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House appropriators back $55.5 billion Space Force budget, omit reconciliation funds

Draft defense bill funds Pentagon at requested discretionary levels but excludes $350 billion in proposed reconciliation spending, casting doubt on Golden Dome and other space programs

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Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Space Supply Chain Members

Commercial Space Federation 20th anniversary logo

June 8, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Besxar and Charter Space as new space supply chain members, adding expertise in space-based semiconductor manufacturing […]

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Orbital raises $5 million to join orbital data center race

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A Los Angeles-based startup has raised $5 million to fund an in-orbit computing demonstration next year, ahead of plans to deploy more than 100,000 orbital data centers to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure.

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After the launch: Why Europe’s space ambitions depend on what comes next

An illustration of Orbit Guard satellites. Credit: Infinite Orbits

Satellites have become essential infrastructure. Financial markets rely on their timing signals. Military operations depend on their communications and surveillance. Navigation, disaster response, logistics, climate monitoring, most systems that underpin […]

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NASA names crew for Artemis 3 mission to test lunar landers

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NASA has named the astronauts who will fly the next Artemis mission, a test flight in low Earth orbit where Orion will attempt to dock with two lunar lander prototypes.

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Warren AI™ Risk analysis engine Is now Live: Building The Risk Intelligence Infrastructure Layer for The Space Economy 

The space economy is accelerating faster than ever before.  Thousands of satellites are being launched. Commercial space stations are emerging. Space manufacturing is on the horizon. Governments, defense organizations, telecommunications […]

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BlackSky to accelerate broad-area collection work under NRO contract modification

SAN FRANCISCO – The National Reconnaissance Office awarded a contract modification to BlackSky Technology to accelerate development of AROS broad-area-collection satellites. “The effort funds a direct path toward a flight […]

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New Glenn forced an explosive rewrite for NASA’s plans to build a moon base

Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded during a May 28 static-fire test. Credit: NASASpaceFlight

NASA unveiled plans in March to develop a lunar base as part of its “Ignition” event that outlined the agency’s new direction in human spaceflight. The plans, though, were rather […]

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Commercial launch providers shortlisted for China’s low-cost cargo spacecraft

A wide aerial view of a rocket launch site in a desert landscape at sunset. A tall white rocket stands vertically on a launch pad near the center-right, surrounded by service towers and low buildings. A long rectangular assembly building and crane structure sit nearby, connected by paved roads. The surrounding terrain is flat, sandy, and sparsely developed, with distant mountains visible on the horizon under a warm orange sky.

China is expanding the role of its commercial rocket companies by shortlisting four such entities for launches of a new space station cargo transport system.

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Let’s procure in-orbit services like Earth observation data and services

ESA illustration of spacecraft docking in orbit. Credit: ESA - D. Ducros

The Chinese company MizarVision recently gained attention with its open source Earth observation data analysis over the Middle East which showed images of F-35s  gathering 24 hours before Operation Epic […]

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FCC lets Amazon Leo miss deployment deadline with temporary spectrum penalty

Schwarz at SmallSat Symposium 2026

Amazon no longer faces a July 30 cutoff for deploying half its planned 3,232 broadband satellites, but the reprieve comes with a temporary loss of spectrum priority that could give SpaceX and other rivals more leverage in orbit.

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