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Mission Space and Rogue Space Launch Mission Space’s Second In-Orbit Payload
Mission Space, a commercial space-weather company with flight heritage and an actively expanding in-situ measurement network, will launch its second payload with Rogue Space. The announcement was made during the Spacepower Conference in Orlando. The first Mission Space payload, ZOHAR-I, launched in March 2025 and recently received the 2025 Global Tech Award for advancing high-cadence…
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Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink satellites from the Kennedy Space Center delayed to Wednesday
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the first stage booster, 1067, stands at Launch Complex 39A on Aug. 27, 2025, ahead of the 30th flight of this booster. Image: SpaceX Update Dec. 15, 4:45 p.m. EST (2145 UTC): SpaceX delayed the launch to NET Wednesday, Dec. 17 SpaceX delayed the launch of a Falcon…
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Space RCO Solicitation for Agile Space Effort Held Up By SBIR/STTR Funding Issue
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) around agile space capabilities, but it is held up due to the status of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), RCO Director Kelly Hammett said Dec. 11 during…
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Space RCO Solicitation for Agile Space Effort Held Up By SBIR/STTR Funding Issue
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) around agile space capabilities, but it is held up due to the status of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), RCO Director Kelly Hammett said Dec. 11 during…
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Roman telescope construction complete, moving into final testing ahead of 2027 launch
At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — officially finished construction. Teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland joined the inner and outer portions of the telescope, completing construction of the multi-billion-dollar telescope on schedule for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in May…
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SpaceX launches 100th Falcon 9 rocket from Florida in 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-82 mission on Dec. 15, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Dec. 15, 10:20 a.m. EST (1520 UTC): Added quote about weather conditions. Update Dec. 14, 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 UTC):…
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Blue Origin halfway through 4-flight certification to allow launch of national security missions
New Glenn thunders away from its launch pad in near perfect weather conditions. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. One of Blue Origin’s oft repeated phrases is that the company is paving a road to space with its New Glenn rocket. The company, established by Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, is about halfway through creating one important lane…
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SpaceX completes 550th booster landing amid Saturday night Falcon 9 flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number 1093, landed on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ amid the Starlink 15-12 mission. This was the 550th successful landing of a Falcon booster. Image: SpaceX via livestream SpaceX completed its 550th successful booster landing as part of a late night launch from…
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Study: Current, future megaconstellations risk space-based astronomy
a–d, Simulated exposure for Hubble (a), SPHEREx (b), Xuntian (c) and ARRAKIHS (d) space observatories, showing sectors affected by satellite trail contamination. The satellite trails represent the effects of the planned satellites using the orbital and physical parameters of the announced constellations to be operational by 2040. Background galaxies were modelled on the basis of…
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Carol Craig to Canaveral Port Authority Board
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Sidus Space founder and CEO Carol Craig to the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners. Craig will serve the remainder of the term previously held by Commissioner Wayne Justice (RADM, USCG Ret), who passed away in November. “I am honored to be sworn in as commissioner and to have the…