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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart in the final stage of flight, leaving some Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbits and sidelining the vehicle.

The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.

Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.

A group of recently launched startups are bucking the strategy.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin and Stoke Space under the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 effort.

Europe’s Eumetsat agency is turning to SpaceX to deliver its Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) weather satellite into orbit in 2025.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

It will take the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-U spacecraft until about July 8 to reach its intended perch 22,263 mi. above Earth.

The number of business aircraft models being readied for Starlink installations is growing rapidly.

The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.

The Hubble Space Telescope has initiated imagery gathering with a single gyroscope, following the malfunction of one of the three aiming and steering devices.

Geespace, the satellite technology arm of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, says it has deployed its Future Mobility Constellation in the Middle East.

SpaceX is sidelining a Falcon 9 rocket for additional inspections following a rare launch abort at engine ignition.

Boeing passed up bidding on a planned commercial variant of NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket for the U.S. Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 program.

It will take some luck for Boeing to be ready to fly its first ISS crew rotation mission as early as February.

The U.S. Space Force has selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and SpaceX as the three service providers for Phase 3 of the NSSL program.

Amazon plans to sell its Project Kuiper satellite internet service in seven South American countries via a distribution agreement.

Los Angeles-based satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $95 million in a Series B fundraising round led by XYZ Venture Capital.

Private space station developer Vast Space has signed a cargo services agreement with The Exploration Co. of Munich.

Users of iPhone 14 and newer models will be able to send and receive text messages via a satellite connection, Apple announced at its developer conference.

Stoke Space has completed a critical first hot-fire test of its full flow staged combustion (FFSC) engine at its test site in Moses Lake, Washington.

The successful demonstration positions SpaceX for a quick turnaround for Integrated Flight Test 5.

Out of 48 proposals for less-expensive, faster options for returning samples from Mars, NASA selected seven ideas from companies for 90-day study contracts.

Launched June 5, Starliner docked to the ISS a day later.

SES Space & Defense has demonstrated multi-band, medium-Earth-orbit (MEO) to low-Earth-orbit (LEO) radio relay technology.