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ULA’s Atlas V Readies Monday Launch of Second Project Kuiper Satellite Batch

United Launch Alliance will lift off its Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral on June 16 to deploy 27 more of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites, marking the constellation’s second deployment phase with a 75% favorable weather forecast.

2025-06-15T14:31:23.862270-07:00

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Private Axiom-4 ISS Flight Now Targeting June 19 After Leak Repairs

2025-06-15T02:15:05.095355-07:00

Payload

Billions Spent, No Challenger: Why SpaceX Remains the Master of Launch

2025-06-13T05:32:02.953231-07:00

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NASA Indefinitely Delays Axiom-4 Private Astronaut Mission Over ISS Air Leak

2025-06-12T08:52:42.775482-07:00

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Payload

Pulsar Fusion Sets Up Texas Facility to Develop Nuclear Rocket Propulsion UK-based nuclear propulsion startup Pulsar Fusion is opening a new research and development facility in Texas to accelerate its nuclear rocket engines. The expansion underpins its strategy to develop high-thrust systems capable of ferrying missions to the Moon, Mars and Saturn.

2025-06-16T04:54:58.985695-07:00

Pulsar Fusion Sets Up Texas Facility to Develop Nuclear Rocket Propulsion

SpaceWatch Global

Muon Space Secures $146M Series B to Scale 100–500 kg Satellites and Integrate Thruster Tech Muon Space closed an oversubscribed $89.5 million Series B1 on June 16, bringing total Series B funding to $146 million—a mix of $44.5 million equity and $45 million credit facilities. The capital will accelerate modular production of 100–500 kg satellites and integrate Starlight’s Hall-Effect thruster for defense and commercial constellations.

2025-06-16T01:15:19.799050-07:00

Muon Space Secures $146M Series B to Scale 100–500 kg Satellites and Integrate Thruster Tech

SpaceWatch Global

March–April 2025 marks peak spacetech VC activity since 2023 March–April 2025 recorded one of the busiest 60-day stretches for spacetech venture funding on record, outpacing dealflow seen in any similar period since early 2023. Investors committed significant capital to satellite constellations, launch services and space infrastructure startups as sector optimism rebounded.

2025-06-16T01:15:15.386318-07:00

March–April 2025 marks peak spacetech VC activity since 2023

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Cangyu Eyes Mixed-Orbit Satellite Constellation for Commercial Data Relay Private Chinese firm Cangyu Space Technology plans a commercial data relay constellation combining low Earth and geostationary orbits for persistent, low-latency coverage. The novel mixed-orbit architecture underscores rapid maturation of China’s private space ecosystem and marks a strategic push into global satellite communications.

2025-06-15T23:42:42.966008-07:00

Cangyu Eyes Mixed-Orbit Satellite Constellation for Commercial Data Relay

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ULA’s Atlas V Readies Monday Launch of Second Project Kuiper Satellite Batch United Launch Alliance will lift off its Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral on June 16 to deploy 27 more of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites, marking the constellation’s second deployment phase with a 75% favorable weather forecast.

2025-06-15T14:31:23.862270-07:00

ULA’s Atlas V Readies Monday Launch of Second Project Kuiper Satellite Batch

Space Intel Report

Europe’s ‘Elon Musk 2.0’ Emerges as Catalyst for Strategic Autonomous Space Growth Europe’s space sector is poised to leverage the rise of an ‘Elon Musk 2.0’ in 2025 as a ‘golden opportunity’ to attract fresh private investment, accelerate innovation across launch and satellite markets and strengthen strategic autonomy from non-European suppliers, bolstering deep-tech competitiveness.

2025-06-15T08:23:07.629528-07:00

Europe’s ‘Elon Musk 2.0’ Emerges as Catalyst for Strategic Autonomous Space Growth

The Hill

Trump-Musk Feud Forces NASA to Reassess Commercial Space Strategy President Trump’s public spat with Elon Musk — capped by threats to cancel key SpaceX contracts and Musk’s warnings to withdraw Dragon services — has put NASA on the defensive, prompting agency and Pentagon officials to fast-track rival commercial crew and cargo efforts to reduce dependence on a single provider.

2025-06-15T07:03:30.564891-07:00

Trump-Musk Feud Forces NASA to Reassess Commercial Space Strategy

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Private Axiom-4 ISS Flight Now Targeting June 19 After Leak Repairs NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have reset the launch date for the Axiom-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS for June 19, following the resolution of a minor liquid-oxygen leak and an air leak in the station’s Russian segment, the companies say.

2025-06-15T02:15:05.095355-07:00

Private Axiom-4 ISS Flight Now Targeting June 19 After Leak Repairs

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