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Blue Origin to conduct New Glenn second stage hot fires on Stennis B-2 stand
NASA and Blue Origin have finalized plans to hot-fire test the second stage of the New Glenn rocket on the B-2 position of the Thad Cochran Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. An annex to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement, signed earlier this month, will see testing begin as early as this fall,…
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Spire Global and SATE Collaborate on ESA-Backed AI Program for Autonomous Constellations
Spire Global, a leading global provider of satellite data, analytics and intelligence, announced a partnership with SATE to develop and validate an artificial intelligence system for real-time satellite health monitoring, anomaly diagnosis, and predictive failure analysis through STRAIDE, an 18-month research and development program funded through subscriptions to ESA by the Italian Space Agency (ASI)…
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NASA to Support New Glenn Hot Fire Testing at Stennis Space Center
NASA and Blue Origin have agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the New Glenn rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to advance work on the Artemis program. NASA announced Friday the agreement is an annex to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed earlier this month. Blue Origin will conduct hot…
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This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
A spacecraft fitted with two flexible robotic arms is on the way to geosynchronous orbit after launching earlier this week on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off a planned decade-long mission to open new frontiers in satellite servicing. The Mission Robotic Vehicle, owned and built by Northrop Grumman, rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral…
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Arianespace to Launch MTG-I2 Weather Satellite on Ariane 62
On August 27 2026, Arianespace will launch the MTG-I2 meteorological satellite with the Ariane 62 configuration from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission is expected to last approximately 36 minutes from lift-off to satellite separation. The mission MTG-I2 will mark the fourth Ariane 6 launch of the year and the first to a geostationary…
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Lightning Hit Long March-3B 30 Seconds After Liftoff
Did the Long March-3B Survive a Lightning Strike at Liftoff? A Long March-3B rocket absorbed a lightning strike approximately 30 seconds after liftoff from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center on July 23, 2026 — and still delivered its payload to geostationary orbit (GEO) as planned. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed the…
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Lunar Outpost and NVIDIA Partner on Edge AI for Moon Missions
Lunar Outpost, the leader in off-planet mobility and in-space infrastructure, announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to expand the use of space computing, powered by NVIDIA, across its upcoming lunar missions. Leveraging the NVIDIA Jetson platform and NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, Lunar Outpost will power onboard data processing, lunar mapping, advanced autonomy, and communications capabilities across its…
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Launch preview: SpaceX ready for 2nd attempt to launch Starship Flight 13 following post-abort engine work
A fully-integrated Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands at Pad 2 at Starbase prior to the second attempt at launching the Starship Flight 13 mission. SpaceX stacked Ship 40 atop Booster 20 on July 22, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight NowUpdate July 23, 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 UTC): SpaceX waived off a launch attempt due to weather; targeting…
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Telco CEOs Shut Down the Idea of Satellite MVNO, Say LEO Isn’t a Threat to Broadband
Top telco CEOs shut down the idea of establishing a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with a satellite player, saying they do not see satellite broadband as meaningful competition to their businesses. The CEOs of T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T addressed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) competition and direct-to-device (D2D) prospects during their second quarter calls this…
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Dhruva Space and MAHE Launch ASCENT Powering India’s Space Technology
Dhruva Space and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, have entered into a strategic partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop ASCENT (Advanced Space Capability, Engineering & New-space Technologies) Centre at the MAHE Manipal campus. ASCENT will advance Space systems engineering, applied research, mission development, and…