Space News for Saturday, January 24, 2026

The 200,000-Satellite Filing: When Commercial Loopholes Become State Weapons – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2026-01-23 00:00 China submitted a batch of NGSO filings totaling roughly 203,000 satellites. The scale alone makes clear this is not a near-term deployment plan. It is a strategic ...

Space News for Friday, January 16, 2026

MDA Adds 340 Vendors to $151 Billion SHIELD Enterprise in Third Major Tranche – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2026-01-15 00:00 The Missile Defense Agency has executed a third massive tranche of contract awards. The awards are under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered ...

Space News for Friday, December 12, 2025

Gen. Guetlein Accepts Leadership Honor at Space Power Conference, Outlines ‘Golden Dome’ Defense Shield – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-11 00:00 Gen. Michael Guetlein, recently appointed Director of the Golden Dome missile defense program, accepted a leadership award at the Space ...

Space News for Friday, November 15, 2024

Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00 Boeing teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being ...

Space News for Saturday, April 22, 2023

Swedish astronaut to fly to ISS on Axiom mission Original Publication Date: 2023-04-21 22:42 Swedish astronaut may fly to the International Space Station on a commercial mission within the next year. Agreement would allow an ESA astronaut, most likely from Sweden, to go to the station on an ...

Space News for Monday, December 19, 2022

L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion Original Publication Date: 2022-12-18 23:02 L3Harris is buying Aerojet at $58 per share in an all-cash transaction. The deal is expected to close in 2023, pending regulatory approvals. Lockheed Martin sought to buy Aerojet in a $4.4 ...