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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

NASA releases critical planning document for private space stations, clarifying requirements for commercial partners

NASA has released a key planning document detailing what it wants from industry for private space-station efforts. The update provides the first consolidated clarity on the planning expectations facing commercial providers, reducing ambiguity for program schedules and downstream engineering decisions.

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2026-07-10T08:30:39.371153-07:00

Space.com

Euclid telescope finds the oldest known quasar—black hole-powered beacon from the early universe

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2026-07-09T14:14:03.753069-07:00

SpaceWatch Global

New Earth- and defense-leaning space capability moves: Infinite Orbits–Arianespace MoU for direct-to-GEO; Rocket Lab USSF succes

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2026-07-08T00:14:03.139134-07:00

SpaceNews.com

AST SpaceMobile adds three more BlueBird satellites to LEO, targeting 45–60 satellites by year-end for space-based cellular broa

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2026-07-08T06:29:13.681651-07:00

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Via Satellite

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Ovzon completes GEO connectivity and terminal trials in Arctic conditions Ovzon says it has completed multiple trials in the Arctic to validate its GEO connectivity and associated terminal technology in harsh polar environments, as it works to prove performance and readiness for deployment in similar operating conditions.

2026-07-10T11:30:15.234355-07:00

Ovzon completes GEO connectivity and terminal trials in Arctic conditions

Ars Technica

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NASA releases critical planning document for private space stations, clarifying requirements for commercial partners NASA has released a key planning document detailing what it wants from industry for private space-station efforts. The update provides the first consolidated clarity on the planning expectations facing commercial providers, reducing ambiguity for program schedules and downstream engineering decisions.

2026-07-10T08:30:39.371153-07:00

NASA releases critical planning document for private space stations, clarifying requirements for commercial partners

Space.com

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Euclid telescope finds the oldest known quasar—black hole-powered beacon from the early universe Using the ESA’s Euclid space telescope, astronomers identified a large population of black hole–powered quasars in the early universe, including the most ancient and most distant quasar observed to date. The object’s brightness corresponds to energy output described as a “trillion suns.”

2026-07-09T14:14:03.753069-07:00

Euclid telescope finds the oldest known quasar—black hole-powered beacon from the early universe

Universe Today

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ESA’s Euclid Telescope finds 31 record-breaking ancient quasars, probing early galaxy formation ESA’s Euclid space telescope has spotted 31 ancient quasars—among the oldest and most remote objects observed—using their redshifted light to peer into the dawn of the Universe. The findings include the earliest quasars ever identified and add new constraints on how the first galaxies formed and evolved.

2026-07-08T12:14:48.490719-07:00

ESA’s Euclid Telescope finds 31 record-breaking ancient quasars, probing early galaxy formation

SpaceNews.com

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AST SpaceMobile adds three more BlueBird satellites to LEO, targeting 45–60 satellites by year-end for space-based cellular broa AST SpaceMobile has deployed three additional BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit, moving ahead of its plan to build a space-based cellular broadband network. The company is targeting deployment of 45 to 60 satellites by the end of the year as it scales capacity in-orbit.

2026-07-08T06:29:13.681651-07:00

AST SpaceMobile adds three more BlueBird satellites to LEO, targeting 45–60 satellites by year-end for space-based cellular broa

SpaceWatch Global

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New Earth- and defense-leaning space capability moves: Infinite Orbits–Arianespace MoU for direct-to-GEO; Rocket Lab USSF succes Infinite Orbits and Arianespace signed an MoU to collaborate on multiple direct-to-GEO launch services. Rocket Lab reported success for a US Space Force VICTUS HAZE mission. Separately, ispace launched a Lunar Integrator service with Starship via a 2030-or-later 500 kg payload booking, while ICEYE added four SAR satellites via SpaceX Transporter-17, extending its total to 76.

2026-07-08T00:14:03.139134-07:00

New Earth- and defense-leaning space capability moves: Infinite Orbits–Arianespace MoU for direct-to-GEO; Rocket Lab USSF succes

Space.com

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Launch preview: SpaceX Transporter-17 (81 payloads) plus debuts of China’s Long March 10B and Skyroot’s Vikram-I This week’s manifest includes six international orbital launches, anchored by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-17 mission carrying 81 payloads, including four Canadian Earth-observation satellites, to a Sun-synchronous orbit. The schedule also features debut demonstration flights for China’s Long March 10B and Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-I, alongside multiple SpaceX rideshare and Starlink launches.

2026-07-06T14:19:46.203510-07:00

Launch preview: SpaceX Transporter-17 (81 payloads) plus debuts of China’s Long March 10B and Skyroot’s Vikram-I

AINonline

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Iridium completes Aireon acquisition, consolidating satellite ADS‑B surveillance ahead of an $8B Rocket Lab deal Iridium Communications has finalized its acquisition of Aireon, bringing the satellite-based ADS‑B aircraft surveillance service in-house and integrating it across Iridium’s LEO constellation of 66 satellites. The completion follows Aireon’s role in the 2019 Boeing 737 MAX grounding trigger and comes as Iridium prepares for its planned $8 billion sale to Rocket Lab.

2026-07-06T10:44:41.830322-07:00

Iridium completes Aireon acquisition, consolidating satellite ADS‑B surveillance ahead of an $8B Rocket Lab deal

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