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Blue Origin vows to resume New Glenn flights by year’s end
An aerial view of launch complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station showing the aftermath of the New Glenn explosion last Thursday. The rocket itself virtually disintegrated in the blast leaving its transporter-erector in wreckage on the concrete pad’s surface. The large gantry suffered structural damage near its base while the mangled remains…
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Muon Space Debuts High-Power ‘Ultra’ Satellite Designed for Orbital Data Centers
Muon Space debuted a new, higher power satellite platform on Wednesday, targeting orbital data centers as an key application. The first pathfinder mission is planned for delivery in 2028. Condor-Ultra adds to Muon Space’s Condor lineup of satellite platforms, which also includes Condor-M and Condor-XL. The platform is designed to provide much more power for…
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SpaceX launches sunrise Starlink mission following weather scrub
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-43 mission on June 4, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update June 4, 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the drone ship. Update June 3, 7:24 a.m. EDT (1124 UTC):…
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Space Force evaluating anomaly-related damage, future danger areas
Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45), which operates the Eastern Range, have cleared a major safety milestone following the anomaly involving a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on May 28. The Blast Danger Area (BDA), a keep-out zone in place during hazardous vehicle operations like a static fire or launch, was removed on June 1…
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How long will it take to rebuild Blue Origin’s launch pad? We asked some SpaceX vets.
A former NASA engineer named John Muratore sat on console as launch director in early September 2016 as propellant flowed onto a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida. Ahead of a planned launch two days later, SpaceX was preparing for a static fire test of the vehicle. Then, all of a sudden, the rocket exploded. “It…
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Beyond Gravity Releases New Propulsion Pointing Mechanism
Beyond Gravity is to bring to market a new ultra-light propulsion pointing mechanism with high maneuverability for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. The new two-axis mechanism aims to address what Beyond Gravity sees as key industry demands for reduced mass, rapid delivery, and flexible integration. Beyond Gravity announced the new product, June. 3. APPMAX2-XS is…
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Artemis III’s remaining solid rocket booster segments shipped from Utah to Florida
While there is some uncertainty regarding timelines and landers, the Artemis III mission — currently scheduled for the summer of 2027 — is being prepared for launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Northrop Grumman began shipping all eight remaining solid rocket booster segments for the mission’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Utah…
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Assessing SpaceX Finances, Addressable Market, and the AI Pitch Ahead of IPO
Ahead of SpaceX’s plans to go public next week, Via Satellite surveyed leading space analysts about what we’ve learned from the company’s financial filings ahead of the IPO. The company’s S-1 filing, released in late May, gave the first real look into the company’s financials — including Starlink revenue, Starship and xAI spend, and debt…
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Northrop Grumman and Apex to Exhibit Space-Based Interceptor Capabilities for USSF
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that one of its industry collaborators, Apex, will support Northrop Grumman’s leading role in the Nation’s historic drive to make space-based interceptors (SBI) a reality by the end of the decade. As part of the service’s competition to demonstrate space-based missile defense and field a network of SBIs to protect the…
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In a surprise launch, China debuts another big rocket designed for reusability
The race to field China’s first reusable launch vehicle is far less predictable than a similar competition that played out in the United States a decade ago. There was never any real question of which company would develop and demonstrate the first reusable orbital-class rocket in the United States. SpaceX landed a Falcon 9 booster…