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- What’s Happening in Space Policy June 21-27, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Jun 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 21-27, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Astrobotic says sale to Voyager will allow it to scale up SpaceNews · 20 Jun 2026 Lunar lander developer Astrobotic decided to sell to Voyager Technologies so it could quickly scale up to meet the projected demands of NASA’s lunar base initiative.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Spaceflight Now · 20 Jun 2026 The Starlink 17-28 mission is the 58th mission launching the broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:12:16 a.m. PDT (11:12:16 a.m. EDT / 1512:16 UT...
- India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from satellite constellations to jumpstart its own sovereign LEO network in the country.
- NASA Prepares Next Artemis Rocket for Flight Space Scout · 19 Jun 2026 As Artemis III kicks off, NASA continues working to streamline SLS production.
- MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) for $620 million, giving the Canadian company greater access to the lucrative U.S. government market.
- ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 ElevationSpace Inc. (CEO: Ryohei Kobayashi), a company developing Space-to-Earth transportation as well as a Space Environment Utilization and Recovery Platform, has raised a total of US $40 million in its […]
- The Voice in Orbit | Talking to Astronauts in Space | ESA Explores #20 ESA · 19 Jun 2026 Meet the voices astronauts hear in space. At ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, the EUROCOM team is the link between crew and ground, guiding astronauts like ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot through their da...
- Northrop Grumman says industry ready to scale solid rocket production, with longer contracts SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 Billions in private investment have created room for growth, but suppliers need predictable demand, says the head of Northrop Grumman’s solid rocket motor business
- Galileo signal updated for internet-of-things use ESA · 19 Jun 2026 In April, Galileo marked a step forward with the deployment of a new signal component, known as E5a Quasi Pilot, on 12 satellites of Europe’s satellite navigation constellation. This upgrade makes Galileo signals easier...
- Week in images: 15-19 June 2026 ESA · 19 Jun 2026 Week in images: 15-19 June 2026
- The MEO durability crisis: why LEO hardware will fail the new orbital economy SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 To some, space is the final frontier. But the reality is that once you leave Earth’s atmosphere, you’re not entering a single, uniform void. There are several frontiers up there […]
- Ariane 6 flight VA269: Liftoff captured from the mobile gantry ESA · 19 Jun 2026 On 17 June at 09:21 local time (13:21 BST, 14:21 CEST), Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. 36 satellites for Amazon’s Leo constellation left Earth powered by four P160C-based...
- NASA selects mission to study space weather interaction with Earth’s atmosphere SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 NASA has selected for development a space science mission that will study how space weather interacts with Earth’s atmosphere.
- Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.
- Mu-g Technologies enters the parabolic flight business SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 A startup has acquired an aircraft to offer commercial parabolic flight services even as NASA seeks to acquire its own aircraft for reduced-gravity research.
- Anomaly Delays Full-Scale Space Rider Drop Test Until October European Spaceflight · 19 Jun 2026 A full-scale drop test of ESA’s Space Rider spaceplane in early May was aborted after an anomaly during the captive ascent phase, the agency told European Spaceflight. In August 2024 and June 2025, ESA completed Space Ri...
- Earth from Space celebrates 1000 images ESA · 19 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2026 Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros in funding from Europe’s government-backed accelerator program, joining a wave of European companies attracting capital for greater space soverei...
- Tropical Storm Arthur NASA · 19 Jun 2026 The first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season brought intense rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4920-4926: Surveying the Bands NASA · 19 Jun 2026 Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 12, 2026 Rather than going from stage to stage at a music festival to hear different bands playing differen...
- Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS NASASpaceflight · 18 Jun 2026 The Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station have seen yet another busy month…
- NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere NASA · 18 Jun 2026 NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve prediction capabilities for impacts on crucial technology, such as GPS...
- NASA's $1.1 billion Gateway habitation module is unlikely to be used for something else Ars Technica · 18 Jun 2026 "We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs."
- Germany Breaks Ground on One of Two GOVSATCOM Hub Locations European Spaceflight · 18 Jun 2026 Germany has broken ground on a GOVSATCOM Hub facility in Cologne, with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia committing to investing up to €50 million in the project. The European Union’s GOVSATCOM system officially became...
- NASA Awards Contract for Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition NASA · 18 Jun 2026 NASA has selected eight new companies and will acquire new data products from six existing Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract holders to expand the range of commercial satellite data available to researchers,...
- EQT to acquire Exolaunch SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 Private equity firm EQT is acquiring Exolaunch, a company that has handled the rideshare launches of hundreds of satellites, to help it meet growing launch demand.
- From Suriname to Space: Rohit Goeptar’s Shares his Journey to NASA NASA · 18 Jun 2026 Rohit Goeptar was born into a poor family in Suriname, South America, the kind where both parents work three jobs and they still can only provide food and shelter for their family. At around age six, his family moved to...
- Desert Field Test With NASA Advanced Rover Prototype NASA · 18 Jun 2026 Description A prototype four-wheel rover developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with advanced mobility and robotic autonomy capabilities trundled across the Colorado Desert near Plaster City, California, during a...
- NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers NASA · 18 Jun 2026 On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled about 16 miles (26 kilometers) with minimal intervention from the team of engineers trailing it. Called ERN...
- NASA’s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid NASA · 18 Jun 2026 Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone a lot of activity in...
- NASA’s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid NASA · 18 Jun 2026 Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone a lot of activity in...
- Space Force’s rapid acquisition office director moves to Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 Kelly Hammett’s departure comes as the Space Rapid Capabilities Office is being realigned under the Space Force
- Stages of Star Formation NASA · 18 Jun 2026 This image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust beyond the Orion N...
- Sophie Adenot's mid-mission highlights ESA · 18 Jun 2026 Sophie is halfway through the εpsilon mission onboard the ISS, and she has already accomplished so much. Between hundreds of hours of scientific research and thousands of photographs taken from space, she has taken the t...
- Chinese startup Spark Space tests engine, raises funds for electric-pump rocket SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 Chinese startup Spark Space has secured a series of funding rounds for what it claims will be the world's largest electric-pump-fed rocket, following engine tests.
- A legacy to help solve the space workforce pipeline SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 In this episode of Space Minds, David Ariosto talks with Mike Kincaid, president and chief executive of the Challenger Center. They discuss the space workforce pipeline and the center’s role […]
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office Spaceflight Now · 18 Jun 2026 The Falcon 9 rocket will launch an undisclosed number of satellites, which are believed to be Starshield satellites, a government variant of Starlink. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled durin...
- What the satellite servicing economy can borrow from carbon credits SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 In January 2026 alone, the Federal Communications Commission authorized 15,000 Starlink Gen2 satellites. Starcloud has filed for 88,000 orbital data center satellites. SpaceX has filed for 1 million. There is […]
- Boeing demonstrates quantum protocol in payload set for 2027 launch SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 PORTLAND, Ore. – Boeing demonstrated a key quantum networking protocol in ground testing of a compact payload ahead of on-orbit experiment in 2027. “High-fidelity entanglement swapping” was demonstrated earlier this […]