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Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
The Progress M-25 docked at the space-facing port of Russia’s Poisk module at 9:44 a.m. EDT (1344 UTC) after a one-week delay.
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
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.
Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit
An animation of the Moon changing phases, as viewed from Earth. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Tonight is the night to look up! The annual celebration of lunar observation, science, and exploration presented by NASA with events around the globe. Of course you can also just stay home and…
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Xiaodong He pleaded guilty over a 12-minute drone flight near Kennedy Space Center. Two earlier cases show what sentencing could look like.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
EEOC officials touted a long-running discrimination case against NASA as an example why federal sector cases were in need of reform. The employees who brought the case said commissioners railroaded them.
SpaceNews
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, […] The post Terran Orbital Promotes Margherita Cardi to Vice President of European Operations &…
NASA / ESA / JAXA
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 Cluster, the…
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The FCC has granted SpaceX global facilities-based and resale authority, clearing Starlink Mobile to offer telecommunications services beyond the US. The company plans next-generation direct-to-cell satellites promising 5G-level speeds of up to 150 Mbps and has recently partnered with Japan's KDDI…
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the second part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Ben Jiang examine the country’s strategy and progress on reusable rockets – a field where the US has a tremendous lead. US…
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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 […] The post Satrec Initiative to build…
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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 […] The post Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as…
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In this episode of the podcast, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Josef Aschbacher, the director-general of the European Space Agency, at the World Space Business Week conference in Paris. They discuss […] The post Inside Europe’s push for space autonomy with Josef Aschbacher appeared first on…
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Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation, in partnership with the BMC3I TAP Lab, has selected the Focus Area Cohort Teams (FACTs) participating in Cohort 26.A. The selected teams represent innovative […] The post Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation, in partnership with the BMC3I TAP…
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The next Starship test flight, set for as early as September 28, is poised to be the first to deploy Starlink's high-capacity V3 satellites into orbit and place them into service.
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PARIS — Icarus Robotics, the New York startup developing dexterous mobile robots for space missions, conducted tests of its free-flying platform ahead of a 2027 demonstration on the International Space […] The post Icarus Robotics tests Joy in Canada ahead of ISS flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
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John Deere is shipping autonomous trucks and factory-fitted satellite connections. Iowa State University waited two years and nine months for a spectrum answer.
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FCC's 'longstanding support of technological neutrality and its policy limiting subsidies to locations that are not served by unsubsidized competitors compel the conclusion that High-Cost support should be retired,' said SpaceX.
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the first part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Mia Nurmamat examine how the southern island province of Hainan is betting on a growing aerospace cluster to rewrite its…
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Multiple staff on the studio have written farewell posts on social media over the past 24 hours.
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
CRC hopes to keep it simple as it races to space on the tailwinds of Canada’s renewed interest in the stars. The post Canada Rocket Company wants to build a sovereign alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first appeared on BetaKit.
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SpaceX has scheduled the 14th test flight of its Starship rocket for September 22, 2026, targeting its first successful Earth orbit insertion. The mission will also serve as a commercial payload delivery, deploying 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
SpaceX will attempt to put Starship into orbit for the first time next week pending regulatory approval. If all goes according to plan, Integrated Flight Test-14 or IFT-14 will orbit […]
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
The rocket carried an unspecified number of satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 6:07:56 p.m. PDT / 9:07:56 p.m. EDT on Sept. 16 (0107:56 UTC on Sept. 17).
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Tesla will finally unveil its new Roadster on October 1, more than eight years after it first showed the car in 2017. And a teaser this weekend suggests the production version is getting Tesla’s “Cyber” design treatment. The teaser shows SpaceX cold gas thrusters firing out the back, and Elon Musk…
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A new consortium funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) is creating a system that will automatically revert to satellite when a fault is detected in submarine fibre.
NASA / ESA / JAXA
Video: 00:03:22 ESA’s state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in Europe’s Earth Observation Programmes. Flight VV30 lifted off on 15…
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Since raising more than $1 billion in a Series F funding round, Iceye has moved rapidly to address growing demand for sovereign space capabilities. In quick succession, the Finnish synthetic […] The post Iceye’s global presence expands to address sovereign demand appeared first on SpaceNews.
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
The mission, with the shorthand VV30, is the second launch of a Vega-C rocket managed solely by Avio without Arianespace. Liftoff from Ensemble de Lancement Vega at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana happened at 10:21 p.m. local time (9:21 p.m. EDT / 0121 UTC / 3:21 a.m. CEST).
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
During Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to Peru last week, the State Department announced a new Space Catalyst Partnership with Artemis Accords countries to expand commercial and civil space […]
Via Satellite / Spaceflight Now
The mission, with the shorthand VV30, is the second launch of a Vega-C rocket managed solely by Avio without Arianespace. Liftoff from Ensemble de Lancement Vega at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is scheduled for 10:21 p.m. local time (9:21 p.m. EDT / 0121 UTC / 3:21 a.m. CEST).