ESA Selects Finalists For European Launch Challenge
Each launcher now stands the chance to win a maximum of €169M.
LH3M Wins Five Patents for Lunar Helium-3 Extraction
Lunar Helium-3 Mining, LLC (LH3M) secured its fifth US patent last month, covering the company’s end-to-end architecture for He-3 detection, extraction, and refinement on the Moon.
K2 Hotfire Paves a Path to Multi-Orbit Missions
K2 Space has spent the last year buying down risk and burning up fuel in preparation for its first customer mission in February 2026.
Space Force Taps Boeing for $2.8B Strategic Sat
The fireworks were a little bigger at Boeing’s Independence Day celebrations.
Exolaunch’s European Expansion Continues
If Monopoly made a rocket themed board game, Exolaunch would have a hotel on every space.
AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone Form European JV
The joint venture, called SatCo, said in a statement that it has already received interest from network operators in 21+ European countries.
York Takes Legal Action Against DoD’s SBIR Award to Apex
What’s the purpose of a SBIR award? That’s the question at the heart of a lawsuit York Space Systems has filed against the military, over a contract awarded to fellow satellite builder Apex Space.
US Moon Landers Face Risks From Fire, Mass, and Prop Transfer
SpaceX is scheduled to perform an lunar orbit check-out a year after its first Moon landing—huh?
Planet Scores €240M Defense and Intelligence Contract
“This capacity is ultimately intelligence needed to act decisively and maintain their strategic edge.”
Atomic-6 Wins $2M DoD Contract For Solar Array Tech
Atomic-6 won a $2M contract from SSC to continue development of its Light Wing solar array, which collapses to enable RPO and stealth missions.
CU Boulder Establishes Space Policy Professorship
A new professorship at the University of Colorado Boulder aims to bridge the gap between space engineering, business, and law, by emphasizing the importance of space governance to the whole industry.
NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program
TraCSS was once a signature Trump policy, stemming from Space Policy Directive-3. Now, that same directive might be the undoing of TraCSS.
