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Helsing Hits $18 Billion Valuation After Europe’s Largest Defense-Tech Raise
Helsing said investor demand significantly exceeded the available allocation and that the company remains predominantly European-owned following the raise. The latest round lifts Helsing’s valuation from a reported €12 billion in June 2025. Defense technology has become one of the fastest-growing areas of venture capital funding, driven by rising military budgets worldwide and in Europe…
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D-Orbit Signs Multi-Launch Contract with ArkEdge Space
D-Orbit, a space logistics and transportation company, has announced that it has signed a launch services contract with ArkEdge Space, a Japanese satellite systems integrator of micro-satellite systems, to deliver a series of launches aboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier. Under the agreement, D-Orbit will provide its ION launch service across multiple missions, integrating ArkEdge Space’s…
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China achieves first-ever controlled rocket recovery in Long March-10B maiden flight
China successfully launched the Long March-10B carrier rocket at the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China’s Hainan Province on July 10, achieving its first-ever controlled recovery of a carrier rocket’s first stage. The rocket, in its maiden flight, sent the payload into the preset orbit. After the separation of the rocket’s first and…
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SpaceX Targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, First to Deploy Starlink V3 Satellites
The flight comes roughly seven weeks after Flight 12 on May 22, underscoring the company’s accelerating development campaign. Flight 12 introduced the V3 configuration but encountered issues, including a booster flip anomaly during boostback and an engine-out event on the ship. Hardware and software modifications on Booster 20 and Ship 40 aim to improve engine…
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Japan’s RV-X Reusable Rocket Completes First Hop Test at Noshiro
Japan is seeking to catch up with the reusability technology that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has used for several years to reduce the cost of delivering payloads into space. Saturday’s flight advances Japan’s effort to develop a lower cost successor to its current mainstay, the single-use H3 series. The flight also came one day after Chinese…
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Auxilium Bioprinter Produces Kidney and Liver Tissue Aboard the ISS in First-of-Its-Kind Mission
The work comes from Auxilium Biotechnologies, whose AMP-1 orbital bioprinter carried out the experiments in June. The bioprinter used cell and tissue designs supplied by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina. In addition to kidney and liver tissue, the AMP-1 machine bioprinted cartilage tissue and created 28 nerve repair implants during…
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Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb Named to Lead New White House UAP Science Council
The appointment follows recent Trump administration initiatives to bring more transparency to the topic of UFOs. The UAP Science Advisory Council was established by the White House alongside the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other members of the Intelligence Community. The…
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Space Force Sets 2027 Upgrades for ATLAS Command System, Adding Five Eyes Data-Sharing
ATLAS, the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System, was declared operational in September 2025. It serves as the backbone of how the Space Force tracks objects in orbit and coordinates launch activity, making the planned improvements central to the service’s space domain awareness mission. The three 2027 upgrades address distinct areas of the system. The…
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Starship Flight 13 Carries 20 Starlink V3 Sats July 16
Does Starship Flight 13 Carry Its First Real Payload? Yes — and it matters. SpaceX has confirmed Starship Flight 13 is targeting liftoff from Starbase, Texas, as early as Thursday, July 16, carrying 20 Starlink V3 satellites: the vehicle’s first operational payload in 13 flights of developmental testing. For the first time, the world’s most…
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Falcon 9 Booster Hits 35 Flights, 12,472 Starlinks Launched
Is a 35-Flight Falcon 9 Booster the New Normal for Launch Economics? A single Falcon 9 first stage flew its 35th mission on July 10, 2026, deploying 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit and landing intact for future reuse. The flight is the highest confirmed reuse count in the Falcon 9 fleet to date,…