s Massey site in Starbase. Ship 40 conducted its first-ever static fire the previous week, lighting a single Raptor for about 15 seconds. This more recent test lit all six engines, which include three sea-level and three vacuum-optimized Raptors, for a full minute to simulate flight-like conditions on the vehicle.…
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AstroForge Advances DeepSpace Bus for Commercial Deep Space Payload Missions
AstroForge advances the DeepSpace Bus, a modular spacecraft platform designed to provide affordable and flexible access to deep space for commercial companies, research organizations and technology developers. Engineered to support payload missions beyond Earth orbit, the platform enables customers to fly scientific instruments, technology demonstrations and commercial payloads on a standardized spacecraft architecture while reducing…
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Delivers 29 Amazon Leo Broadband Satellites
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Leo 8 mission for Amazon lifted off on July 2 at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission continues to build on ULA’s increase in commercial launch services, now accounting for half of ULA’s overall business. “ULA…
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China launches Haiyang-2E (HY-2E) marine satellite aboard a Long March-4B rocket
China on Thursday sent a new marine satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2E (HY-2E) satellite took off at 7:46 a.m. (Beijing Time), sending the satellite into its planned orbit. The launch was the 654th involving the Long March rocket series. The HY-2E…
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STARPATH GLOBAL Officially Launches “Octa” Hyperspectral Constellation Program, Accelerating the Global Expansion of China’s Commercial Space “Navigator”
In 2026, China’s commercial space sector marked a milestone in its international expansion. Recently, STARPATH GLOBAL, a leading platform specializing in the internationalization of commercial space services, officially unveiled its long-planned “Octa” hyperspectral Earth observation constellation at an internal R&D transformation meeting. The conceptual origin of the “Octa” constellation draws inspiration from the Tower of…
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Robotic Servicer Launches to Raise Orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory
The Swift Observatory, which studies gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events, is losing altitude and is projected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere later in 2026 without intervention. NASA has described the effort to raise its orbit using Katalyst’s commercial robotic spacecraft as a first-of-its-kind. NASA’s SWIFT Observatory Satellite. Credit: NASA John Jordan, Swift’s original chief…
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France’s Vast Deal Triggers Internal Revolt at Space Agency CNES
The opposition was detailed in an opinion piece published by SpaceWatch Global and authored by Christophe Bosquillon, which characterized the internal reaction as a revolt. The dispute centers on the choice to place French government astronauts aboard a commercial provider’s platform instead of established institutional routes. Under the arrangement, France would send two astronauts to…