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ULA deals with financial challenges caused by Vulcan grounding

24 July 2026 at 21:18

United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have guaranteed a loan to the company as it addresses β€œfinancial challenges” caused by the grounding of its Vulcan Centaur rocket.

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LatConnect 60 Unveils Proprietary AI Capabilities Following Growing Indo-Pacific Defence Interest in SWIRSAT

24 July 2026 at 15:59
latconnect 60 logo

PERTH, Australia – 24 July 2026 – LatConnect 60 (β€œLC60”), an Australian satellite Earth observation and AI company, today unveiled a proprietary intelligence-fusion capability that leverages the latest advancements in […]

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Office of Space Commerce to move ahead on mission authorization

24 July 2026 at 13:04
Jordan

The Commerce Department is moving ahead with plans to implement a voluntary mission authorization system for novel space activities that are not regulated by other agencies.

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Lightning strikes Long March 3B after liftoff, Kinetica-1 launches 5 satellites

24 July 2026 at 11:32

HELSINKI β€” China conducted a pair of launches Thursday, including a Long March 3B rocket which delivered its payload to orbit despite a lightning strike. The Long March 3B rocket […]

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EU delays release of Copernicus imagery over Gulf of OmanΒ 

24 July 2026 at 11:00
The Gulf of Oman, imaged in September 2018 by the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite. Credit: ESA; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

JOHANNESBURG β€” The European Union has ordered a 24-hour delay in the release of some Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery following a request from the United States based on concerns that […]

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Air Force takes over troubled military GPS receiver program

24 July 2026 at 10:00

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will oversee development, integration and sustainment of equipment used to access the military’s encrypted GPS signal

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NASA programs feel effects of workforce reductions

23 July 2026 at 22:31
Isaacman at Ames

More than two dozen major NASA projects say they have been affected by the loss of a fifth of NASA’s civil servant workforce in the last year.

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Poland commits $745 million to EU’s IRISΒ² constellation project

23 July 2026 at 22:14

WARSAW, Poland β€” The Polish government has agreed to invest around $745 million in the development of the planned IRISΒ² multi-orbit satellite internet constellation with the European Union.Β  The money […]

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Mark Matossian co-founds Whipsmart Ventures to fund space and deep tech

23 July 2026 at 20:23

SAN FRANCISCO – Space startup veteran Mark Matossian has joined forces with a software engineer and a best-selling author to establish Whipsmart Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on space […]

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Will Bruey on rethinking the role of pharmaceuticals in low Earth orbit

23 July 2026 at 16:13

In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with Varda CEO Will Bruey at the Ascend conference. They discuss how Varda hopes to play a role bridging medicine and low Earth orbit […]

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Airbus space business takes advantage of growing demand for satellite systems

23 July 2026 at 12:55
Aeolus-2

Airbus executives say the turnaround in the company’s space business came just in time to tap growing demand, particularly from Europe, for space capabilities as it pursues a joint venture.

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FCC approves sweeping space reforms while clearing more C-band for 5G

22 July 2026 at 19:31

The FCC voted July 22 to push satellite operators out of more C-band spectrum for a 5G auction next year, while approving a licensing overhaul aimed at accelerating the commercial space economy.

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The strategic competition with China:Β winning the multi-domain race

22 July 2026 at 14:00
A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, producing a bright plume of exhaust against a clear sky, with four lightning towers surrounding the launch pad.

History demonstrates military innovation continually rewrites the rules of combat, reshaping warfare and rendering strategies from past conflicts obsolete. The introduction of repeating rifles transformed infantry combat during the 19th […]

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Relativity Space to expand Terran R production in Florida

22 July 2026 at 12:58
Terran R Long Beach

Relativity Space struck a deal with Space Florida to build manufacturing and test facilities for its Terran R rocket on Florida’s Space Coast.

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Artemis 2 astronaut advocates for equatorial lunar landings

22 July 2026 at 11:01
Glover Artemis 2

The pilot of Artemis 2 says NASA’s return to the moon should start with human landings in less challenging equatorial regions rather than go directly to the south pole.

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Gravity-1 sea launch off Shanghai puts 9 satellites into orbit

22 July 2026 at 10:32

HELSINKI β€” Commercial launch firm Orienspace launched its third Gravity-1 solid rocket late Tuesday, sending nine satellites into orbit from waters off Shanghai. The 30-meter-long Gravity-1 solid rocket lifted off […]

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Zenno Astronautics to relocate to the United States

21 July 2026 at 23:11

SAN FRANCISCO – Zenno Astronautics, a New Zealand startup focused on applying superconducting magnets for spacecraft attitude control and acceleration, plans to redomicile to the United States. β€œIt is obvious […]

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