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Creotech wins €13.9 million ESA contract for Poland’s first mission-as-a-service space-weather nanosat

Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments has signed a €13.9 million ($16 million) contract with the European Space Agency to comprehensively implement SAWA, Poland’s second space-weather nanosatellite mission. The project is also described as the country’s first “mission-as-a-service” initiative, expanding Poland’s role in European space programs.

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Lufthansa Group Keeps Lufthansa Technik Partnership Options Open as Bundeswehr Certifies Military Training and LUNA NG

Lufthansa Group continues to view Lufthansa Technik as a core portfolio asset while leaving open a future equity partnership or sale. Separately, Lufthansa Technical Training won Bundeswehr certification for theoretical P-8A Poseidon maintenance training, while Rheinmetall’s LUNA NG received provisional military airworthiness approval for training and testing.

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MaiaSpace Completes Upper-Stage Validation Ahead of 2027 Orbital Debut

MaiaSpace has completed another upper-stage validation campaign for its Maia launcher, advancing development ahead of the vehicle’s planned orbital debut in 2027. The milestone marks continued progress toward the launcher’s first flight and commercial introduction.

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PLD Space adds €108 million to Series C ahead of Miura 5 debut

Spain’s PLD Space has extended its Series C round by €108 million, bringing the round’s total to €288 million and cumulative funding to more than $550 million, according to reports. The launch company is raising capital as it prepares for the first flight of its Miura 5 rocket.

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NATO fighters scramble after drones approach Baltic airspace as Zelenskiy declares Russian skies unsafe

NATO aircraft were scrambled after drones approached or entered Estonian and Latvian airspace, triggering air-threat warnings and an alert involving Turkish F-16s based in Estonia. Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned airlines and insurers that Ukrainian drone activity had effectively closed Russian airspace.

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Iran’s Atlas Air launches scheduled flights to Belarus

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NASA’s Jessica Meir and France’s Sophie Adenot to conduct the sixth all-female spacewalk

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and French astronaut Sophie Adenot are scheduled to conduct the sixth all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sept. 1. The extravehicular activity will be streamed live, highlighting continued international participation in ISS operations and human spaceflight.

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International launch slate spans Isar’s Spectrum, ISRO Earth-observation mission and SpaceX Starlink

Six missions are scheduled across launch sites in Norway, India, New Zealand and the United States from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. Isar Aerospace is targeting the second flight of its Spectrum rocket, while ISRO pursues an Earth-observation launch and SpaceX continues Starlink missions from Vandenberg.