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Katalyst Slows Tumbling Link Spacecraft as Clock Ticks on NASA’s Swift Rescue
Link launched July 3 on a Pegasus rocket. Weeks later, during post-launch commissioning, the spacecraft lost attitude control and entered what Katalyst on July 28 described as a multi-axis spin. Two of the spacecraft’s three reaction wheels were not functioning after the incident, and its reaction control system thrusters were only partially working. The company…
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Long March 7A Launch Failure Under Investigation After Zhongxing-4B Mission
On August 10, 2026, at 20:02 Beijing Time, China launched the Zhongxing-4B communications satellite aboard a Long March 7A (Chang Zheng 7A) launch vehicle from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. However, the rocket experienced an abnormality during flight after liftoff, resulting in the failure of the launch mission. The specific cause of the failure is…
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Total Solar Eclipse to Cross Spain on August 12 as ESA Prepares Live Broadcast
The narrow path of totality, where the Moon completely covers the Sun, will pass across Greenland, Iceland, a small part of northeastern Portugal, and then Spain. Observers elsewhere in Europe will see a partial eclipse, with the Moon appearing to take a bite out of the Sun and daylight dimming slightly. When the Sun’s surface…
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Xiphos Advances Space Computing with Low-SWaP High-Performance Processors
Xiphos is advancing compact, space-ready computing for spacecraft, launchers, landers, rovers and payloads, with its portfolio built around flight-proven COTS-based processing solutions optimized for size, weight and efficiency. The company’s Q-card and daughterboard architecture combines software and FPGA logic to support demanding hybrid, image, signal and interface processing applications. The solutions are used across RF…
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One of China’s workhorse rockets just exploded in flight
One of China’s most used rockets, the Long March 7A, exploded a little more than a minute after lifting off on Monday evening, local time. The medium-lift rocket’s payload was classified, but it was believed to be a military communications satellite. The rocket’s liftoff from Wenchang Space Launch Site appeared to be nominal, but publicly…
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Voyager Awarded Raytheon Contract Supporting SM-3
Voyager Technologies has been awarded a contract by Raytheon, an RTX business, to advance propulsion technologies for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor family. The company will provide its solid controllable throttleable propulsion technology and divert, attitude and control systems (DACS) the precision subsystems that enable accuracy in the exo-atmospheric midcourse phase of flight. “Our propulsion…
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MDA Space Books $809 Million in Quarterly Orders, Redirects Canadarm3 to the Lunar Surface
MDA Space reported strong Q2 2026 financial results, highlighted by $361.49 million USD ($498.6 million CAD) in revenue, a 33.6% increase year-over-year. Earnings performance featured a net profit of $20.23 million USD ($27.9 million CAD) and adjusted EBITDA of $69.60 million USD ($96.0 million CAD), driven by $586.52 million USD ($809.0 million CAD) in new…
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MDA Space Highlights Canadarm3 Following Canadian Space Agency Announcement
MDA Space Ltd., a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, issued the following statement in response to the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) announcement on its intention to repurpose Canadarm3 investments to support the next phase of lunar exploration. “We applaud the Canadian Space Agency’s announcement to repurpose Canadarm3 technologies to support…
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The Launch Crunch Just Made a ULA Sale Worth Revisiting
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Xplore Expands Space Services Portfolio with Data, Compute and Satellite Operations Solutions
Xplore is advancing commercial space capabilities through an integrated portfolio of satellite-based services that combine Earth observation data, on-orbit computing and cloud-based mission operations. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company develops end-to-end space services that enable organizations to collect, process, analyze and manage satellite data more efficiently. The service offerings Data as a Service (DaaS),…