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Friday, Jul 5

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Ovzon’s debut broadband satellite ready for commercial service

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Ovzon’s first fully owned satellite is ready to start commercial services following successful tests in geostationary orbit, the Swedish broadband operator announced July 5.

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Regulating outer space after Loper Bright

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How Loper Bright could upend the process of crafting and enforcing space policy.

Connecting the Dots: From oil to orbit

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Saudi Arabia is stepping up efforts to become a major force in space as commercial activity in the industry rises across the Middle East.

Foust Forward: Who’s afraid of the big bad Starship?

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Many in the launch industry on both sides of the Atlantic are skeptical that Starship will dominate the industry and force competitors out of business, at least over the next several years.

What the biggest solar storm in decades revealed about space system resilience

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A solar storm in May revealed the challenges and current state of space weather modeling and readiness.

The Space Relayers: NASA’s latest bet on the private sector is starting to take shape

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NASA is just months away from closing off its data relay satellite fleet to new users in preparation for switching over to commercial alternatives.

Seeding the future of space warfare

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SpaceWERX is emphasizing pragmatic military tech over exploratory research.

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Kazakhstan joins China’s ILRS moon base program

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Kazakhstan has signed a memorandum on cooperation on the China-led ILRS and will also explore commercial use of each other’s spaceports.

Thursday, Jul 4

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Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats

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Firefly Aerospace placed eight cubesats into orbit on a mission funded by NASA on the first flight of the company’s Alpha rocket since an upper stage malfunction more than half a year ago.

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Airbus secures $2.5 billion German military satellite contract

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Two large GEO communications spacecraft would be deployed before the end of the decade

Wednesday, Jul 3

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Blue Origin, Stoke Space selected by U.S. Space Force to compete for small satellite missions

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Both companies were on-ramped to the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4) contract

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Sentinel-2C ready for transatlantic trip to farewell Vega launch

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Sentinel-2C is ready to be shipped from Germany for a two-week trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the European spaceport in French Guiana, where Europe’s latest Earth science satellite is due to launch on the final flight of the original…

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Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million

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Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations.

Increasingly feasible, on-orbit servicing has a challenging road to market

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While on-orbit servicing (OOS) is becoming increasingly feasible, there is not a clear path to market for the technology.

Commercial space stations go international

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Ventures racing to replace the International Space Station are forging new partnerships that echo the cooperation of the ISS era

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EnduroSat gets order for Botswana’s debut satellite

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Bulgarian cubesat specialist EnduroSat announced plans July 3 to build Botswana’s first satellite in partnership with a university from the landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch gamma-ray astronomy mission

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NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a small gamma-ray astronomy mission on a Falcon 9 in 2027.

NASA assessment suggests potential additional delays for Artemis 3 lunar lander

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As NASA pushes ahead with a crewed lunar landing on the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates a nearly one-in-three chance the lander will be at least a year and a half late.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Webinar Replay – Race to the Moon

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Join our expert panelists as they dive into the growing race for moon resources. With nations and companies now vying for water, metals, and minerals across the lunar surface, will NASA’s commercial strategy prove effective? And can…

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Cosmic Shielding works with Aethero to protect Nvidia Jetson Orin NX GPU

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Cosmic Shielding Corp. is supporting the upcoming launch of a radiation-hardened edge computer from San Francisco startup Aethero.

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Can “AltPNT” Really Replace GPS?

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Realistically, there is no singular solution to replace GPS, but we can make it more resilient with complementary AltPNT technologies.

Save Freedom: We must stop the destruction of the International Space Station

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Rick Tumlinson writes that the International Space Station must be preserved rather than destroyed in reentry.

How the Applied Physics Laboratory is tackling Artemis moon exploration

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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is tackling many of the challenges facing crewed Artemis missions.

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Orbit Fab completes ground test of satellite fueling payload

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The company’s refueling nozzle was tested at the Air Force Research Laboratory

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Innospace shares tumble in stock market debut

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South Korean launch vehicle startup Innospace saw its shares fall by more than 20% in its first day of trading as a public company July 2.

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Europe’s space funding gap threatens industry potential

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Europe must improve how it allocates capital for the space industry to avoid missing out on the fruits of rising early-stage investments, the head of Luxembourg-based private equity firm NewSpace Capital has warned.

Monday, Jul 1

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Turion wins Space Force contract for debris-capture technology

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The startup Turion Space is developing a family of satellites for autonomous docking and deorbiting services

Transferring the International Space Station into the future

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When it's time to retire the International Space Station, it should be moved to higher orbit, so that it may one day be made useful again, rather than incinerated.

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SpaceX to launch Yahsat satellites

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Emirati satellite operator Yahsat has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of geostationary communications satellites that are part of a $1.1 billion program.

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H3 launches ALOS-4 advanced Earth observation satellite

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Japan’s H3 rocket successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Sunday on its third flight.