Space News for Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Gilat to buy Comtech satcoms business six years after failed merger, Space Force orders two more GPS satellites from...
Gilat to buy Comtech satcoms business six years after failed merger, Space Force orders two more GPS satellites from...
SpaceX shares rise nearly 20% in historic IPO, Avanti trims GEO exposure with Hylas-3 sale, Astronomers fear orbital...
SpaceX to raise at least $75 billion in IPO, NASA declares end to MAVEN Mars mission, AST SpaceMobile sees New Glenn...
Virgin Galactic returns Unity to flight to prepare for next-generation spaceplane, FAA requires...
Isaacman expects Chinese crewed mission around the moon in 2027, SDA director Sandhoo takes on...
SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS, Starlink Mobile challengers back proposed telco-led...
SES joins Eutelsat in canceling GEO expansion satellites, SpaceX sets date for first Starship...
Swift reboost mission completes environmental tests, Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords, Rocket...
SatVu zooms in energy facilities in Cuba, India and Australia, Lunar Outpost raises $30 million,...
Ukrainian forces test direct-to-device satellite imagery for frontline troops, New NGA head...
NASA to increase value of CLPS contract to support surge of lunar lander missions, The...
Space Force taps K2 satellites to test laser communications for missile-defense, SpaceComputer...
Space Foundation Premieres National Space Day Video May 1, Pentagon budget affirms Space Force...
Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS, China backs orbital data center...
NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat, NorthStar to...
Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit, Taiwan floats shared...
PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract, Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as...
Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg, NRO highlights government and industry...
L3Harris investing upfront in bid for Golden Dome work, Jielong-3 launches internet test...
Moog Technology Keeps Artemis II Astronauts Safe During Historic Lunar Mission, Orion splashes...
Artemis 2 in good shape cruising towards the moon, Italy’s Argotec plans to scale Florida...
China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch, Artemis 2 heads to the moon, Swift...
Space Force weighs launch alternatives as Vulcan faces potential months-long grounding, Office...
Geopolitical shifts bring opportunities and headaches for satellite execs, Moog taps Redwire to...
Space Force adds cyber units to guard rocket launches, Amazon Leo targets faster deployment...
Officina Stellare wins $2 million contract for lasercom ground station in Spain, Rocket Lab...
Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights, Space Command classified...
Space Force overhauls buying structure with new mission portfolios, Telesat pivots Lightspeed...
China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission moves into spacecraft construction phase, Voyager...
Meridian Space Diplomacy Forum & Executive Space Training – March 25 & 26, SSTL to build...
PLD Space raises $209 million to shift into serial rocket production, House Science Committee...
China set for its first one-year human spaceflight mission, confirms Pakistani astronaut flight,...
Bowersox to retire from NASA, Space Force halts Vulcan missions pending investigation into solid...
Boeing demonstrates large language model for space-grade hardware, Meink, Saltzman make case for...
Bruno says he joined Blue Origin to work on ‘urgent’ national security projects, Aalto plots...
NASA seeks to bolster workforce, reduce reliance on contractors, Viasat sees orbital data center...
China set for in-flight abort test of Mengzhou crew spacecraft, Tomorrow.io banks $175 million...
ST Engineering iDirect leads the European Protected Waveform Consortium into Phase 2 – SatNews,...
Virgin Galactic forecasts limited revenues from initial commercial flights, Ursa Major gets...
SpaceX begins 2023 with Transporter-6 launch, Revenue shortfall causes layoffs and delays at...