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On August 27, 2026, Arianespace successfully launched the MTG-I2 weather satellite aboard an Ariane 62 vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space …

Evaluating the capital efficiency of reusable space transportation systems requires examining the manufacturing, refurbishment, and operational cost structures underlying commercial launch services. An independent cost analysis published by aerospace rese

Saudi Arabia's space sector investments are projected to increase nearly four-fold over the next decade, growing from $8.7 billion in 2024 to $31.6 billion by 2035, according to a report …

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, NASA announced that astronaut Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim has departed the civilian space agency to return to full-time active military duty with the U.S. Navy. …

On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, commercial radar analytics operator LeoLabs announced it secured a $20.7 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to supply mobile radar hardware for Space Domain …

On August 27, 2026, Spanish launch provider PLD Space was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) under the European Launcher Challenge (ELC) initiative, securing a contract valued at €158.9 …

On August 26, 2026, U.S.-based defense technology company Palladyne AI Corp. and Ukrainian-Estonian drone autonomy developer NORDA Dynamics announced a formal partnership to integrate their software platforms. The technical collaboration …

Comparing AST SpaceMobile's proprietary AST5000 chip and Nvidia's Vera architecture highlights two fundamental categories of spaceborne silicon: telecom signal processing versus high-density AI computing. Rather than competing in the same …

A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory astrophysicist published the arithmetic of orbital computing in April: one megawatt needs 5,640 square meters of solar array and 2,500 square meters of radiator, and the economics only close between $250 and $1,000 per kil

On August 26, 2026, Edinburgh-based flight control manufacturer Aurora Avionics entered into a hardware supply contract with European launch developer Alpha Impulsion. Under the agreement, Aurora Avionics will design, produce, …