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Arianespace launches its heaviest payload to date with Amazon Leo flight
An Arianespace Ariane 64 rocket lifts off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to begin the Leo Europe 03 mission for Amazon Leo. This mission carried 36 broadband satellites onboard, the heaviest payload launched by an Ariane launcher. Image: ESA-CNES-Arianespace-ArianeGroup Optique Vidéo de CSG – T Leduc Update June 17, 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 UTC):…
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GITAI Completes Flight Model of S3 Robotic Satellite
GITAI, a U.S.-headquartered space robotics and satellite platform company, announced the completion of the flight model of its S3 robotic satellite mission, a technology demonstration mission designed to validate advanced on-orbit servicing technologies and demonstrate the company’s modular spacecraft architecture supporting future defense-focused low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation services. As governments and commercial operators increasingly…
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Launch Preview: 10 launches scheduled from sites across the world
A very busy launch manifest is expected in the upcoming week, with 10 launches scheduled from various sites across the world. Falcon 9 is expected to launch five of the 10 launches this week, with two Starlink missions, a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, a mission for AST SpaceMobile, and a demo of the…
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Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered
Amazon now has hundreds of flight-ready satellites standing idle in Florida, waiting to join the company’s low-Earth orbit Internet constellation, an Amazon official said Tuesday. “They’re built, and sitting in a payload processing facility waiting for trips to orbit,” said Steve Metayer, vice president of Amazon Leo Production Operations, during a teleconference with reporters. “And…
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NUVIEW Selected for ESA Phase A Assessment of Lunar LiDAR Mission
NUVIEW GmbH announced that its Moonraker mission has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a Phase A study under ESA’s Small Missions for Exploration – Destination the Moon program. NUVIEW serves as prime contractor and leads an international consortium advancing space-based LiDAR for lunar terrain mapping. Moonraker will deploy a LiDAR-equipped spacecraft…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Completes Vibration Testing Ahead of Expected Fall 2026 Launch
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced that its next LizzieSat has successfully completed vibration testing, a key environmental qualification milestone for SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, currently scheduled for launch no earlier than October 2026. Vibration testing simulates the intense mechanical loads a spacecraft experiences…
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Space Force Finalizes $514 Million Order for Two More Hardened GPS IIIF Satellites
The contract is intended to modernize the baseline positioning, navigation, and timing network that underpins both civilian infrastructure and frontline military hardware. It replaces legacy satellites that have drifted past their original design lifespans. The defining upgrade built into the GPS IIIF block is a focus on survivability in contested theaters, where adversaries routinely deploy…
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Katalyst Space Raises $12 Million to Develop NEXUS Robotic Spacecraft
On the heels of its first-of-a-kind mission to boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Katalyst Space raised $12 million to develop Katalyst’s NEXUS robotic spacecraft and expand satellite servicing to multi-orbit, multi-mission operations. While the last 20 years have been focused on getting more objects to space, Katalyst builds the vehicles that make work in…
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Aalyria Advances Dynamic Network Management with Spacetime Software Platform
Aalyria, a technology company focused on advanced networking and communications infrastructure, is enabling network operators to manage complex terrestrial, airborne, maritime and space-based communications environments through the Spacetime software platform. Spacetime provides real-time orchestration, routing, resource optimization and network management capabilities across diverse communications architectures, helping operators improve connectivity, operational efficiency and interoperability. Conventional network…
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Terran R second stage heads to Stennis as Relativity advances toward 2026 debut
Terran R, the heavy-lift vehicle currently being developed by Relativity Space, is reaching significant milestones ahead of a potential debut at the end of 2026. Integration of essential subsystems for the rocket’s second stage was recently finalized ahead of its transfer to NASA’s Stennis Space Center for testing. Additionally, structural work on the qualification article…