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Falcon Heavy Returns to Flight for ViaSat-3 F3 Launch Monday

The mission positions Viasat’s third high-capacity satellite to expand broadband over Asia-Pacific.

FAA Grounds Blue Origin’s New Glenn After Upper-Stage Failure Strands AST Satellite

SpaceX Targets Saturday Vandenberg Launch of 25 Starlink Satellites

Rare Comet Pan‑STARRS Now Glows Before Dawn for a Short Northern Viewing Window

Google Gemini Adds In-Chat 3D Models and Real-Time Simulations

Space Force Launches $1.84 Billion Andromeda To Expand GEO Surveillance

LeoLabs Launches Delta, an AI Threat-Detection Platform for Allied Space Operations

Starlink Satellite Fragments After On-Orbit Anomaly; SpaceX Reports No New Risk

ISRO Studies SPADEX-2 and SPADEX-3 to Validate Docking for Lunar Return and Space Station

Blue Origin Files 'Project Sunrise' for 51,600 Orbital Data-Center Satellites as SpaceX Presses FCC for Equal Scrutiny

India Confirms 129 Trackable Space Debris Objects From Its Missions

Nvidia Debuts Space-Ready AI Module as Starcloud Seeks FCC OK for 88,000 Orbital Datacenter Satellites

JWST Data Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

FCC Chair Rebukes Amazon Over SpaceX’s One‑Million‑Satellite Plan

Anduril to Acquire ExoAnalytic, Adding Global Space-Tracking Network to Missile-Defense Portfolio

China’s Shenlong Spaceplane Begins Fourth Secretive Orbital Mission

Ariane 64 Debuts With 32 Amazon Leo Satellites on First Commercial Launch

Repaired Shenzhou-20 Lands Empty in Inner Mongolia

China Files Plans for More Than 200,000 Satellites With the ITU

Potential 'Great Comet of 2026' Set for April 20 Sun Flyby and April 27 Earth Approach