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Hisdesat Strengthens Spain’s Defence Ministry Capabilities with SpainSat NG III
Hisdesat has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space in Spain and France, and with Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), in Spain and France, for the construction of SpainSat NG III, a new secure communications satellite that will strengthen the SPAINSAT NG Programme and ensure strategic autonomy…
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Leidos Awarded U.S Air Force ISR Operations Support Task Order
As global threats became more complex, contested and fast-moving, U.S airmen needed timely intelligence that was trusted and operationally relevant. Leidos has been awarded a new task order by the U.S Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC) to continue delivering intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations support for ACC.…
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MaiaSpace Avoids Dissolution Despite 2025 Loss as ArianeGroup Backs Launcher Development
MaiaSpace will continue operating after its parent company, ArianeGroup, decided not to dissolve the French launch startup despite a significant financial loss in 2025 that left its shareholders’ equity below zero. Financial statements filed on July 22, 2026, showed MaiaSpace recorded a net loss of €37.5 million during 2025. Although the company ended the year…
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True Anomaly Chases an Evading Target
Hundreds of kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the Jackal stalked its prey. Last week, True Anomaly said it had become the first company to execute an in-space pursuit of an evading target as part of a Space Force’s tactical responsive space mission—VICTUS HAZE. For this sortie, True Anomaly’s Jackal spacecraft was tasked with tracking and…
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SpaceX Targets Pecan Island for Third US Launch Site
The confirmation follows months of speculation about SpaceX expanding its domestic launch infrastructure beyond its current locations. The company operates Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, and launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The Pecan Island location covers approximately 18 miles of coastline in south Louisiana. As of August 2, 2026, the plan has been confirmed…
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Rocket Factory Augsburg Halts UK Launch Debut After Pad Test Reveals Vehicle Issue
RFA had previously expected the launch to take place in August or September. The company said it would de-stack the staged rocket and provide more details as its investigation continues. It did not disclose the nature of the issue. RFA One is a three-stage rocket designed to launch smaller satellites. It will eventually include a…
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Stratolaunch Passes 10 Successful Talon-A Hypersonic Flights
Talon-A flies through Earth’s atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, the threshold that defines hypersonic flight. Stratolaunch operates two of the vehicles, each about 28 feet long with an 11.3 foot wingspan, and drops them from carrier aircraft to test sensors and advanced materials in the hypersonic flight environment. “Reaching more…
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Boeing’s Starliner set for potential 2026 cargo run to ISS
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has noted redesign work on the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is advancing well, though the company must still coordinate with NASA on future launch plans. The comments, made during Boeing’s latest earnings call, mark the clearest public update in months on the troubled commercial crew vehicle. “The redesign of the Starliner…
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Intermap to Buy Out PCI Geomatics for $11 Million, Merging Elevation Models With Image Processing
The acquisition merges PCI’s proprietary remote sensing algorithms with Intermap’s high-resolution 3D digital elevation models. Earlier this year, PCI launched UrbanSAR, a product designed to track shifting buildings in cities from space. Intermap framed the timing against exponential growth in Earth observation data volumes as more sensors are added in low Earth orbit, a shift…
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Four Sky Events Converge on August 12 in Rare Skywatching Window
The day opens with the moon partially covering the sun over Alaska, eastern Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. A total solar eclipse will track along a narrow path across eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, drawing eclipse chasers to those regions. Roughly 779 million people across North America, Europe and North…