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Space.com • Julian Dossett

West Virginia radio telescope tracks Artemis II Orion around the Moon for five days

A giant radio telescope in West Virginia observed NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft as it flew around the Moon for five days, collecting precise tracking data on its motion. The effort produced high-resolution observations cited by NASA as visual confirmation of crewed operations beyond Earth orbit.

2026-05-17T05:04:01.561582-07:00
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

York Space defends growth strategy as SDA programs are reshaped

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Just months after its public debut, York Space Systems is confronting a question that goes to the core of its business model: what happens when the Pentagon program that fueled its rise is fundamentally reorganized.

2026-05-16T15:08:52.224700-07:00
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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to build a prototype communications satellite intended to demonstrate anti-jamming technologies for military operations in contested environments, the Space Systems Command said May 15.

Also: Defense Daily and insidedefense.com
2026-05-16T07:53:09.719393-07:00
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AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

ICEYE hands over POLSARIS SAR satellite constellation to Poland in under a year

By AeroTime: Finland's ICEYE has delivered POLSARIS, a four-satellite SAR reconnaissance constellation, to Poland's armed forces less than a year after contract signature.

2026-05-15T07:52:37.895683-07:00