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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket became the first fully commercial launch vehicle in Europe to reach low-Earth orbit, lifting off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. The milestone marks a significant breakthrough for European sovereign access to space and positions the German startup as a leader in the continent's emerging commercial launch market.
The Trump administration has announced a space transportation policy that includes establishing new spaceports on federal lands, enhancing responsive launch operations, and supporting commercial and NASA missions to the Moon and Mars.
Due to an ongoing attitude control issue, the LINK spacecraft will not boost NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as planned, but will still attempt rendezvous operations to demonstrate satellite servicing capabilities for future space exploration.
NASA tweets that commercial lunar landers are being prepared in clean rooms across the country for upcoming missions supporting the Moon Base program.
China launched the first satellite of its Gande Constellation, a 120-satellite commercial network for round-the-clock space debris monitoring, aiming for full deployment by 2030.
Industry officials express concerns about the limited availability and rising costs of SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle for commercial space stations in the 2030s, as SpaceX may phase it out in favor of Starship.
NASA has released a draft planning document for private space stations that imposes over 3,000 requirements, surprising industry partners and raising concerns about funding and contractual flexibility.
City Labs launched BOHR, the first commercial nuclear-powered satellite, using a betavoltaic battery powered by tritium decay. The mission demonstrates a compact, regulatory-approved nuclear power system for space, enabling persistent power independent of sunlight.
Rocket Report newsletter covering recent space industry news including Skyroot Aerospace's first commercial rocket launch window, SpaceX's millenary milestone, NASA's Artemis II completion, and the final flight of the Pegasus rocket.
Isar Aerospace's second test flight of its Spectrum rocket was scrubbed again due to a fishing vessel in the launch hazard zone, highlighting ongoing tensions between space launch and fishing industries. The well-capitalized European startup aims to prove its rocket after a first test flight failed in 2025.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp expressed bullishness on a SpaceX IPO, noting the company's credibility from turning engineering heresy into commercial dominance.
NASA has unveiled its master plan for a permanent Moon Base at the lunar South Pole, aiming for sustained human presence with commercial partners. Elon Musk called it inspiring.
SpaceX files IPO S-1, targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation and raising $75 billion, more than double Saudi Aramco's record. The prospectus reveals its most profitable business is not rockets.
Vast Space announces expansion into building high-power satellites, entering a competitive market driven by demand for proliferated constellations and lower-cost satellite manufacturing.