Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
The UK government will provide an additional £62 million (about $83.4 million) to support and accelerate the country’s space sector. The funding is intended to strengthen domestic space capabilities and help sustain growth across the sector.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Spire Global has hired Eric Mellinger, a Mantech International Corporation executive, as COO to lead business development and go-to-market strategy.
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin, Martijn Luinstra
By NASA Spaceflight: While the focus of late has been on Starship’s test program, three companies developing new orbital rockets — Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, and PLD Space — announced key testing milestones for vehicles targeted for debut flights later in 2026.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX suffered its second last-second abort in a row this morning (July 20), this time during an attempted Falcon 9 launch of Starlink broadband satellites.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: NASA's Artemis III mission is shaping up to be NASA's most complex mission in history, coordinating the launch and rendezvous of three different spacecraft.
Space.com
• Aparna Venkatesan
By Space.com: The Artemis II astronauts reminded us that they considered it the honor of a lifetime to go to the moon for us - and as us - while transmitting daily that they couldn’t wait to come home to us.
By satnews.com: On Monday, July 20, 2026, ThinKom Solutions, Inc. announced that its ThinAir GT2517 airborne terminal successfully completed the SES Government Technology Certification (GTC) program.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The UK Space Agency has delayed the award of a £75.6 million contract for a mission that will capture and remove two defunct satellites from low Earth orbit.
