Space News

Satellite Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Smallsat Rideshare Providers Buy Dedicated SpaceX Launches as Access to Orbit Tightens

Companies that built businesses arranging rideshare missions for small satellites are increasingly purchasing entire SpaceX launches for themselves. The shift signals intensifying competition for orbital access and suggests that dedicated launch capacity is becoming strategically valuable even for operators traditionally reliant on shared missions.

1 Source

2026-08-25T08:40:41.861330-07:00

Satellite Moon Space Exploration & Science Missions NASA

NEW

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA, Advanced Space team up for CAPSTONE follow-on mission

By SpaceNews.com: A NASA-industry team is embarking on a follow-up to a cubesat mission to the moon by developing a pair of smallsats that will test rendezvous and proximity operations there.

1 Source

2026-08-25T09:15:41.750687-07:00

Satellite M&A Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

CesiumAstro raising more funds amid acquisition spree

By SpaceNews.com: CesiumAstro is in the middle of a Series D funding round to support the phased-array antenna specialist’s transformation into a constellation operator.

1 Source

2026-08-25T08:06:58.665003-07:00

Supply Chain Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

NASA Spaceflight • Chris Bergin, Eleanor Day

SpaceX ramps up Starbase production capacity for future Starship flights

By NASA Spaceflight: A flurry of activity has been underway at the Starbase production site over the past week, with multiple vehicle elements on the move and new tooling arriving that will support both near-term flights and the longer-term expansion of Starship operations.

Also: CNA

2 Sources

2026-08-25T07:20:46.717414-07:00

Satellite LEO Defense Industry & Major Contractors Space Defense & Militarization

SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

SDA fills out Tranche 1 while bracing for challenges ahead

By SpaceNews.com: SALT LAKE CITY – Northrop Grumman satellites are preparing for launch into the Pentagon’s first operational military data network in low-Earth orbit, U.S.

1 Source

2026-08-25T07:51:00.434093-07:00

ISS ESA Human Spaceflight & Space Stations NASA

Space.com • Chelsea Gohd

Astronauts Repair Faulty ISS Antenna During Aug. 18 Spacewalk

By Space.com: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon removed a faulty antenna on the ISS a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026.

Also: NASA and NASA

3 Sources

2026-08-25T07:05:21.065593-07:00

Satellite

SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

TrustPoint tests C-band navigation signals on third-party receiver

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — TrustPoint said it has tested its C-band navigation signals on a receiver developed by Hexagon’s NovAtel. The test marked an early step toward making the startup’s GPS alternative compatible with commercial navigation hardware.

1 Source

2026-08-25T06:51:02.382309-07:00

Satellite Space Debris & Traffic Management

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

SpaceX offers space safety service for satellite operators

By SpaceNews.com: SpaceX is encouraging satellite operators to use a new space safety platform the company has developed to reduce the risk of collisions in congested orbits.

1 Source

2026-08-25T05:45:46.138997-07:00

Smallsat Rideshare Providers Buy Dedicated SpaceX Launches as Access to Orbit Tightens

NASA, Advanced Space team up for CAPSTONE follow-on mission

CesiumAstro raising more funds amid acquisition spree

SpaceX ramps up Starbase production capacity for future Starship flights

SDA fills out Tranche 1 while bracing for challenges ahead

Astronauts Repair Faulty ISS Antenna During Aug. 18 Spacewalk

TrustPoint tests C-band navigation signals on third-party receiver

SpaceX offers space safety service for satellite operators

NASA, Advanced Space team up for CAPSTONE follow-on mission

Smallsat Rideshare Providers Buy Dedicated SpaceX Launches Amid Tightening Access to Orbit

CesiumAstro raising more funds amid acquisition spree

SDA fills out Tranche 1 while bracing for challenges ahead

SpaceX ramps up Starbase production capacity for future Starship flights

Astronauts Repair Faulty ISS Antenna During Aug. 18 Spacewalk

NASA satellites ace world's 1st 'lost-in-space' GPS-free navigation experiment

Arkisys to equip satellites with Odin Black Box

ESA’s Draco Reentry Mission Clears Its Critical Design Review

The Aerospace Corp’s Disksat Gains Commercial Traction

Small-satellite market moves toward larger, more capable platforms and space-based sensing

China postpones Chang’e-7 lunar south-pole mission hours before launch

LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 Lands First Stage After Second Orbital Flight, Then Topples

SpaceX reportedly acquires xAI in a record $1.25 trillion all-stock deal

The day’s aerospace signal, in one email.

More in Space

MaiaSpace adds RIDE! to Commercial Ecosystem ahead of its Launcher's Maiden Mission

China Advances Orbital Data Centers as Europe Debates Its Space-Compute Strategy

Leaf Space Completes Ground Station Install at Spaceport Nova Scotia

Exclusive: OrbitAID to Launch RPO Demo in 2027

Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today

Russia launches military satellite aboard Soyuz-2.1b rocket

KSAT Rolls Out Demonstration Campaign for Hybrid RF/Optical Network

Trump bought shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June, financial disclosure shows