Universe Today
• Evan Gough
NASA has confirmed the Ultraviolet EXplorer (UVEX), setting its lifecycle cost at $590 million and committing to launch by January 2031. The ultraviolet telescope is expected to be about 100 times more powerful than GALEX, whose mission ended in 2013.
NASA Spaceflight
• Joe Kangas
By NASA Spaceflight: In the world of spaceflight, launch infrastructure is critical for rocket launches. For agencies and companies wanting to move quickly from a rocket’s inception to its first flight, everything from launch pads to vehicle integration facilities to support infrastructure has to be constructed.
Space.com
• Michaela Musilova
By Space.com: Confined inside a research station 22 feet (7 meters) underwater, Analog Astronaut Commander Dr. Musilova and her crew performed research and maintenance activities like future astronauts on Mars.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s first operational missile-tracking satellites are now expected to launch in spring 2027, nearly two years later than originally planned, as the government considers additional flight demonstrations before committing to large purchases of next-generation sensors.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: Joshua Kutryk will venture outside the International Space Station on Oct. 29, on the first spacewalk by a Canadian astronaut in more than seven years.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Canada’s mobile satellite services (MSS) operator Terrestar Solutions is joining Equatys shared infrastructure approach for direct-to-device (D2D) services under a new MoU announced Wednesday.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman
By The War Zone: Battlefield space is heating up as the DIA warns that China could use orbital directed energy weapons to take down satellites by the end of the decade.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Flexell Space
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
