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
By Mark Pomerleau, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 March 2026 A military exercise known as Southern Star integrates across space and cyber domains. Credit: U.S. Space Command A report by several national intelligence agencies offers mitigations to protect against cyberattacks on LEO satellite constellations. WASHINGTON — As more and more
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 November - REUTERS/Steve Nesius By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 3 January 2026 WASHINGTON — Orbital launch activity set another annual record in 2025, although future growth may depend on factors different from those that fueled the
By Deborah Williams, Published by World Beyond War, 8 October 2025 Here is breaking news from my city Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. The aerospace industry here started with a simple New Zealand-owned rocket site industry in the North Island named RocketLab operating on Māori land on the Mahia Peninsula.
Activists block entrances to Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre; FROM VIDEO by Poppy Clark By Poppy Clark and Sandra Arambepola, Published by Stuff, 8 October 2025 Police have made dozens of arrests as protesters tried to stop the National Aerospace Summit at Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre on Wednesday morning.
By Stefanie Dazio, Mailn Haarala, Published by The Independent, 1 September 2025 The space center's 30-plus antennas can more easily communicate with satellites orbiting the North Pole Deep within the remote Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies a pivotal site in Europe's ambition to challenge
Rocket Lab's launch site on Mahia Peninsula. By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 23 August 2025 "Live, Laugh, Launch" was the 70th mission of Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle to date. Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its
The Aurora carried the monitoring suite to the edge of space: Dawn Aerospace By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 7 August 2025 Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites? It turns out it's an optical package called Morning Sparrow made by Scout Space and carried
