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Muon Space debuts Starship-class satellite bus for orbital data centers, targeting 2028 launches

Muon Space says it has designed a Starship-class satellite platform from the ground up for the emerging “orbital data center” market, built around a larger architecture than its Condor-Ultra bus. The company is pitching early customers and points to an initial launch timeline of 2028.

2026-06-03T04:58:15.866744-07:00

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NASA scraps plans for a government-owned “core module,” keeps focus on privately operated commercial LEO stations

2026-06-02T01:11:19.244339-07:00

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Bellatrix Aerospace teams with TelePIX on Korean VLEO optical-payload demo satellite, targeting NET 2028

2026-06-01T06:13:12.588154-07:00

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Blue Origin New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral as SpaceX keeps Florida launch cadence with Starlink Falcon 9

2026-05-29T07:40:12.375676-07:00

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Muon Space debuts Starship-class satellite bus for orbital data centers, targeting 2028 launches Muon Space says it has designed a Starship-class satellite platform from the ground up for the emerging “orbital data center” market, built around a larger architecture than its Condor-Ultra bus. The company is pitching early customers and points to an initial launch timeline of 2028.

2026-06-03T04:58:15.866744-07:00

Muon Space debuts Starship-class satellite bus for orbital data centers, targeting 2028 launches

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NASA scraps plans for a government-owned “core module,” keeps focus on privately operated commercial LEO stations NASA has reversed its March approach that contemplated developing a government-owned “core module” to support commercial space stations replacing the ISS later this decade. In a June 1 statement, NASA reaffirmed that it will instead keep backing privately owned and operated low-Earth-orbit platforms, including leaving its CLD program unchanged.

2026-06-02T01:11:19.244339-07:00

NASA scraps plans for a government-owned “core module,” keeps focus on privately operated commercial LEO stations

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Bellatrix Aerospace teams with TelePIX on Korean VLEO optical-payload demo satellite, targeting NET 2028 Bellatrix Aerospace is partnering with Korean optical payload maker TelePIX to build a Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) demonstration satellite. The satellite is slated to launch in 2028 (NET), extending Bellatrix’s push into sustained VLEO operations with an optical payload element via TelePIX.

2026-06-01T06:13:12.588154-07:00

Bellatrix Aerospace teams with TelePIX on Korean VLEO optical-payload demo satellite, targeting NET 2028

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ULA Atlas V to launch 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites on May 28 United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V is set to launch 29 Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) satellites to orbit Friday night (May 28). The mission further builds out Amazon’s LEO broadband constellation as the company presses toward operational deployment and sustained in-orbit capacity.

2026-05-29T09:09:20.509677-07:00

ULA Atlas V to launch 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites on May 28

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Blue Origin New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral as SpaceX keeps Florida launch cadence with Starlink Falcon 9 A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during an in-flight/ground sequence at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, abruptly puncturing a run of space-stock gains. Within ~12 hours, SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 from a different pad, while Space Launch Delta 45 said the Eastern Range remained mission-capable after responding to the anomaly.

2026-05-29T07:40:12.375676-07:00

Blue Origin New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral as SpaceX keeps Florida launch cadence with Starlink Falcon 9

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Bellatrix and TelePIX plan 2028 air-breathing VLEO imaging demonstration

2026-05-29T06:47:33.846529-07:00

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Leaf Space launches TreeNet to convert satellite constellations into shared orbital mesh networks Leaf Space has launched TreeNet, a technology intended to eliminate connectivity bottlenecks tied to modern satellite constellations by turning them into a shared orbital mesh network. The approach targets how constellation capacity is interconnected, shifting from point-to-point constraints toward scalable network-level connectivity.

2026-05-29T00:59:25.463921-07:00

Leaf Space launches TreeNet to convert satellite constellations into shared orbital mesh networks

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Space Force awards SpaceX $2.29B for Space Data Network Backbone LEO communications The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to develop the “Space Data Network Backbone,” a low Earth orbit satellite network intended to operate as a military internet in space. The backbone is positioned to support the broader Space Data Network, including SDA transport-layer satellites.

2026-05-26T14:43:28.561315-07:00

Space Force awards SpaceX $2.29B for Space Data Network Backbone LEO communications

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Muon Space debuts Starship-class satellite bus for orbital data centers, targeting 2028 launches

NASA scraps plans for a government-owned “core module,” keeps focus on privately operated commercial LEO stations

Bellatrix Aerospace teams with TelePIX on Korean VLEO optical-payload demo satellite, targeting NET 2028

Blue Origin New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral as SpaceX keeps Florida launch cadence with Starlink Falcon 9

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