Space News for Thursday, April 16, 2026
PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract, Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as standalone agency,...
PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract, Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as standalone agency,...
Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg, NRO highlights government and industry partnerships, SES and Boeing...
PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher, Heather Pringle on the upcoming...
Inspection cubesat demo planned as first step toward orbital defense mothership, Astroscale...
Some European Launcher Challenge funding remains in limbo, Artemis 2 returns to the pad for...
Blue Origin joins the orbital data center race, Register now: The energy imperative driving the...
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...
Third Kairos launch fails, Senate committee advances NASA authorization bill that changes...
Boeing demonstrates large language model for space-grade hardware, Meink, Saltzman make case for...
China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets, Space startups find...
Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth, Eutelsat gets nearly 1...
China set for in-flight abort test of Mengzhou crew spacecraft, Tomorrow.io banks $175 million...
DoD Report: China’s ISR Fleet Swells to 510+ Satellites, ‘Informatized’ Warfare Accelerates –...
NASA’s twin Sentinel-6B mission launches on Falcon 9 from California – SatNews, Project Kuiper...
Sentinel-1D climbs to orbit via an Ariane 6 – SatNews, Reflex Aerospace secures record €50...
Hubble Network raises $70 million Series B to scale global Bluetooth®-to-Satellite connectivity...
Viasat demos 1st satellite SMS messages on Android smartphone in Mexico – SatNews, 10,000th...
Amazon’s KF-03 mission possible delay with prohibitive weather conditions on Thursday for...
Rocket Lab + Synspective sign another 10-launch contract – SatNews, Toward a secure Europe: The...
Space Norway signs new launch agreement with SpaceX – SatNews, Es’hailSat, Saudi Netlink sign...
Rocket Lab to launch secretive Jake 4 customer soon – SatNews, SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink...
UK’s SatVu secures multi-million ESA contract to power climate and security intelligence –...
Rocket Lab’s Electron sends The Mountain God Guards (iQPS Launch 3) soaring – SatNews,...
Ovzon receives $5.7 million renewal order from European customer – SatNews, Abu Dhabi to launch...
SpaceX welcomes and celebrates successfully rescuing NASA’s stranded astronauts – SatNews,...
Successful Rocket Lab launch completes deployment of full Kinéis Constellation in less than a...
SpaceX Starlink Group 11-4 smallsats launch now on Saturday – SatNews, 6 Things to Know About...
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 to launch the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency’s CSO-3...
Almagest Space successful launch + deployment of their ELEVATION-1 E-Band satellite – SatNews,...
OroraTech raises 25 million euros for satellite wildfire detection system, Xichang to build...
Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut, Webinar: U.S. – Japan Perspectives on Space...
White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard, Terran Orbital records higher revenues...
A Leap Forward in Satellite Monitoring, SpaceX launches Eutelsat 36D, lands booster on seventh...
India launches X-ray astronomy satellite, UPDATE 4: SpaceX plans Tuesday launch of 21 Starlinks...
SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift, Blue Origin’s New Shepard 24th mission...
China is working on a design for a reusable air-launched orbital rocket, House Science Committee...
China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket, Viasat warns satellite power limit...
Europe leans on SpaceX to bridge launcher gap, Viasat signs deal to commercialize European...
China’s mystery reusable spaceplane lands after 276 days in orbit, Rocket Lab launches NASA...
NASA and DARPA to partner on nuclear thermal propulsion demonstration, Thales Alenia Space...
SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy, United States and...
SpaceX edges closer to first Starship orbital launch attempt, NASA studying thruster problem...
First Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails, European firms partner for LEO collision avoidance demo,...
China looks to build space partnerships with Gulf nations, SpaceX completes record year with...
Hazards don’t stop at the Kármán line - SpaceNews, Congress adds $1.7 billion for U.S. Space...
Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial options to deploy satellites in deep space, NASA and...
Artemis 1 mission reaches halfway point, Vega C to launch five Copernicus spacecraft, China’s...
Orion enters lunar distant retrograde orbit, Rocket Lab to launch remaining NASA TROPICS...
ESA secures 16.9 billion euros at ministerial, Maxar to compensate Echostar for Jupiter 3...
Final module docks at China’s Tiangong space station, NASA predicts first Starship orbital...
Major operator consolidation is a long time coming, Interview with Luigi Pasquali, CEO of...
NASA selects Axiom Space to develop Artemis spacesuit, Ariane 5 launches Konnect VHTS satellite...
NASA to repair SLS liquid hydrogen leak on the pad, OneWeb takes $229 million charge for...
Artemis 1 passes flight readiness review, SpaceX adds Falcon 9 back to second-gen Starlink...
Nelson satisfied with NASA authorization act, NovaWurks reveals contracts, expansion plans and...
Northrop Grumman and Firefly to partner on upgraded Antares, Beck: CAPSTONE demonstrates...
NASA revises requirements for ISS private astronaut missions, SES closes $450 million...
Streamlined and ready for Africa’s growth markets: Q&A with Avanti Communications CEO Kyle...
DirecTV says 5G plan would degrade satellite TV reception, NASA delays VIPER lunar rover launch...
Virgin Galactic selects Aurora Flight Sciences to build new motherships, Satellite companies...