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• Joshua Faleti
Beyond Gravity is doubling production capacity for satellite dispensers as Amazon Leo accelerates deployment of its low-Earth-orbit constellation. The expansion highlights the manufacturing scale-up required to support Amazon’s planned satellite network and the suppliers positioned to serve it.
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Beyond Gravity is doubling production capacity for satellite dispensers as Amazon Leo accelerates deployment of its low-Earth-orbit constellation. The expansion highlights the manufacturing scale-up required to support Amazon’s planned satellite network and the suppliers positioned to serve it.
The nose cone for the Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator has been shipped to CNES for integration, marking another step toward the vehicle’s initial hop tests in 2027. The milestone indicates that the demonstrator is moving from component production into vehicle-level integration ahead of its flight campaign.
SpaceX completed a wet dress rehearsal of its Starship megarocket on Sept. 24, clearing a key prelaunch milestone ahead of the vehicle’s planned first orbital test flight on Sept. 28. The rehearsal keeps the launch campaign on schedule, pending final preparations and approvals.
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Jeff Bezos has committed approximately $30 billion of his personal fortune to Blue Origin since founding the company in 2000. The scale of the investment underscores the Amazon founder’s long-term backing for a commercial space venture positioned against SpaceX.
HawkEye 360 announced multiple contracts worth approximately $18 million with customers in the Middle East. The agreements expand the commercial satellite company’s regional business, underscoring continued demand for space-based capabilities among customers in the region.
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Belgian company Space Applications Services has secured a flight opportunity for its LUVMI-M lunar rover aboard an upcoming Blue Origin Blue Moon lander mission. The agreement advances European participation in commercial lunar exploration and adds another payload to Blue Origin’s developing lunar transportation offering.
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Google plans to launch prototype satellites with Planet by early 2027 to test whether orbital infrastructure can support large-scale AI computing. The Project Suncatcher experiments will evaluate TPU performance, radiation exposure, cooling and launch survival—early steps toward potential space-based data centers.
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