Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Swift reboost mission ready for launch SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year of development.
Hubble Glimpses Merging Galaxy Clusters NASA · 18 Jun 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy cluster, called CL0016+1609 or MACS J0018.5+1626, that is very bright at X-ray wavelengths and is one of the most extensively studied clusters at X-ray and radio w...
Sirius Space Selected to Fill Launch Facility Vacancy Left by MaiaSpace European Spaceflight · 18 Jun 2026 The French space agency CNES has selected Sirius Space Services to fill a vacancy at the Guiana Space Centre’s new multi-user commercial launch facility. The space became available after MaiaSpace shifted its planned lau...
Blue Origin begins rebuilding New Glenn pad SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 Blue Origin has started rebuilding a launch pad severely damaged in a New Glenn explosion less than three weeks ago as it works to resume launches by year’s end
Quantum Space wins Pentagon contract to develop orbital refueling spacecraft SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2026 The company plans to deliver a fuel-transfer vehicle to the U.S. Space Force by 2028
El Niño Is Underway NASA · 18 Jun 2026 Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.
NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science NASA · 17 Jun 2026 NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation. Under this model, NASA will provide the Aeolus atmospheric‑sci...
Terran R second stage heads to Stennis as Relativity advances toward 2026 debut NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2026 Terran R, the heavy-lift vehicle currently being developed by Relativity Space, is reaching significant milestones…
Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 Relativity Space plans to launch a Mars orbiter in 2028 as part of a new initiative to privately develop planetary missions.
First Upgraded Ariane 6 Rocket Launches 36 Satellites for Amazon European Spaceflight · 17 Jun 2026 Arianespace has successfully completed its third Ariane 6 flight of 2026, delivering another 36 Amazon satellites to orbit aboard a new variant of the rocket that features the upgraded P160C solid-fuel boosters. The Aria...
Search for Hidden Cosmic Companions in Sun’s Backyard NASA · 17 Jun 2026 Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reve...
Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate.
NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants NASA · 17 Jun 2026 A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star’s detonation sent its binary companion hu...
Ariane 6 flight VA269 - full replay ESA · 17 Jun 2026 On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe's largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon's Leo constellation...
347th ESA Council: Media information session ESA · 17 Jun 2026 Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and outgoing ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun provide an update on the main outcomes of the 347th ESA Council meeting, held at...
Hubble Sees Swarm of Galaxies NASA · 17 Jun 2026 Looking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on June 12, 2026, features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211. Galaxy clusters like MACS0329-0211 are important...
Launch Preview: 10 launches scheduled from sites across the world NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2026 A very busy launch manifest is expected in the upcoming week, with 10 launches scheduled…
Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters: a new record for Europe ESA · 17 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Seen from above: liftoff of first Ariane 6 with P160C-based boosters ESA · 17 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Liftoff: first Ariane 6 liftoff with P160C-based boosters ESA · 17 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Liftoff: first Ariane 6 liftoff with P160C-based boosters ESA · 17 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters ESA · 17 Jun 2026 On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe's largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon's Leo constellation...
America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles away SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 Humans have always gazed up at the moon in wonder. A generation ago, NASA astronauts did the extraordinary and touched down on its surface, planting an American flag and igniting […]
China conducts 4 launches in 3 days, but silence follows Kuaizhou–11 launch SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 China continued its accelerated launch pace with a series of missions, but long silence followed liftoff of a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket Wednesday, suggesting potential issues.
Dawn Aerospace raises $25 million SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 Dawn Aerospace has raised $25 million to scale up its work in both in-space transportation and suborbital spaceplanes.
Look Up and Skynopy partner on automated satellite collision avoidance service SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy’s ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit collision avoidance service, the French startups announced June 17.
Live coverage: Arianespace to launch its heaviest payload to date with Amazon Leo flight Spaceflight Now · 17 Jun 2026 The Leo Europe 03 mission will see Arianespace send a batch of 36 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is scheduled during a window that opens up at 8:53 a.m. Kouro...
France Awards Eutelsat €138 Million Contract to Provide Secure Communications European Spaceflight · 17 Jun 2026 European satellite operator Eutelsat has secured a €138 million contract from France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces under a €1 billion framework agreement signed in June 2025. The 10-year framework agreement with France’...
ESA Council appoints two new directors ESA · 17 Jun 2026 The European Space Agency Council has approved the appointment of two new directors: Christine Klein as Director of Controlling, Finance and Operational Procurement, and Jean-Luc Trullemans as Director of Strategy, Legal...
ESA Impact: a look at ESA’s spring milestones ESA · 17 Jun 2026 ESA Impact: a look at ESA’s spring milestones
Dozens of dust devils hidden in plain sight ESA · 17 Jun 2026 The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured part of Mars’s Mamers Valles: a fascinating valley system speckled with brief, tornado-like whirlwinds known as dust devils.
One robotic arm to rule them all ESA · 17 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Low Water at San Carlos Reservoir NASA · 17 Jun 2026 Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.
June 25: Golden Dome: How Could Sensors Protect the United States? SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2026 Join us as we explore the technologies behind Golden Dome, what’s necessary to make them operate at a high level and what possibilities could be in the works for the satellites involved.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 3 Block 2 BlueBird satellites for AST SpaceMobile Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2026 The mission is third time SpaceX will launch satellites for AST SpaceMobile and its first of the Block 2 iteration of the BlueBird satellites. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:...
NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted NASA · 16 Jun 2026 One well-done gas giant, coming right up! That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b, an exoplanet four times the mass of Jupiter with an extremely ellipti...
Amid launch bottleneck, Amazon has "hundreds" of satellites waiting to fly Ars Technica · 16 Jun 2026 "As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up."
Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2026 Astrobotic showed off the lunar lander it plans to launch later this year that will be the vanguard of NASA’s new lunar base ambitions.
Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab NASA · 16 Jun 2026 Description NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About the size of a minifrid...
Arianespace CEO Says Strike Will Not Affect Ariane 6 Launch European Spaceflight · 16 Jun 2026 A strike that saw entrances to the Guiana Space Centre barricaded has ended, with Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès saying the labour dispute has not affected tomorrow’s planned Ariane 6 launch from the site. Radio-Télé...

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