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Aug 18, 2026BREAKING

NRO Awards HawkEye 360 Operational RF Intel Contract

NRO moves HawkEye 360 from evaluation into operational RF intelligence support under its CRFCA contract vehicle.

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Aug 16, 2026MARKET

Launch Scarcity Forces Operators to Book 2 Years Out

Operators are locking launch slots through 2028 as Falcon 9 rideshare uncertainty and New Glenn's grounding tighten access to orbit.

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Aug 16, 2026BREAKING

Artemis II Crew Flew Orion by Hand Near the Moon

Artemis II pilot Victor Glover flew Orion manually—no radar—during proximity ops. Artemis III targets mid-2027.

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Aug 15, 2026BREAKING

Space Coast 2026: 52 Orbital Launches Logged by August

Space Coast has logged 52 orbital launches through mid-August 2026, pacing toward a repeat of 2025's record 109.

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Aug 15, 2026BREAKING

NASA CLPS to Add LRO Replacement Orbiter in 2026

NASA plans three more CLPS task orders by year-end, including a commercial orbiter to replace the aging Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Aug 15, 2026BREAKING

Ukraine Hits Soyuz Factory in Samara Strike

Ukraine's FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck Russia's Progress Rocket Space Center in Samara, home of Soyuz-2 production.

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Aug 14, 2026MARKET

Wallops Launch Rate Could Hit 44 Per Year by 2030

NASA OIG projects Wallops launches growing from 17 in 2025 to 44 in 2030 as Firefly and Rocket Lab ramp up East Coast operations.

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Aug 14, 2026BREAKING

Bulgaria Approves MOU for Dobroslavtsi Space Hub

Bulgaria approves MOU with Starbase Europe for a space and defense hub at Dobroslavtsi Air Base near Sofia.

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Aug 14, 2026MARKET

In-Orbit Services Market Hits $3B Forecast Over 10 Years

Novaspace projects $3B in cumulative in-orbit service revenues over 10 years, led by a $1.2B satellite refueling segment.

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Aug 13, 2026BREAKING

Space Force Splits $60M Across 5 Firms for SDN Tests

Space Force awards $12M each to Amazon LEO, Lockheed, Northrop, Rocket Lab, and York Space to test SDN interoperability.

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Aug 12, 2026RESEARCH

AstroRad Vest Cut Radiation Dose 60% in Artemis I Test

StemRad's hydrogen-plastic vest reduced solar radiation dose by ~60% in Artemis I lunar orbit data, beating the 45% design target.

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Aug 11, 2026BREAKING

NASA LEMS Seismometer Suite Ready for Lunar South Pole

NASA declares 'wrenches down' on LEMS, the first astronaut-deployed lunar science payload, built at Goddard for South Pole deployment.

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Aug 11, 2026BREAKING

Space Force Picks Voyager Technologies for Space-to-Space Comms

Space Force taps Voyager Technologies to develop flight-ready space-to-space waveforms and run an on-orbit comms demo.

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Aug 10, 2026BREAKING

LM-7A Fails at MaxQ, ChinaSat-4B Lost

China's LM-7A rocket explodes 90 seconds after liftoff, destroying ChinaSat-4B and ending a post-2020 perfect run.

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Aug 10, 2026BREAKING

Kepler Books Neutron for 2028 Optical Relay Launch

Kepler Communications books Rocket Lab's Neutron for a 2028 dedicated optical relay launch, targeting 100 Gbps Tranche 2 capacity.

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Aug 9, 2026BREAKING

Kreios Space Plans First ABEP Satellite Test in VLEO

Spanish startup Kreios Space will fly the first air-breathing electric propulsion system in VLEO, targeting a 2027 demonstration mission.

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Aug 7, 2026BREAKING

Voyager 2 Gets 1 More Year on 3 Instruments via "Big Bang"

NASA's 'Big Bang' power tweak keeps Voyager 2's last 3 science instruments alive for at least another year.

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Aug 7, 2026BREAKING

Katalyst LINK Rescue Craft Spin Crisis Risks Swift Loss

Katalyst's LINK spacecraft dropped to 1.47°/s spin after reaction wheel failures threatened its Swift rescue mission.

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Aug 7, 2026BREAKING

Landspace Zhuque-3 Targets Aug. 10 Booster Landing

Landspace targets Aug. 10 for its second Zhuque-3 orbital booster recovery attempt after a December 2025 fireball.

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Aug 7, 2026POLICY

Senate Bill Targets Space Force Wargaming vs. China

Bipartisan Senate bill would expand Space Force wargaming and require an unclassified assessment of China's commercial space sector.

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