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The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense

SpaceX capped a decade of development with the first orbital flight of its planned reusable deep-space transport.

The FAA has issued SpaceX the license for the orbital debut of the Starship-Super Heavy launch system.

NASA has named four crewmembers assigned to the International Space Station’s Expedition 75/76 operations.

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

VietJet Air has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Starlink to install high-speed Wi-Fi systems on 120 existing and future aircraft.

Participants in NASA’s transition of activities on the International Space Station to multiple commercial successors before a planned ISS deorbit in 2030 are acknowledging the effort’s uncertainties.

Rideshare integrator and space services provider Exolaunch has signed a contract with SpaceX for a Starfall microgravity research mission slated to launch on a Starship mission in 2029.

The number of planned very low Earth orbit missions in the coming years has surged from a handful to at least 24 by the end of 2030.

Peaceful forest walks uninterrupted by messages or calls may soon be consigned to history if direct-to-device service operators have their way.

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ASA has awarded SpaceX a $946 million Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract extension for three additional missions to the International Space Station.

Vast is still planning to launch its Haven-1 demonstration space station early next year, CEO Max Haot said, after resetting the schedule earlier this year.

Helogen has partnered with University College London and opened a California facility to scale orbital biomaterial manufacturing missions.

SpaceX prepares Starship’s first orbital attempt, advancing reusable launch technology and lunar ambitions.

NASA and SpaceX are looking to early October to launch the delayed Crew-13 Dragon mission to the seven-person International Space Station.

SDA expects Northrop Grumman Transport Layer satellites to launch soon, advancing deployment of its delayed proliferated LEO network.

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European startup Space Cargo Unlimited said it has signed a contract with SpaceX for a Starfall space manufacturing mission that would launch aboard a Starship flight in 2028.

Satellite operators are growing concerned that SpaceX may sunset use of the Falcon 9, adding to a global launcher shortage.

The debris problem is likely to worsen as new reusable launch vehicles from China and the U.S. loft hundreds of thousands of spacecraft into orbit.

Leonardo has signed an agreement to augment its planned space-based intelligence collection capabilities with HawkEye 360’s signals intelligence services.

The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Tech startup Sift is providing electric aircraft developer Heart Aerospace with a common platform for analyzing telemetry data generated during ground and flight testing of its X1 demo.

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