Space Industry: Latest News and Analysis
Space is now an industry with launch cadences, order books and supply chains, and AirPro News covers it the way we cover aviation: from the announcement, with the numbers.
That means SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, Arianespace, Blue Origin and the launch start-ups; NASA, ESA, JAXA, ISRO and the other agencies; satellite operators and manufacturers; and the growing in-space services, station and lunar economies. This page gathers every AirPro News story on space, newest first.
What we watch
- Launch. Starship’s test campaign and its path to operational missions; Falcon 9 cadence; Vulcan, Ariane 6, New Glenn and Neutron entering service; and the small-launch companies fighting for the remaining market.
- Agencies and exploration. NASA’s Artemis lunar programme and commercial crew and cargo contracts, ESA’s launcher and science missions, and the national programmes in Japan, India, China and the Gulf.
- Satellites. Constellation build-outs and their launch contracts, Earth-observation and communications operators, and the manufacturers and component suppliers behind them.
- Defence space. Space Force and allied military procurement, missile-warning and communications satellites, and the industrial contracts that follow.
- The in-space economy. Commercial stations, life-extension and servicing vehicles, lunar landers, in-space manufacturing, and the funding rounds that decide which of them get built.
Latest space coverage
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Isar Aerospace to Launch Astroscale’s ELSA-M Space Debris Removal Mission
Isar Aerospace will launch Astroscale’s ELSA-M mission to remove defunct satellites from Low Earth Orbit, marking their first active debris removal contract.
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Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches Alpha Flight 7 Mission
Firefly Aerospace completes Alpha Flight 7, delivering Lockheed Martin payload and validating upgrades before Block II configuration.
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Voyager Technologies Expands with New Long Beach Facility
Voyager Technologies opens a 140,000 sq ft Long Beach facility focusing on AI, propulsion, and space missions, boosting defense and commercial space…
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FCC Criticizes Amazon Over SpaceX Satellite Expansion Dispute
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr rebukes Amazon for petitioning against SpaceX’s satellite plans amid Amazon’s own deployment delays in the Leo network.
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CesiumAstro $500M Expansion to Scale US Satellite Manufacturing
CesiumAstro invests $500M in Texas to build a new campus, creating 500+ jobs and advancing US satellite production by 2027.
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Intuitive Machines Raises $175M to Expand Space Infrastructure and Defense
Intuitive Machines secures $175 million to grow Near Space Network Services, develop orbital data centers, and support missile defense contracts under the…
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European Consortium Achieves 2.6 Gbps Laser Communication in Flight
Airbus and ESA demonstrate a 2.6 Gbps stable laser communication link between an aircraft and geostationary satellite over 36,000 km.
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Rocket Lab Signs Contract for Four BlackSky Electron Satellite Launches
Rocket Lab secures a multi-launch deal with BlackSky for four dedicated Electron missions deploying Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites with advanced imaging capabilities.
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Rocket Lab Acquires Optical Support to Enhance National Security Payloads
Rocket Lab acquires Optical Support Inc. to integrate optical manufacturing, boosting national security payload capabilities and supporting Geost.
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SpaceX CRS-33 Returns with Regenerative Medicine and Tech Payloads
SpaceX CRS-33 completed its 33rd mission, returning over 55 ISS National Lab payloads in regenerative medicine, manufacturing, and materials science.
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AIAA 2026 Priorities for U.S. Aerospace Leadership and Security
AIAA’s 2026 platform emphasizes U.S. aerospace modernization, missile defense support, space traffic management, and workforce development amid rising global competition.
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Rocket Lab Proposes Mars Telecommunications Orbiter to Solve Data Relay Issues
Rocket Lab proposes a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter with laser comms to address NASA’s aging relay infrastructure and support Mars missions by 2028.
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