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India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO

19 June 2026 at 20:27

Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from satellite constellations to jumpstart its own sovereign LEO network in the country.

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MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market

19 June 2026 at 17:03
Blue Canyon Technologies is using the 150-kilogram X-SAT bus for DARPA's Blackjack program.

MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) for $620 million, giving the Canadian company greater access to the lucrative U.S. government market.

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The MEO durability crisis: why LEO hardware will fail the new orbital economyΒ 

19 June 2026 at 14:00
Illustration of the Van Allen Probes in orbit. Credit: NASA

To some, space is the final frontier. But the reality is that once you leave Earth’s atmosphere, you’re not entering a single, uniform void. There are several frontiers up there […]

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Mu-g Technologies enters the parabolic flight business

19 June 2026 at 11:30
Falcon 50

A startup has acquired an aircraft to offer commercial parabolic flight services even as NASA seeks to acquire its own aircraft for reduced-gravity research.

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Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge

19 June 2026 at 08:00

Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros in funding from Europe’s government-backed accelerator program, joining a wave of European companies attracting capital for greater space sovereignty.

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Chinese startup Spark Space tests engine, raises funds for electric-pump rocket

18 June 2026 at 15:37

Chinese startup Spark Space has secured a series of funding rounds for what it claims will be the world's largest electric-pump-fed rocket, following engine tests.

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Swift reboost mission ready for launch

18 June 2026 at 13:04
Swift Pegasus

A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year of development.

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Blue Origin begins rebuilding New Glenn pad

18 June 2026 at 12:01
Isaacman LC-36

Blue Origin has started rebuilding a launch pad severely damaged in a New Glenn explosion less than three weeks ago as it works to resume launches by year’s end

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Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission

17 June 2026 at 21:45
Relativity Mars orbiter

Relativity Space plans to launch a Mars orbiter in 2028 as part of a new initiative to privately develop planetary missions.

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Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites

17 June 2026 at 20:13
Ariane 6 VA269

An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate.

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America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles away

17 June 2026 at 14:00
Firefly's Blue Ghost lander captured footage of the Moon during its third lunar orbit maneuver that inserted the spacecraft in a near-circular low lunar orbit on Feb. 24, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

Humans have always gazed up at the moon in wonder. A generation ago, NASA astronauts did the extraordinary and touched down on its surface, planting an American flag and igniting […]

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Look Up and Skynopy partner on automated satellite collision avoidance service

17 June 2026 at 12:23

Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy’s ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit collision avoidance service, the French startups announced June 17.

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Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander

16 June 2026 at 21:48
Griffin-1

Astrobotic showed off the lunar lander it plans to launch later this year that will be the vanguard of NASA’s new lunar base ambitions.

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Katalyst Space raises $12 million for GEO servicing demo mission

16 June 2026 at 16:30
Katalyst Nexus

Satellite servicing startup Katalyst Space Technologies has raised $12 million for a geosynchronous orbit demonstration as its mission to boost the orbit of a NASA observatory nears launch.

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