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Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome

1 June 2026 at 15:57

The Los Angeles-based startup manufactures standardized satellite buses designed to be produced more quickly and at lower cost than traditional government spacecraft

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Spaceport facility bonds are now law – and they fundamentally change space infrastructure finance

1 June 2026 at 14:00
F9 launch 2026 Feb 7

After more than three decades in public and project finance, I have learned that real inflection points in infrastructure development rarely announce themselves loudly. They usually arrive embedded in financing […]

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New Glenn failure worsens constrained launch market

1 June 2026 at 10:46
Isaacman LC-36

The explosion of a New Glenn rocket has generated reverberations across the space industry with the rocket out of service for potentially a year or more.

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FAA documents outline SpaceX plans for Starfall reentry vehicles

31 May 2026 at 10:26
Starfall

Federal Aviation Administration documents have provided new details about a SpaceX project to develop and test reentry vehicles that could be used to support in-space manufacturing projects.

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Bellatrix and TelePIX plan 2028 air-breathing VLEO imaging demonstration

29 May 2026 at 14:36

South Korean optical payload developer TelePIX and Indian propulsion specialist Bellatrix Aerospace have teamed up on a very low Earth orbit geospatial demonstration mission slated for 2028.

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Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war

29 May 2026 at 13:00
Wind sweeps dust across across southeastern Iran in January 2025. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison

We are in the geospatial era of warfare in which information derived from satellites is as strategically critical as territorial control. The progressive dissolution of the distinction between the civil […]

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New Glenn rocket explodes on Cape Canaveral pad

29 May 2026 at 07:00
New Glenn

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a May 28 hotfire test, destroying the rocket and causing extensive pad damage.

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Observable Space raises $90 million and wins Space Force contract for optical systems

28 May 2026 at 23:12
Observable Space telescope

Observable Space, a company that develops optical systems for laser communications and space domain awareness, has raised $90 million and secured a U.S. Space Force contract.

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Setting up a permanent lunar presence needs investment in biology

28 May 2026 at 18:12
A concept for a later phase of NASA’s proposed lunar base. Credit: NASA

In December 1972, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent 75 hours on the lunar surface during Apollo 17. They drove a rover, conducted three spacewalks and collected samples across the […]

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Revolv Space enters in-orbit servicing market with Infinite Orbits deal

28 May 2026 at 17:06
In late 2025, Revolv Space broadened its portfolio with the release of MARA, a radiation-tolerant SADA developed for satellites with weights between 300 and 1000 kilograms, tailored to the needs of low Earth orbit constellations. Credit: Revolv Space

WARSAW, Poland — The Italian-Dutch company Revolv Space has announced that French in-orbit services provider Infinite Orbits has selected its Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADAs), the devices used to manage […]

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Germany pushes European military space command initiative

28 May 2026 at 16:02
Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Ohl, deputy director general for the Armed Forces Directorate of the German Federal Ministry of Defence, gives the opening keynote at the 2026 SmallSat Europe conference. Credit: SmallSat Europe

AMSTERDAM — A senior German military official said Europe needs a coordinated approach to military space operations and proposed the creation of a European Space Component Command hosted by Germany […]

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CEO Series: Lux Aeterna’s Brian Taylor on what’s next for on-orbit servicing

28 May 2026 at 15:41

In this episode of Space Minds, David Ariosto talks with Lux Aeterna CEO Brian Taylor about the problems with disposable satellites and the use for on-orbit servicing. Sponsored by Arcfield […]

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The Propulsion Imperative Behind Golden Dome

28 May 2026 at 14:26

Missile defense has traditionally been framed around detection, tracking and interception. Golden Dome changes that calculus, broadening the focus to the entire distributed infrastructure enabling the architecture, placing propulsion front […]

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