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White House Strategy Elevates Space to Top Tier of U.S. Military Technology Priorities
Read more →: White House Strategy Elevates Space to Top Tier of U.S. Military Technology PrioritiesThe White House has elevated space, alongside undersea warfare and artificial intelligence, to the highest tier of U.S.…
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Muon Space Raises $250 Million to Scale Satellite Constellation Production
Read more →: Muon Space Raises $250 Million to Scale Satellite Constellation ProductionMuon Space has raised $250 million in a Series C financing round as the California satellite developer moves…
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Letara Raises ¥2.6 Billion to Advance Low-Cost Hybrid Rocket Engines for Space and Defense Markets
Read more →: Letara Raises ¥2.6 Billion to Advance Low-Cost Hybrid Rocket Engines for Space and Defense MarketsJapanese propulsion startup Letara has secured approximately ¥2.6 billion ($16 million) in a Pre-Series A funding round as…
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SpaceX Pushes First Starship Tower Catch Attempt to Later This Year as Reusability Campaign Advances
Read more →: SpaceX Pushes First Starship Tower Catch Attempt to Later This Year as Reusability Campaign AdvancesSpaceX is now targeting its first attempt to catch a returning Starship upper stage with the launch tower…
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Starcloud Secures $250 Million to Expand Orbital Data Center Ambitions Amid Growing Launch Capacity Crunch
Read more →: Starcloud Secures $250 Million to Expand Orbital Data Center Ambitions Amid Growing Launch Capacity CrunchStarcloud has raised a $250 million extension to its Series A financing round, giving the orbital computing startup…
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Portal Space Systems Buys Dedicated Falcon 9 Mission for Supernova Debut, Expands Rideshare Opportunities
Read more →: Portal Space Systems Buys Dedicated Falcon 9 Mission for Supernova Debut, Expands Rideshare OpportunitiesPortal Space Systems has secured an entire SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for its first Supernova spacecraft mission, a…
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LandSpace Targets Zhuque-3 Reflight Within Six Months After Historic Booster Recovery
Read more →: LandSpace Targets Zhuque-3 Reflight Within Six Months After Historic Booster RecoveryChina’s commercial launch company LandSpace is aiming to fly a recovered Zhuque-3 first-stage booster again within six months…
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Trump Sets 1,000-Plus Annual Launch Target as White House Rewrites U.S. Space Transportation Policy
Read more →: Trump Sets 1,000-Plus Annual Launch Target as White House Rewrites U.S. Space Transportation PolicyThe White House is targeting more than 1,000 space launches and reentries from U.S. soil every year by…
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Rocket Lab Targets Ninth iQPS Mission as Japanese SAR Constellation Accelerates Toward Near-Real-Time Earth Observation
Read more →: Rocket Lab Targets Ninth iQPS Mission as Japanese SAR Constellation Accelerates Toward Near-Real-Time Earth ObservationRocket Lab is preparing to launch another Japanese synthetic aperture radar satellite on Aug. 20, adding a new…
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China Moves Chang’e-7 to Launch Pad for High-Stakes Lunar South Pole Mission
Read more →: China Moves Chang’e-7 to Launch Pad for High-Stakes Lunar South Pole MissionChina has moved the Chang’e-7 lunar probe and its Long March-5 Y14 rocket to the launch area at…
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Intuitive Machines’ Maxar Acquisition Gains Momentum With $600 Million Satellite Order and Orbital Data Center Ambitions
Read more →: Intuitive Machines’ Maxar Acquisition Gains Momentum With $600 Million Satellite Order and Orbital Data Center AmbitionsIntuitive Machines’ decision to acquire the former Maxar satellite manufacturing business is beginning to look less like a…
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U.S. Space Force Extends Aging Weather Satellites Through 2028 as New Military Weather Architecture Takes Shape
Read more →: U.S. Space Force Extends Aging Weather Satellites Through 2028 as New Military Weather Architecture Takes ShapeThe U.S. Space Force will keep its aging Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft operating until at least…