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Airbus Delivers Comprehensive Space Services for Global Missions
Airbus offers one of the industry’s most comprehensive portfolios of space products and services, spanning satellites, spacecraft, launch systems, mission equipment, ground infrastructure and lifecycle support for commercial, institutional, scientific and government customers worldwide. The capabilities cover telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, satellite constellations, scientific missions, space exploration, launchers and New Space programmes, enabling global connectivity,…
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Aalyria Secures ESA Contract for Deep Space Networking Infrastructure Software
Aalyria, an advanced aerospace communications company whose products are critical to the next generation of space-based communications systems, has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop and deliver a new Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) Network Operations Centre, offering standards-based DTN transit and management services to ground station operators so they can provide…
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True Anomaly Details ‘Space Pursuit’ in Victus Haze Mission
True Anomaly detailed a space-to-space pursuit between the Rocket Lab-built Puma spacecraft and the True Anomaly Jackal-0004 spacecraft as part of the Victus Haze mission for the U.S. Space Force. Victus Haze is a Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission for Space Systems Command (SSC), in which Rocket Lab quickly launched the mission in June, less…
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SpaceX launches classified payload for National Reconnaissance Office
A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from liftoff through landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the NROL-95 mission on July 30, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight NowUpdate July 30, 10:27 a.m. EDT (1427 UTC): The NRO confirms its payload was deployed. A classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office headed to orbit…
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Fortastra and Hadrian Sign National Security Spacecraft Manufacturing MoU
Spacecraft manufacturer Fortastra and industrial manufacturer Hadrian signed an MoU that establishes a framework for technical collaboration to build advanced spacecraft that can help address urgent national security space missions, the companies announced late Wednesday. The partnership aims to accelerate satellite production timelines, reduce cost and mass, and improve structural performance in support of national…
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China launches Communication Technology Test Satellite-27A/B aboard modified Long March-6 rocket
China successfully launched the Communication Technology Test Satellite-27A/B into orbit at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) on July 30, 2026, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. The satellites were launched aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered their planned orbits successfully, marking the successful completion of the mission. The…
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China launches Tianlian III-01 data relay satellite aboard Long March-7A rocket
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit on July 29, 2026, from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan. The Tianlian III-01 satellite was launched at 7:50 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-7A carrier rocket. The satellite entered the preset orbit successfully. Tianlian III-01…
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Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year
When we last checked in on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in February, NASA was announcing that it had formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a “Type A” mishap, an acknowledgement that the test flight was a serious failure. At the time, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the space agency was working with…
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Boeing Says Starliner Redesign Progressing, Cargo Flight Possible This Year
In February, NASA formally designated the 2024 crewed flight a “Type A” mishap, an acknowledgement of a serious failure. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency was working with Boeing to fully understand and remediate the risks associated with the spacecraft, and stated that Starliner would not fly its next mission, a cargo flight to…
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DARPA Backs Seven Teams in Race to Build a Nuclear Battery That Lasts 30 Years
The effort targets what DARPA program manager Tabitha Dodson identifies as the central obstacle to transportable nuclear power: heat and weight. Fission reactors and radioisotope thermal generators contain enormous energy, but they require heavy, non-transportable hardware to manage the heat they produce. That heat management piece, Dodson said, is always what drags down the dreams…