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Arianespace to begin Amazon Leo launches in February
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (771+ words) WASHINGTON " Arianespace will begin launches for its largest commercial customer in February as it works to ramp up its flight rate and attract additional business. Arianespace announced Jan. 15 that it will conduct its first launch for Amazon's low Earth orbit…...
Portal Space selects ‘Space Armor’ debris shield for 2026 mission
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (499+ words) WASHINGTON " Portal Space Systems, a defense-focused space startup developing long-endurance maneuvering satellites for national security missions, has selected a new protective material made by Atomic-6 for a mission scheduled to launch in October 2026. Atomic-6, a startup that specializes in advanced…...
Slingshot wins $27 million Space Force contract for AI training system
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (519+ words) WASHINGTON " Slingshot Aerospace won a $27 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to further develop an artificial intelligence'based training system designed to prepare military personnel for conflict scenarios in space, the company said Jan. 15. The 18-month agreement supports the Space Force's…...
Managing an orbital economy as space grows more congested
13+ hour, 7+ min ago (671+ words) In this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews host David Ariosto talks with Chiara Manfletti, the CEO of Neuraspace and a professor of space mobility and propulsion at the Technical University of Munich. They discuss space debris, orbital logistics and managing…...
TrustPoint demonstrates non-GPS navigation for LEO satellites
14+ hour, 43+ min ago (338+ words) WASHINGTON " TrustPoint, a Virginia-based startup developing a network of navigation satellites in low Earth orbit, said it has successfully transmitted time and tracking signals from a ground station to a spacecraft in orbit, marking a key step in its effort…...
Crew-11 makes early return from ISS
20+ hour, 12+ min ago (694+ words) WASHINGTON " A Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the California coast Jan. 15, bringing back four people from the International Space Station more than a month early because of a medical issue with one of them. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour…...
Indian startup Aule Space enters satellite servicing market
20+ hour, 39+ min ago (747+ words) WASHINGTON " An Indian startup is entering the satellite servicing market with plans to develop low-cost spacecraft to extend the lives of satellites. Aule Space announced Jan. 15 that it raised a $2 million seed round from investors led by pi Ventures, an…...
Taiwan’s Moonshot: why 'T-Dome' needs systems engineering, not just a shopping list
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (385+ words) Fast-forward to October 2025 in Taiwan, when its President Lai Ching-te announced that the country must increase defense spending, framed as a climb toward 3% of GDP in the near term and 5% by 2030. Lai also created a new program: "T-Dome," an integrated…...
CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (300+ words) HELSINKI " Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing a successful parachute descent of the capsule. Lihong-1 lifted off at 3:00 a.m. Eastern (0800 UTC) Jan. 12 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China....
ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (525+ words) WASHINGTON " A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft. ESA's Comet Interceptor mission, designed to fly by a long-period comet, had been scheduled to launch…...