TWO MORE SATELLITES FROM RUSSIA’S STARLINK ALTERNATIVE FACE ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY - Russia’s attempt to construct a domestic alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink, aimed at delivering high-speed satellite internet and establishing a dedicated military space communications network, is encountering mounting technical failures in orbit. At least two satellites deployed during the se... More (Source: United24 Media - Aug 26)
CHINA LAUNCHES SEVEN SATELLITES INTO SPACE - China launched a carrier rocket from a northwestern spaceport on Tuesday morning, sending seven satellites into orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor. The 43-meter-tall rocket blasted off at 11:21 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch ... More (Source: China Daily - Aug 26)
NASA SATELLITES ACE WORLD'S 1ST 'LOST-IN-SPACE' GPS-FREE NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT - No GPS available in space? A satellite experiment may have a solution for that. NASA's Starling mission — made up of a swarm of four cubesats in low Earth orbit (LEO) — is testing out navigation by using other satellites as moving landmarks. The hope is that this tech will allow future missio... More (Source: Space.com - Aug 26)
SPACEX LAUNCHES STARLINK MISSION ON A FALCON BOOSTER’S RECORD-BREAKING 37TH FLIGHT - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida early Tuesday morning, using a first-stage booster making a record-breaking 37th flight. The Starlink 10-49 mission added another 29 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation consisting of more than 11,000 spacecr... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 26)
NASA IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH A POWERFUL NEW EYE ON THE UNIVERSE - NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has been cleared for final launch preparations ahead of a targeted August 30 liftoff aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The powerful new observatory will probe cosmic expansion, the history of the universe, and distant exoplanets. NASA and SpaceX are targeting liftoff no ... More (Source: ScienceDaily - Aug 25)
SPACEX SENDS 27 STARLINK SATELLITES TO ORBIT ON 100TH FALCON ROCKET LAUNCH OF THE YEAR - SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites this morning (Aug. 22) on a milestone mission for the company's Falcon rocket family. A Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 3:25 a.m. EDT (0725 GMT; 12:25 a.m.... More (Source: Space.com - Aug 24)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 29 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM CAPE CANAVERAL FOLLOWING LAST-MINUTE SCRUB - SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday morning. The flight followed a last-minute scrub on Thursday due to an undisclosed issue. The Starlink 10-39 mission adds another 29 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit ... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 22)
WHITE HOUSE TARGETS SUPPORT FOR 1,000 LAUNCHES PER YEAR BY 2030 - The White House set a target for the U.S to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030 in a new National Security Presidential Memorandum released Thursday. That would be a massive jump increase in orbital launches over the next few years. In 2025, there were 193 orbital lau... More (Source: Via Satellite - Aug 22)
ROCKET LAB LAUNCHES PRIVATE JAPANESE EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE TO ORBIT - Rocket Lab launched a private Japanese satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), adding to a growing constellation of Earth-observing spacecraft. An Electron vehicle lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site at 9:04 a.m. EDT (1304 GMT; 1:04 a.m. on Aug. 21 local New Zealand time), carrying a... More (Source: Space.com - Aug 21)
NASA SAYS MISSION TO SAVE SATELLITE HAS FAILED - A complicated mission to save a NASA satellite from burning up in the atmosphere has failed, the US space agency said Wednesday, August 19, as the rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge ... More (Source: Le Monde - Aug 21)
ON 19 AUGUST 2026, SPACEX PUSHED ITS STARLINK CONSTELLATION PAST 11,000 SATELLITES IN ORBIT - At 04:01 UTC on 19 August 2026, a Falcon 9 rose from California carrying 24 more Starlink satellites. About an hour later, their deployment appears to have pushed SpaceX’s broadband constellation through another threshold: more than 11,000 Starlinks circling Earth. The number needs a definition... More (Source: Space Daily - Aug 21)
LAST-MINUTE ABORT STALLS CAPE CANAVERAL STARLINK MISSION - An abort called in the last 30 seconds of its countdown on Thursday halted SpaceX from launching its 75th batch of Starlink satellites of the year. SpaceX didn’t provide a reason for the scrub prior to ending is broadcast. When it launches, Starlink 10-39 mission will add another 29 broadband i... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 21)
TAIWAN-MADE SATELLITE LAUNCHER FAILS FIRST TEST, TRIGGERS MISSILE PANIC - Taiwan’s first test of a locally developed satellite launch vehicle failed on Wednesday after the rocket veered off course, terrifying nearby villagers who mistook it for an incoming missile. The rocket was launched at around 6am local time from the Jiupeng missile testing base in southern Ping... More (Source: South China Morning Post - Aug 20)
LANDSPACE BECOMES FIRST COMMERCIAL CHINESE COMPANY TO LAND AN ORBITAL-CLASS BOOSTER - Chinese commercial launch company, LandSpace cemented its place in the race to rocket reusability as it landed the first stage booster of its ZhuQue-3 (ZQ-3) rocket on Wednesday morning local time. The rocket lifted off from Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in the northwestern part... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 20)
SPACEX LAUNCHES ITS 100TH MISSION OF THE YEAR, SENDS STARLINK SATELLITES TO ORBIT - SpaceX has hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (Aug. 19) at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT; 9:01 p.m. on Aug. 18 local time). It was the 97th Falcon 9 launch of the year and the 100th mission of 202... More (Source: Space.com - Aug 20)
NASA, ESA ASTRONAUTS WRAP UP STATION SPACEWALK - NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 2:52 p.m. EDT. During the 6-hour, 23-minute spacewalk, Menon and Adenot completed the removal of a failed Space-to-Ground antenna and performed a ... More (Source: NASA - Aug 19)
IF MILLIONS OF SATELLITES LAUNCH TO SPACE, IS CHAOS THE INEVITABLE OUTCOME? | - Earth’s low-Earth orbit is not an unlimited resource: although tens of thousands of satellites could potentially operate there, increasing satellite density—especially from megaconstellations—raises the risk of collisions, space debris, interference with astronomy, and other environmental impa... More (Source: Scientific American - Aug 19)
BLUE ORIGIN ADDING SECOND PAD TO CAPE CANAVERAL LAUNCH COMPLEX AMID ROCKET EXPLOSION REPAIRS - Blue Origin plans to return its Florida launch site to a dual-pad facility to support its bigger, more powerful New Glenn "9x4" rocket, which is still under development. As facility repairs continue following the explosion of one of Blue Origin's New Glenn "7x2" rockets during tests at Cape Canav... More (Source: Space.com - Aug 18)
SATELLITE OPERATORS ARE IN PANIC MODE DUE TO A WORSENING LAUNCH CRISIS - This should be a golden era of launch. During the last three years, an average of 270 orbital rockets have launched from Earth, a more than threefold increase from only a decade ago. By every metric available, the launch industry is crushing it: Prices have never been more competitive, launches n... More (Source: Ars Technica - Aug 18)
