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China launches Pakistani satellite
A Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a Pakistani satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on April 25, 2026. The satellite, named PRSC-EO3, was lifted off at 8:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully entered its planned orbit.
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Astrobotic Sets Milestone for Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Hot Fire
Astrobotic announced the successful hot fire test of its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. Two Chakram engine prototypes completed eight successful hot-fire tests, accumulating more than 470 seconds of total run time without any discernible damage to the engine hardware. The campaign included a…
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Kongsberg Satellite Services and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Launch End-to-End Satellite Solution
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) have announced their strategic partnership to simplify mission deployment and lower the operational and financial burden for satellite owners. By combining NanoAvionics’ high-performance small satellite platforms with KSAT’s global ground infrastructure and operational expertise, the companies will deliver integrated, end-to-end satellite mission services. It will give satellite…
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CesiumAstro Selected to Support GMD Interceptor Communications for Missile Defense Agency
CesiumAstro, a leader in advanced space communications, has been awarded a contract to deliver a new active phased array variant as part of an expansion to its Skylark product line. This large-aperture array, built on CesiumAstro’s scalable active phased array architecture, will support modernization of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System (GWS), a critical…
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Benchmark Space Systems Selected by DARPA to Conduct LASSO Feasibility Study
Benchmark Space Systems has been selected to conduct a Phase 1A/1B feasibility and design study under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) program. The study will evaluate the technologies and spacecraft architectures required to operate safely and persistently in low lunar orbit (LLO), one of the most…
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Redwire Launches Additional Colloids Experiments to the International Space Station
Redwire launched additional colloids experiments to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a recent commercial resupply mission to the ISS. These modules support Redwire’s Colloidal Solids Instrument (COLIS), a powerful research platform advancing our understanding of diseases, drug development, advanced materials, industrial processes, and biomedical applications. When sunscreen thickens over time or mayonnaise slowly separates…
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Impulse Space Unveils Rigel Engine to Advance Next Generation In-Space Mobility
Impulse Space has introduced Rigel, a new 200 lbf-class rocket engine designed to expand in-space mobility capabilities for missions ranging from precision maneuvering to high-energy transport. As the space economy scales, exploration is expanding, government activity is increasing and missions are pushing further into deep space. In-space operations require increasingly dynamic mobility. The Rigel engine…
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China Hits 26 Launches in 2026 with Pakistan EO Satellite Mission
What does China’s latest launch surge tell us about global competition? China executed three separate Long March missions over the weekend, bringing its 2026 total to 26 launches and maintaining the world’s highest annual launch cadence. The most significant payload was Pakistan’s PRSC-EO3 Earth observation satellite, launched via Long March 2D from Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
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Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion to 12 Companies for Space-Based Interceptor Work
The Space Force announced 12 companies have won contracts totaling up to $3.2 billion to prototype technologies for space-based interceptors in support of the Golden Dome initiative. Space Force’s Space Systems Command said the companies won 20 total Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contracts in late 2025 and early 2026 and that these agreements “ensure the…
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SpaceX flies 25 Starlink satellites to orbit on its 50th Falcon 9 launch of the year
Falcon 9 first stage booster B1088 lifts off from Vandenberg with 25 Starlink satellites aboard. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday, carrying another batch of satellites for its Starlink internet service. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-16 mission from Space Launch Complex 4…