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ULA parents guarantee loan as Vulcan grounding drives financial strain

United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have provided a guaranteed loan to help the company address “financial challenges” tied to the ongoing Vulcan grounding. The support is intended to bridge the period of constrained launch activity and associated cost pressures.

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2026-07-24T13:42:43.928716-07:00

NASA

NASA to support Blue Origin New Glenn second-stage hot-fire testing at Stennis B-2

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2026-07-24T09:13:44.097651-07:00

Bloomberg

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 rescheduled to July 24 after engine fix; NASA SunRISE launch switched from Vulcan Centaur to Falcon He

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2026-07-23T03:05:59.008736-07:00

Bloomberg

SpaceX starts turning away Falcon 9 customers beyond 2028, prioritizing Starship

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2026-07-23T18:50:26.113573-07:00

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SpaceNews.com

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ULA parents guarantee loan as Vulcan grounding drives financial strain United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have provided a guaranteed loan to help the company address “financial challenges” tied to the ongoing Vulcan grounding. The support is intended to bridge the period of constrained launch activity and associated cost pressures.

2026-07-24T13:42:43.928716-07:00

ULA parents guarantee loan as Vulcan grounding drives financial strain

NASA

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NASA to support Blue Origin New Glenn second-stage hot-fire testing at Stennis B-2 NASA and Blue Origin have finalized plans for second-stage hot-fire tests of New Glenn on the B-2 position of the Thad Cochran Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The testing is intended to progress New Glenn’s development alongside Artemis-related objectives.

2026-07-24T09:13:44.097651-07:00

NASA to support Blue Origin New Glenn second-stage hot-fire testing at Stennis B-2

Ars Technica

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Relativity Space to build second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida Relativity Space says it plans to construct a second rocket manufacturing facility near Cape Canaveral, Florida. The announcement signals additional production capacity to support its launch operations and future cadence from the Space Coast.

2026-07-24T07:35:40.504782-07:00

Relativity Space to build second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida

Bloomberg

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SpaceX starts turning away Falcon 9 customers beyond 2028, prioritizing Starship SpaceX has begun rejecting some satellite operators that want dedicated launch rides on Falcon 9 after 2028, according to people familiar with the matter. The move signals a shift in customer planning toward Starship, despite its still-unproven status.

2026-07-23T18:50:26.113573-07:00

SpaceX starts turning away Falcon 9 customers beyond 2028, prioritizing Starship

Bloomberg

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SpaceX IPO shakeout: stock slides below IPO price as short sellers book ~$15.5B in paper gains SpaceX’s recently launched public listing has triggered major volatility, with shares slipping below the IPO price and losing nearly 50% of market value in about a month. Analytics from Ortex put short sellers on roughly $15.5 billion in paper profit, underscoring investor impatience over ambitious promises.

2026-07-23T05:05:24.001622-07:00

SpaceX IPO shakeout: stock slides below IPO price as short sellers book ~$15.5B in paper gains

Bloomberg

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SpaceX Starship Flight 13 rescheduled to July 24 after engine fix; NASA SunRISE launch switched from Vulcan Centaur to Falcon He SpaceX will retry Starship Flight 13 on July 24 following an engine-related scrub and work on the Version 3 configuration. The test mission is also set to deploy the first Starlink V3 satellites. Separately, NASA’s SunRISE space weather mission will be delivered by a Falcon Heavy rocket instead of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur.

2026-07-23T03:05:59.008736-07:00

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 rescheduled to July 24 after engine fix; NASA SunRISE launch switched from Vulcan Centaur to Falcon He

CNBC

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Inside India newsletter: Skyroot rocket puts India alongside U.S., China in private orbital launch

2026-07-22T17:22:01.067541-07:00

Inside India newsletter: Skyro

NASA Spaceflight

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Soyuz MS-29 delivers a three-person crew to the International Space Station; U.S. EVA finishes Canadarm2 repairs The ISS crew expanded by three with the July 14 arrival of Soyuz MS-29. Following the docking, a U.S. spacewalk concluded repairs to Canadarm2, restoring key station robotics capability alongside the new increment of crew.

2026-07-22T16:08:35.770786-07:00

Soyuz MS-29 delivers a three-person crew to the International Space Station; U.S. EVA finishes Canadarm2 repairs

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