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

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

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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China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight

China conducted the maiden launch of its reusable Long March 12B rocket Monday, providing no advance warning and delivering operational payloads to orbit.

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China launches test direct-to-device satellites for multiple projects

China capped a busy month of launches by sending four new satellite internet test satellites into orbit with a workhorse hypergolic rocket.

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