SpaceWatch Global
Europe's space sector is moving beyond the familiar rhythm of conferences and announcements as policymakers confront capability shortfalls, industrial fragility and mounting geopolitical pressure. The piece argues Brussels and national capitals must define a practical 'Plan B'—covering sovereign launch, resilient satcoms, funding models and industrial reform.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: The second suborbital flight of HyImpulse's SR75 is expected to lift off from SaxaVord no earlier than Q3 2026.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: Under the contract, the Japanese NEC Corporation will buy one of Apex’s Aries satellite buses for a communications demo mission next year.
NASA Spaceflight
• Bastiaan Vellekoop, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship Flight 12 took another step toward launch, with Booster 19 completing an initial test….
Reuters
• Will Dunham
By Reuters: Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars in some of the oldest evidence yet obtained showing how water once flowed on the surface of Earth's planetary neighbor.
Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
By Space.com: Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spent 7 hours and 2 minutes on EVA today (March 18).
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: “There were some changes that we actually had in the works before the anomaly, just to improve margins in the nozzle and solid rocket booster,” Elbon said.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: In a new filing to the FCC, Ligado defended its request to host an L-band payload on AST SpaceMobile satellites, saying the proposal will work within Ligado’s existing L-band coordination agreements and the FCC rules.
Bloomberg
• Isabelle Lee, Lu Wang
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Christina Lucas, Natalia Szlarb, Tatiana Sainati
