China took its total launches this year to 26 over the weekend, with a trio of flights of legacy and newer Long March rocket models. The post China launches PRSC-EO3 for Pakistan, lofts internet test and environment monitoring satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
26/04/2026 11:56NASA is reserving a small amount of space on a Mars telecommunications spacecraft for science, which could be one or more cubesats. The post NASA reserves science payload space for Mars telecommunications mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
26/04/2026 01:31An additional 25 ‘high-energy’ missions are being forecast for 2027-2029 The post Space Force faces surge in demand for heavy-lift launches appeared first on SpaceNews.
25/04/2026 18:07Contracts with 12 companies aim to test competing designs for boost-phase missile intercept from space The post Space Force awards up to $3.2 billion for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes appeared first on SpaceNews.
24/04/2026 22:47For more than two decades in sourcing and supply-chain architecture, we’ve watched industries scale only when their supply chains become predictable, certifiable and repeatable. Orbital and lunar data centers are now approaching that same inflection point. Hardware gets us into orbit; governance keeps us there. While we celebrate launch cadences, the orbital-grade supply chain is […] The post The governance gap: Why orbital data centers need certification before they scale appeared first on SpaceNews.
24/04/2026 14:00Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles. The post Astrobotic tests advanced rocket engine appeared first on SpaceNews.
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