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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Sawgrass LNG & Power Enters Aerospace Market at Cape Canaveral
Sawgrass LNG & Power completed first LNG deliveries to Cape Canaveral in August 2026, entering the aerospace supply chain.
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NASA Awards SpaceX Launch Contract for StarBurst Mission
NASA selected SpaceX to launch the StarBurst gamma-ray detector on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission no earlier than 2028.
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Isar Aerospace and SEOPS Sign Five-Launch Rideshare Deal
Isar Aerospace and SEOPS agree on five dedicated Spectrum missions from 2028 to 2030, expanding the Waymaker rideshare program.
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Eutelsat Orders 229 OneWeb Satellites From Airbus in 1B Deal
Eutelsat authorizes Airbus to build 229 more OneWeb LEO satellites for €1 billion, bridging the gap to the EU’s IRIS² network.
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Spaceport Nova Scotia Statement of Work Deadline Extended
Maritime Launch Services and Isar Aerospace extend their Spaceport Nova Scotia deadline to Sept. 15, 2026 for the US$112.5M launch deal.
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Firefly Aerospace Signs Two Alpha Launches from Esrange Sweden
Firefly Aerospace and SSC Space agree to two Alpha rocket missions from Esrange Space Center, targeting launch no earlier than 2028.
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Boeing Delivers Final O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES
Boeing completes delivery of 13 O3b mPOWER satellites to SES, with final three launching on SpaceX Falcon 9 in September 2026.
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Isar Aerospace Spectrum Rocket Reaches Orbit From Norway
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket became the first privately developed European launch vehicle to reach orbit on Sept. 5, 2026.
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NASA X-59 Completes 25th Flight, Enters Acoustic Validation
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft finished initial envelope expansion and moves to acoustic validation for the Quesst mission.
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NASA Awards Blue Origin $700M Mars Telecommunications Contract
NASA selected Blue Origin to build the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter on its Blue Ring platform for up to $700 million.
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NASA SpaceX Delay Crew-13 Mission Over Dragon Oxidizer Leak
NASA and SpaceX postponed the Crew-13 ISS mission after an oxidizer leak was found in the Dragon propulsion system.
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Astroscale Japan Signs ADRAS-J2 Launch Deal With Isar Aerospace
Astroscale Japan and Isar Aerospace contract Spectrum rocket to launch ADRAS-J2 debris removal mission in Japan’s 2027 fiscal year.
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