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SpaceX AI Segment Turns EBITDA Positive Two Years Ahead of Expert Forecasts
SpaceX’s AI segment generated $1.15 billion in adjusted EBITDA during the second quarter of 2026, reversing a $609 million loss in the first quarter and a $276 million loss in the same period last year. The result represents a roughly $1.76 billion sequential swing in just three months. AI revenue reached $2.56 billion, up 213…
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Rocket Lab Completes 92nd Electron Launch for iQPS Earth-Imaging Constellation
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched the 13th Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite to space for multi-launch customer Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), operators of the QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. ‘The Grain Goddess Provides’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex…
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Umbra Secures Sole-Source NRO Contract for Commercial Radar Augmentation
Umbra, an American space technology company, announced it has been awarded a sole-source contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) through its Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) for radar commercial augmentation (RCA) services. The award is a follow-on to four years of contracted work together, expanding the agency’s access to U.S. commercial synthetic aperture radar…
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Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
Blue Origin provided its first substantive update this week on the cause of the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and most of its launch pad infrastructure at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in May. The space company’s chief executive, Dave Limp, said investigative work is continuing into the anomaly that happened during a hot-fire test…
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NASA, Northrop Grumman repurpose Gateway elements for Moon Base demo missions
Northrop Grumman’s Lunar Infrastructure Demos (LID-1, LID-2 and LID-3) reuse HALO derived technologies to rapidly mature lunar surface power, thermal, autonomy, communications and hosted payload services that can survive the lunar night and scale into persistent infrastructure near the Moon’s South Pole. Graphic: Northrop Grumman NASA’s decision to pivot away from the orbiting Gateway lunar…
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IXPE Observations of a Magnetar May Capture a 90-Year-Old Quantum Prediction
Vacuum birefringence was first predicted by Werner Heisenberg in the 1930s. The idea holds that even a perfect vacuum is filled with virtual particles that alter the behavior of light. For nearly a century it has remained one of the most stubbornly unconfirmed predictions in quantum electrodynamics, with no direct observational evidence. The IXPE telescope…
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Rocket Lab Launches 92nd Electron, Deploys Eighth Satellite for Japan’s iQPS
The mission came more than a month after the previous launch attempt for the same customer was aborted. With this flight, Rocket Lab extends a commercial relationship with iQPS that now spans eight satellites, a repeat-customer arrangement that has become a fixture of Electron’s manifest. The launch from Mahia deployed a single spacecraft for iQPS,…
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Telesat Lands Record C$2.3 Billion Contract for Arctic Military Satcom
The contract commits Canada to a domestic operator for one of the most contested capability areas facing NATO. Arctic military communications sits among the alliance’s most significant capability gaps, and the size of Canada’s commitment signals both a defense priority and a bet on the commercial low Earth orbit market. The customer is Canada’s Defense…
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SpaceX Confirms Terafab Satellite Factory in Grimes County, Texas, With Construction Months Away
Terafab is the name SpaceX uses for its large-scale satellite factory concept. Locking in a second major manufacturing site signals that the company is planning for a satellite production rate that goes well beyond anything currently operating, positioning Terafab as the supply chain foundation behind Starlink’s constellation. SpaceX confirmed Grimes County as the Terafab location…
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Blue Origin identifies engine issue behind New Glenn explosion
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as the result of an anomaly during a static fire test on Thursday, May 28. The test was in preparation for a planned launch as soon as June 4. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight NowCorrection Aug. 6, 8:52…