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Star Catcher Raises $65M Series A to Fuel In-Orbit Power Grid
Star Catcher, the startup led by former Made in Space and Redwire executive Andrew Rush, has raised $65 million to fuel its plans to build a power grid in space. Star Catcher announced the oversubscribed Series A funding on Tuesday, led by B Capital and co-led by Shield Capital and Cerberus Ventures. Other investors included…
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SpaceX CRS-34 launches to ISS on third attempt
Just over two weeks after Progress MS-34 docked to the Station, the ISS is set to receive a new visiting vehicle loaded with cargo. A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS on Friday, May 15 at 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape…
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Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
For the third time in three years, SpaceX has stacked a new version of its enormous Starship rocket on a launch pad in South Texas, just a few miles north of the US-Mexico border. The newest-generation Starship, known as Starship Version 3, is taller and more powerful than the ones that came before it. The…
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AST SpaceMobile Confirms Target for 45 BlueBirds This Year, Despite Blue Origin Launch Failure
AST SpaceMobile still expects to have 45 BlueBird satellites in orbit this year despite the recent failure on a Blue Origin launch. CEO Abel Avellan told investors on Monday that it is preparing to launch with SpaceX in mid-June, in mission that will launch three BlueBird satellites. AST SpaceMobile reported first quarter financials on May…
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For a second time, poor weather scrubs Cargo Dragon mission launch to the space station
NASA, SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the CRS-34 mission to the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, due to poor weather. Image: SpaceX Update May 13, 7:18 p.m. EDT (2318 UTC): NASA, SpaceX scrub launch on Wednesday, target NET Friday. In a bit of deja vu, SpaceX and NASA were once again getting…
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TrustPoint Receives $4M SpaceWERX Tactical Funding for Independent PNT System
SpaceWERX has awarded TrustPoint a $4 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract, which will fund the buildout of four satellites and four ground stations for a full end-to-end demonstration of a positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) service that is independent of GPS. TrustPoint is working to build an independent PNT service using Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deploys 41 Satellites on CAS500-2 Rideshare Mission with SpaceX
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, announced the successful deployment of 41 customer satellites (20 microsatellites and 21 cubesats) out of 45 satellites flying on the CAS500-2 rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Lift-off occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:00 am CET.…
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Astrobotic Expands Lunar Transportation Capabilities with Landers and Surface Rovers
Astrobotic Technology, a US-based aerospace company specializing in lunar logistics, robotic landers and planetary mobility systems, is advancing commercial lunar exploration through a portfolio of lunar delivery platforms designed for cargo transportation, surface mobility, and precision landing operations on the Moon. The company’s lunar transportation architecture combines modular landers and lightweight rover systems intended to…
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MDA Space Opens High-Volume Satellite Production Facility in Montréal
MDA Space Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, inaugurated its new high-volume satellite manufacturing facility in Montréal, marking a defining milestone in the company’s growth as a satellite prime contractor. The 185,000-square-foot expansion was completed in under two years from groundbreaking to operational clean rooms.…
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Eycore and NanoAvionics Launch Polish SAR Sat with Neutrino/Quantum Missions
SpaceX’s second CAS500 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) mission to low-Earth orbit (LEO) carried, among others, three satellites using buses from small-satellite manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics into orbit: Eycore-1, a pilot for an all-European, military-grade Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) solution and NanoAvionics’ platform debut for SAR applications, QUBE II, demoing the first-ever quantum key exchange between a…