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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from CaliforniaSpaceX · Live
Liftoff off of the Starlink 15-25 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East came at 5:28 p.m. PDT (8:28 p.m. EDT / 0028 UTC).
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SpaceX launches 21 data satellites for the Space Development AgencySpaceX · Live
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation came at 12:39 a.m. PDT (3:39 EDT / 0739 UTC).
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Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellationsSpace Industry News · Live
Amazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed plans encompassing vastly more. Elon Musk has talked about a constellation numbering […]
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SpaceX scrubs launch attempt for 21 data transport satellites for the Space Development AgencySpaceX · Live
The Tranche 1 Transporter Layer A mission is the fourth flight supporting the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation. The next launch attempt could come as soon as Saturday.
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Falcon Heavy flies its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agencySpace Industry News · Live
The 14th Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to blast off on a clandestine mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m. EDT (0354 UTC).
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China launches Guowang, Yaogan-40 satellites, sets up busy Q4 manifestSpace Industry News · Live
HELSINKI — China completed its ninth and tenth launches of September, sending Guowang and Yaogan satellites into orbit, ahead of an intense finish to the year. A Long March 8A […]
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EarthCARE’s view of volcanic plume boosts air safetyESA · Live
When Anak Krakatau erupted a few weeks ago, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite, orbiting above, captured vertical profiles of different constituents within the volcanic plume. Designed primarily to advance our understanding of how clouds and aerosols influence Earth’
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Galileo Space Is Building Satellites That Turn Signals Into Answers in OrbitSpace Industry News · Live
Galileo Space is building satellites designed to turn signals into answers in orbit. Modern defense and commercial operations need fast answers about what is happening and where. Existing systems can […]
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NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon BaseNASA · Live
Editor’s note: This release was updated on Sept. 30, 2026, to correct the name of the DISCO payload. NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s first lunar outpost,
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NaviGate successfully demonstrates onboard precise orbit determination aboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite CarrierSpace Industry News · Live
ROME, 30/09/2026 – NaviGate, an Italian space technology company spun out of Sapienza University of Rome, has successfully completed the in-orbit demonstration (IoD) of NaviCode Caravel, its autonomous onboard precise […]
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Commercial Defense Satcom Service Revenues to Surpass $22.6B by 2035Space Industry News · Live
Paris, France | September 2026 — Novaspace’s Satellite Communications for Defense and Security, 2nd Edition highlights a defense Satcom market poised for rapid growth. By 2035, commercial satellite service revenues […]
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Terran Orbital Names Jamin Brown Chief Operating OfficerSpace Industry News · Live
IRVINE, Calif. – Sept. 29, 2026 – Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company and a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, today announced the […]
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NSTGRO 2026NASA · Live
NSTGRO Homepage Omar AlyousefUniversity Of MemphisPolycatenated Architected Materials (PAM) for Origami-Inspired Space Docking Ports Cade ArmstrongUniversity Of Texas at AustinIntelligent Multi-Agent Constellations for Cooperative Cislunar Operations Laurel BarnettHarvard Univers
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October’s Night Sky Notes: Spooky StargazingNASA · Live
The Ghoul Located within the constellation Perseus lies a star called Algol, also known as ‘Demon Star’ or ‘The Ghoul’. You can spot this star during the autumn months, along with Cassiopeia and Andromeda in the northeastern sky, beginning after 9 PM. In Greek mythology, this sta
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Space is everyone’s business: Economist Enterprise’s 4th annual Space Economy Summit returns to OrlandoSpace Industry News · Live
ORLANDO, FL — September 28th, 2026 — Space is rapidly becoming a practical business tool for industries far beyond aerospace, as satellite intelligence, resilient connectivity and other space-enabled technologies create […]
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Launch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on StarshipSpaceX · Live
The first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, is scheduled during a 75-minute window that opens at 7:15 a.m. CDT (8:15 a.m. EDT / 1215 UTC).
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ESA and the EU partner with Museo Galileo on new exhibitionESA · Live
The European Space Agency (ESA), Italy’s Museo Galileo - Institute and Museum of the History of Science, and the European Commission (EC) have partnered to uncover the surprising and far-reaching connections between the pioneer astronomer Galileo Galilei and Europe’s satellite na
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Earth from Space: Venetian LagoonESA · Live
Image: This image of the Venetian Lagoon in northern Italy was acquired by the IRIDE satellites on 17 May 2026.
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US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic EruptionNASA · Live
Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting one of the two volcanoes awa
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 5010-5015: Checking out the BandsNASA · Live
Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University New Brunswick, NB, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 This week we had two planning days (Tuesday and Friday), as Monday was Labor Day in North America, where many of t
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Arctic Melt Season Length Levels OffNASA · Live
While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around 2010.
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from VandenbergSpaceX · Live
Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 6:47 p.m. PDT (9:47 p.m. EDT / 0147 UTC). It was the 81st Starlink mission of the year.
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Terran Orbital Promotes Margherita Cardi to Vice President of European Operations & Head of Strategic ProgramsSpace Industry News · Live
IRVINE, Calif. and TORINO, Italy – Sept. 17, 2026 – Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company and a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, […]
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NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync GalaxyNASA · Live
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over a thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluste
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A galaxy spinning out of syncESA · Live
Image: Though the spiral galaxy in this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over one thousand galaxies in the Virgo
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APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum GalaxyNASA · Live
Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy Explanation: The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, […]
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NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray DetectorNASA · Live
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from S
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Satrec Initiative to build 10-centimeter-class optical satellites for Hanwha constellationSpace Industry News · Live
PARIS — South Korean company Satrec Initiative is working with parent company Hanwha Aerospace to provide high-resolution Earth imagery for the synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) constellation announced in July. Satrec Initiative, acquires 25-centimeter optical […]
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Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as demand for high-resolution EO imagery surgesSpace Industry News · Live
LEUVEN, BELGIUM and BILBAO, SPAIN – 17 September 2026—Simera Sense, a leading European provider of optical payload solutions for small satellites, today announced a strategic partnership with IDOM, one of […]
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Galileo's first civil authenticated position fix under spoofing conditionsESA · Live
For two hours on the afternoon of Wednesday 16 September, five operational Galileo satellites broadcasting over Europe transmitted a new encrypted signal for testing. On the ground in Andøya, Norway, and at ESA’s navigation laboratory at ESTEC, in the Netherlands, receivers succe