News

New York Times • Kenneth Chang

NASA lays out $20B, seven‑year plan and timelines for lunar outpost and nuclear‑powered Mars spacecraft

NASA announced plans to invest $20 billion over seven years to fast‑track construction of a surface lunar base, and provided more specific timelines for a sustained lunar outpost and a nuclear‑powered Mars spacecraft. The agency will host a March 24 public briefing to outline implementation of U.S. national space policy.

2026-03-24T07:18:58.654494-07:00

SpaceNews.com

SES orders 28 satellites from K2 Space for meoSphere MEO constellation, targeting operations by 2030

2026-03-24T06:32:22.771707-07:00

Reuters

Russia launches 16 LEO comms satellites as first military‑capable nodes in bid to rival Starlink

2026-03-24T06:10:15.021656-07:00

SpaceWatch Global

ESA: Record spending and launch growth mask cracks in the space economy

2026-03-23T04:39:14.891481-07:00

News Timeline

New York Times

❗️

NASA lays out $20B, seven‑year plan and timelines for lunar outpost and nuclear‑powered Mars spacecraft NASA announced plans to invest $20 billion over seven years to fast‑track construction of a surface lunar base, and provided more specific timelines for a sustained lunar outpost and a nuclear‑powered Mars spacecraft. The agency will host a March 24 public briefing to outline implementation of U.S. national space policy.

2026-03-24T07:18:58.654494-07:00

NASA lays out $20B, seven‑year plan and timelines for lunar outpost and nuclear‑powered Mars spacecraft

SpaceNews.com

SpaceEye‑T 25 cm taskable imagery now available through Pacific Geomatics SpaceEye‑T's 25 cm taskable optical satellite imagery is now available through Pacific Geomatics Limited, enabling customers to order targeted, very‑high‑resolution collections on demand. Pacific Geomatics will handle tasking and delivery of SpaceEye‑T scenes to its clients, providing access to 25 cm commercial imagery.

2026-03-24T07:09:35.140280-07:00

SpaceEye‑T 25 cm taskable imagery now available through Pacific Geomatics

SpaceNews.com

❗️

SES orders 28 satellites from K2 Space for meoSphere MEO constellation, targeting operations by 2030 SES announced March 24 it will order an initial 28 satellites from manufacturing startup K2 Space to build meoSphere, a next‑generation medium‑Earth orbit (MEO) network. The operator says meoSphere is slated to begin operations by 2030 and aims to expand SES's low‑latency, high‑capacity services.

2026-03-24T06:32:22.771707-07:00

SES orders 28 satellites from K2 Space for meoSphere MEO constellation, targeting operations by 2030

Reuters

❗️

Russia launches 16 LEO comms satellites as first military‑capable nodes in bid to rival Starlink Russia launched 16 low Earth orbit communications satellites on Tuesday — Moscow says the batch includes the system's first military‑capable nodes as part of a programme to build a Starlink alternative. Operator Bureau 1440 says it plans LEO broadband and related services, targeting operations by 2027.

2026-03-24T06:10:15.021656-07:00

Russia launches 16 LEO comms satellites as first military‑capable nodes in bid to rival Starlink

Payload

Symphony Space unveils Adagio hosted-payload platform to swap payloads in orbit Symphony Space unveiled Adagio, a hosted-payload platform in which a host satellite remains on orbit while payloads are swapped in and out. The concept establishes a persistent spacecraft as a service platform that separates payload lifecycles from the host vehicle.

2026-03-24T06:01:06.290995-07:00

Symphony Space unveils Adagio hosted-payload platform to swap payloads in orbit

SpaceWatch Global

Ramon.Space and Ingrasys deepen collaboration to scale orbital data‑center infrastructure Ramon.Space and Ingrasys have expanded their partnership to develop scalable orbital data‑center infrastructure, pairing Ramon.Space’s distributed satellite compute architecture with Ingrasys’s data‑center hardware expertise. The tie‑up is intended to accelerate production‑ready platforms for hosting cloud and AI workloads in LEO.

2026-03-24T02:00:29.623707-07:00

Ramon.Space and Ingrasys deepen collaboration to scale orbital data‑center infrastructure

NASA Spaceflight

❗️

SpaceX ramps up Starbase pad work ahead of Block 3 Starship campaign SpaceX has intensified pad activity and engineering work at its Starbase complex in Boca Chica ahead of a planned Block 3 Starship campaign. The concentrated ground operations underscore the company's push to accelerate Starship launch cadence and ready launch infrastructure, tanking and ground systems for repeat orbital flights.

2026-03-23T19:25:02.609291-07:00

SpaceX ramps up Starbase pad work ahead of Block 3 Starship campaign

NASA Spaceflight

❗️

Global launch slate: Russia to debut Soyuz‑15 as Falcon 9 and Atlas V carry internet‑satellite payloads A busy international launch slate will see Russia debut the Soyuz‑15 while U.S. rockets — Falcon 9 and Atlas V — lift internet‑satellite payloads for commercial constellations. China, New Zealand and Norway are also scheduled to host launches, underscoring a crowded global manifest in the near term.

2026-03-23T14:58:45.188771-07:00

Global launch slate: Russia to debut Soyuz‑15 as Falcon 9 and Atlas V carry internet‑satellite payloads

Menu

Commercial Space News

NASA lays out $20B, seven‑year plan and timelines for lunar outpost and nuclear‑powered Mars spacecraft

SES orders 28 satellites from K2 Space for meoSphere MEO constellation, targeting operations by 2030

Russia launches 16 LEO comms satellites as first military‑capable nodes in bid to rival Starlink

ESA: Record spending and launch growth mask cracks in the space economy

News Timeline