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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

Avio delays ESA's SMILE launch after Vega C subsystem production issue

Avio has delayed the planned launch of ESA's SMILE mission aboard a Vega C rocket after identifying a subsystem production issue, prompting an as-yet-unspecified schedule slip while the manufacturer addresses the fault. ESA and Avio will reassess launch readiness and implement corrective production steps before announcing a new date.

2026-04-06T01:25:56.393695-07:00

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Space.com • Mike Wall

Artemis 2 Crew Enters Lunar Space — First Humans Near the Moon Since 1972

By Space.com: People hadn't been there since 1972.

Also: Sky News and India Defense News

2026-04-05T22:06:18.783705-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA Administrator Isaacman Defends FY2027 Plan That Would Slash Agency Budget by Nearly 25%

By SpaceNews.com: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that would cut the agency’s budget by nearly 25%.

2026-04-05T15:27:22.141437-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA halts construction of Mobile Launcher-2 after cancellation of upgraded SLS variant

By SpaceNews.com: NASA has stopped work on a second mobile launch platform intended for an upgraded version of the SLS the agency no longer plans to develop.

2026-04-05T13:42:22.267703-07:00

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CNBC • Jim Cramer

Mega IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI Won’t Fix the Stock Market — Implications for Aerospace Financing

By CNBC: We have three big headwinds draggins stocks down, and one long-shot solution.

2026-04-05T10:26:32.547934-07:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions

Space.com • Samantha Mathewson

The powerful new Rubin Observatory just found 11,000 new asteroids and measured 'tens of thousands more'

By Space.com: A powerful new sky survey is already transforming asteroid discovery.

2026-04-05T07:11:03.200091-07:00

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Planet Labs to withhold imagery dating back to March 9 amid Iran conflict — policy to remain until hostilities end

By CNBC: Planet Labs said it will withhold imagery dating back to March 9 and that it expects the policy to remain in effect until the conflict ends.

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Planet Labs Halts Iran Imagery Indefinitely After U.S. Request, Disrupting Middle East Data

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US Request Prompts Planet Labs to Withhold Iran War Images (2)

Also: asiatimes.com, militarnyi.com, Economic Times, satnews.com, Reuters and aa.com.tr

2026-04-05T03:21:04.988317-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

ULA's Atlas V launches latest Amazon LEO broadband satellites

By SpaceNews.com: An Atlas 5 launched the latest set of satellites for Amazon’s broadband constellation April 4 as the company seeks to accelerate deployment.

orlandosentinel.com

ULA launches Atlas V on Amazon Kuiper mission — one of the booster’s last flights

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Atlas V Delivers 29 Broadband Satellites for Amazon LEO in Heaviest Atlas V Payload to Date

2026-04-04T13:47:22.301868-07:00

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Avio delays ESA's SMILE launch after Vega C subsystem production issue

Artemis 2 Crew Enters Lunar Space — First Humans Near the Moon Since 1972

NASA Administrator Isaacman Defends FY2027 Plan That Would Slash Agency Budget by Nearly 25%

NASA halts construction of Mobile Launcher-2 after cancellation of upgraded SLS variant

Mega IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI Won’t Fix the Stock Market — Implications for Aerospace Financing

The powerful new Rubin Observatory just found 11,000 new asteroids and measured 'tens of thousands more'

Planet Labs to withhold imagery dating back to March 9 amid Iran conflict — policy to remain until hostilities end

Planet Labs Halts Iran Imagery Indefinitely After U.S. Request, Disrupting Middle East Data

US Request Prompts Planet Labs to Withhold Iran War Images (2)

ULA's Atlas V launches latest Amazon LEO broadband satellites

ULA launches Atlas V on Amazon Kuiper mission — one of the booster’s last flights

Atlas V Delivers 29 Broadband Satellites for Amazon LEO in Heaviest Atlas V Payload to Date

Avio Delays SMILE Launch After Component Production Issue Identified