By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is expanding its use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network aboard military aircraft, awarding the company a new fleet-level service contract that sheds light on how the system is being integrated across U.S. aviation fleets. The Space
By Dylan Malyasov, Published by Defence Blog, 25 August 2026 Key Points Two satellites from Russia's second Rassvet batch are decaying toward reentry after never performing orbit-raising maneuvers. None of the 16 satellites launched July 19 climbed above 360 km, roughly 200 km lower than the first group reached at
A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of
Image credit: Rocket Lab By Nicholas Werner, Published by Jalopnik, 14 August 2026 New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab has created a new full-suite launch system that can be transported, deployed, and operated anywhere. Called the Global Hypersonic & Orbital Spaceport Technology (GHOST), this modular system was designed to be
Image by Getty / Futurism By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 13 August, 2026 "Our space assets need to shoot, move, and communicate just like the rest of the joint force," the head of U.S. Space Command says. The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged”
By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 12 August 2026 Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Space weapons and refuelable satellites are among the items needed to preserve the U.S. military’s orbital edge over China, the
A National Reconnaissance Office satellite sits on a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle before its Aug. 4, 2022, launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 July 2026 New Kodiak facility will support up to 18 suborbital missions for military testing WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab will establish
Notional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design Studio By William J. Astore, Published by New Internationalist, 22 July 2026 As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five trillion
