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Russian Space Activity Forces U.S. Air Force C-17 to Turn Back From Antarctica
Read more →: Russian Space Activity Forces U.S. Air Force C-17 to Turn Back From AntarcticaA U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III bound for Antarctica turned around over the Southern Ocean on Aug.…
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SpaceX Reaches 100th Mission of 2026 as Starlink Launch Highlights a New Era of High-Frequency Spaceflight
Read more →: SpaceX Reaches 100th Mission of 2026 as Starlink Launch Highlights a New Era of High-Frequency SpaceflightSpaceX has completed its 100th mission of 2026, reaching the milestone on Aug. 19 with another Starlink deployment…
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NASA Ends Swift Telescope Rescue After Private Servicer Loses Attitude Control
Read more →: NASA Ends Swift Telescope Rescue After Private Servicer Loses Attitude ControlNASA has called off the effort to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the private spacecraft sent…
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From Building Rockets to Mass-Producing Them, China’s Commercial Space Industry Is Catching Up on Digitalization
Read more →: From Building Rockets to Mass-Producing Them, China’s Commercial Space Industry Is Catching Up on DigitalizationIn the first half of 2026, China completed 44 space launches, up nearly 26% year on year. Rockets…
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Rwanda and Planet Labs Launch National Satellite Data Program for Government, Universities and Startups
Read more →: Rwanda and Planet Labs Launch National Satellite Data Program for Government, Universities and StartupsThe Government of Rwanda has partnered with Planet Labs to establish a national satellite data program that will…
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China Achieves First Land-Based Recovery of an Orbital-Class Rocket Booster as Zhuque-3 Returns Upright
Read more →: China Achieves First Land-Based Recovery of an Orbital-Class Rocket Booster as Zhuque-3 Returns UprightSource: LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd. China has successfully completed its first land-based recovery of an orbital-class launch vehicle…
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HawkEye 360’s Shift to Operational RF Intelligence Reshapes the Commercial Space-Based SIGINT Market
Read more →: HawkEye 360’s Shift to Operational RF Intelligence Reshapes the Commercial Space-Based SIGINT MarketThe U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s decision to move HawkEye 360 from experimental evaluation into an operational commercial radio-frequency…
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Airtel Africa and Starlink Turn Direct-to-Device Connectivity Into a Commercial Network
Read more →: Airtel Africa and Starlink Turn Direct-to-Device Connectivity Into a Commercial NetworkThe commercial launch of Starlink Mobile in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) marks a more important…
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SpaceX Starship Ship 40 Towed Into Christmas Island Bay After Weeks Adrift in Indian Ocean
Read more →: SpaceX Starship Ship 40 Towed Into Christmas Island Bay After Weeks Adrift in Indian OceanThe recovery was not originally part of the plan. Ship 40 outperformed expectations as it re-entered the atmosphere…
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US Air Force Antarctic Flight Returns to Christchurch After Space Hazard Warning
Read more →: US Air Force Antarctic Flight Returns to Christchurch After Space Hazard WarningThe Civil Aviation Authority confirmed it was aware of the flight reversing course after a NOTAM was issued…
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Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Conduct a Spacewalk
Read more →: Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Conduct a SpacewalkThe pair were scheduled to begin their roughly 6.5-hour extravehicular activity at around 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT),…
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Sovereign Data at Tactical Speeds: BlackSky CTO Patrick O’Neil on the Shifts in Adoption of Space-based Intelligence
Read more →: Sovereign Data at Tactical Speeds: BlackSky CTO Patrick O’Neil on the Shifts in Adoption of Space-based IntelligenceAs conflicts have erupted around the world, governments and MoDs are recognizing the urgent, immediate need for space-based…