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Thales Alenia Space to Develop First Lunar Surface Habitat Under Artemis Accord
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to perform the preliminary design phase, including development of critical enabling technologies, of the pressurized Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module for the lunar surface. Planned for launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2033, the…
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BAE Systems Delivers NOAA’s SWFO-L1 and NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Satellites
BAE Systems has successfully delivered two spacecraft in support of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) missions from its Boulder, Colorado campus to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On – L1 (SWFO-L1) are scheduled to launch together this fall,…
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Spire Launches New Space-Based Radio Frequency Intelligence Capabilities for Defense and Security
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced the expansion of its Space Reconnaissance portfolio with new radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities. Designed to support both U.S. and international missions, the enhanced offering delivers persistent monitoring, real-time geolocation, and multi-layered situational awareness. With this expansion, Spire aims to…
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Spaceflux Raises £5.4 Million to Accelerate Global Role in Space Domain Awareness
Spaceflux, headquartered in London, has successfully closed a £5.4 million (€6.2 million) seed funding round, enabling the company to fast-track the growth of its proprietary global telescope network and push forward innovative space situational awareness (SSA) technologies. The funding comes as calls grow for stronger commercial and sovereign space surveillance capabilities, with recent reports warning…
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Sidus Space Unveils LunarLizzie Satellite for Advanced Lunar and Cislunar Missions
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced LunarLizzie, its newest and most advanced satellite platform engineered for lunar and cislunar missions. This powerful spacecraft is expected to support payloads up to 800kg, integrate LiDAR, hyperspectral imaging, AI-powered autonomous navigation, encryption, and multi-sensor data fusion to provide near-real-time lunar terrain intelligence and environmental…
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Gilmour Space’s Eris rocket fails initial test flight from Australia
Gilmour Space launched the first test flight of its homegrown Eris rocket, which aims to become the first sovereign-built vehicle to reach orbit from Australian soil. After liftoff at 22:35 UTC on July 29, the vehicle slowly cleared the launch tower and drifted to the side before coming back down to Earth. The vehicle cleared…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-2 mission on July 27, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 26, 12:56 a.m.: The Falcon 9 booster landed on the droneship. SpaceX launched another 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit onboard a Falcon 9 rocket flying…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-2 mission on July 27, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 26, 12:56 a.m.: The Falcon 9 booster landed on the droneship. SpaceX launched another 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit onboard a Falcon 9 rocket flying…
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Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday
A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to consumers nearly five years ago. The outage affected civilian and military users, creating an inconvenience for many but cutting off a critical lifeline for those…
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Crew-11 astronauts, cosmonaut arrive in Florida ahead of launch to the space station
The three astronauts and cosmonaut of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission descend from a Gulfstream jet at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. From bottom to top: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now The next…