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I2CAT, a R&D center in Spain, launched a testbed satellite that will be used for experiments to further advance 6G satellite network technologies.

Kepler Communications plans to launch its first batch of 10 laser communications relay satellites into orbit in January 2026.

With less than two months to go in 2025, the global launch market has already surpassed all previous annual records.

UAE-based Space42 added to its synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation with Iceye-made satellites that have undergone work in Abu Dhabi.

South Korea placed its fifth military Earth observation satellite into orbit, completing a constellation that provides the country with EO and SAR capability.

America’s launch sites are undergoing massive transformations to support a new era in space.

Before year’s end, a startup plans to launch inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage a manufacturing pod that would briefly experience the vacuum of space.

SpaceX launched the second batch of operational satellites for the Space Development Agency’s proliferated mesh network on Oct. 15 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

Every year a consultancy publishes a new 10-year forecast of satellite launches, and the estimate grows to previously unbelievable totals.

Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.

Astranis has contracted Impulse Space to directly inject its MicroGEO communications satellite into geostationary orbit in 2027 using the Helios kick stage.

SpaceX sees its Falcon 9 launch cadence peaking as the company ramps up operations of its Starship launch vehicle, a company executive says.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sept. 14 to send Northrup Grumman’s first upgraded Cygnus XL cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.

Aspiring space station operator Vast plans to launch its Haven-1 demo station next year.

The Space Development Agency’s first batch of operational satellites is due to launch no earlier than Sept. 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT, provider SpaceX said Sept. 5.

A rideshare payload launching on an upcoming rocket is due to be the first spacecraft to continuously monitor the space weather environment for solar storms.

SpaceX is expected to add a U.S. capability to boost the orbit of the International Space Station during its latest cargo mission.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 11:50 p.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane under the USSF-36 mission.

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is poised to join SpaceX’s Falcon fleet in launching the country’s highest priority national security space missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:35 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS carrying 24 satellites, built, owned and operated by Amazon.

The last of three L3Harris Technologies-developed solar electric propulsors destined for the Gateway space station has been delivered for testing.

A multinational, four-member crew lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 1 for a 15-hr. ride to the International Space Station.

As components decrease in size, more capability can be packed into small spacecraft.

SpaceX sent another Falcon 9 rocket into orbit to deliver 24 members of Amazon’s fledgling Kuiper constellation.