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U.S. Space Force Extends Aging Weather Satellites Through 2028 as New Military Weather Architecture Takes Shape
Read more →: U.S. Space Force Extends Aging Weather Satellites Through 2028 as New Military Weather Architecture Takes ShapeThe U.S. Space Force will keep its aging Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft operating until at least…
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Russian Space Activity Forces U.S. Air Force C-17 to Turn Back From Antarctica
Read more →: Russian Space Activity Forces U.S. Air Force C-17 to Turn Back From AntarcticaA U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III bound for Antarctica turned around over the Southern Ocean on Aug.…
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SpaceX Reaches 100th Mission of 2026 as Starlink Launch Highlights a New Era of High-Frequency Spaceflight
Read more →: SpaceX Reaches 100th Mission of 2026 as Starlink Launch Highlights a New Era of High-Frequency SpaceflightSpaceX has completed its 100th mission of 2026, reaching the milestone on Aug. 19 with another Starlink deployment…
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NASA Ends Swift Telescope Rescue After Private Servicer Loses Attitude Control
Read more →: NASA Ends Swift Telescope Rescue After Private Servicer Loses Attitude ControlNASA has called off the effort to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the private spacecraft sent…
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From Building Rockets to Mass-Producing Them, China’s Commercial Space Industry Is Catching Up on Digitalization
Read more →: From Building Rockets to Mass-Producing Them, China’s Commercial Space Industry Is Catching Up on DigitalizationIn the first half of 2026, China completed 44 space launches, up nearly 26% year on year. Rockets…
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Rwanda and Planet Labs Launch National Satellite Data Program for Government, Universities and Startups
Read more →: Rwanda and Planet Labs Launch National Satellite Data Program for Government, Universities and StartupsThe Government of Rwanda has partnered with Planet Labs to establish a national satellite data program that will…
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China Achieves First Land-Based Recovery of an Orbital-Class Rocket Booster as Zhuque-3 Returns Upright
Read more →: China Achieves First Land-Based Recovery of an Orbital-Class Rocket Booster as Zhuque-3 Returns UprightSource: LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd. China has successfully completed its first land-based recovery of an orbital-class launch vehicle…
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HawkEye 360’s Shift to Operational RF Intelligence Reshapes the Commercial Space-Based SIGINT Market
Read more →: HawkEye 360’s Shift to Operational RF Intelligence Reshapes the Commercial Space-Based SIGINT MarketThe U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s decision to move HawkEye 360 from experimental evaluation into an operational commercial radio-frequency…
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Airtel Africa and Starlink Turn Direct-to-Device Connectivity Into a Commercial Network
Read more →: Airtel Africa and Starlink Turn Direct-to-Device Connectivity Into a Commercial NetworkThe commercial launch of Starlink Mobile in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) marks a more important…
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SpaceX Starship Ship 40 Towed Into Christmas Island Bay After Weeks Adrift in Indian Ocean
Read more →: SpaceX Starship Ship 40 Towed Into Christmas Island Bay After Weeks Adrift in Indian OceanThe recovery was not originally part of the plan. Ship 40 outperformed expectations as it re-entered the atmosphere…
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US Air Force Antarctic Flight Returns to Christchurch After Space Hazard Warning
Read more →: US Air Force Antarctic Flight Returns to Christchurch After Space Hazard WarningThe Civil Aviation Authority confirmed it was aware of the flight reversing course after a NOTAM was issued…
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Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Conduct a Spacewalk
Read more →: Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Conduct a SpacewalkThe pair were scheduled to begin their roughly 6.5-hour extravehicular activity at around 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT),…