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SLS rollout for dress rehearsal postponed
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:05 PM ET (1705 GMT)
NASA is delaying the rollout of the Space Launch System for a countdown rehearsal by a month. The rollout of the SLS to Launch Complex...

SpaceX launches Italian radar mapping satellite
Posted: Sun, Feb 6 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched an Italian radar imaging satellite Monday after days of delays. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:...

Chinese spacecraft moves dead satellite out of GEO
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
A Chinese satellite recently towed a defunct navigation satellite out of geostationary orbit. Data from space tracking firms show that the Shijian-21 satellite docked...

Leshin to be next director of JPL
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
A planetary scientist and university president will be the first woman to lead NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caltech, which operates JPL for NASA, announced...

D-Orbit to go public through SPAC merger
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:27 AM ET (1527 GMT)
Launch services provider D-Orbit is going public through a SPAC merger. The Italian company, which arranges rideshare launches of smallsats using its ION Satellite...

China launches SAR satelite
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:19 AM ET (1519 GMT)
China launched a civilian radar-imaging satellite Tuesday. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 6:44 pm...

NASA identifies cause of Lucy solar array issue
Posted: Sat, Jan 29 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
Engineers believe they understand why one of two solar arrays on NASA's Lucy spacecraft failed to fully deploy. One of the circular arrays, 7....

Atlas 5 launches GEO inspection satellites
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 11:03 AM ET (1603 GMT)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 launched a pair of space surveillance satellite for the US Space Force Friday. The Atlas 5 511 lifted off...

ABL Space Systems rocket destroyed in test
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
A "test anomaly" destroyed the upper stage of an ABL Space Systems rocket Wednesday. An explosion took place at Mojave Air and Space Port in...

SpaceX passes 2,000 Starlink satellites launched
Posted: Sat, Jan 22 10:51 AM ET (1551 GMT)
SpaceX launched more Starlink satellites Tuesday night, bringing the total number of such satellites launched to more than 2,000. A Falcon 9 lifted off...



news in brief
Rocket Lab signs largest launch contract in its history
Posted: Sun, May 10 7:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)

HawkEye 360 goes public
Posted: Sun, May 10 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)

Astranis raises $450 million
Posted: Sun, May 10 7:41 AM ET (1141 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, May 12
How we protected the UK and space in April 2026
UK Space Agency — 6:13 am ET (1013 GMT)
SpaceX eyes 136,000-acre Louisiana site for Starship testing
San Antonio Express-News — 6:09 am ET (1009 GMT)


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