Space.com
• Mike Wall
Rocket Lab placed an Earth-observation satellite into orbit on Sept. 10 for a customer it did not identify. The company provided few mission details and no livestream, leaving the payload’s specifications, orbit and end use undisclosed.
DefenseNews.com
• Jaroslaw Adamowski
By DefenseNews.com: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the project will pave the way for the launch of a Starlink-like system for the nation.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: Elon Musk faces a strategic dilemma between launching cash-generating satellites and sending humans into deep space — with an uncertain payoff.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Cryptographic tools relied on for decades to protect sensitive communications and critical infrastructure risk becoming easy targets for sufficiently powerful quantum computers.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s telecommunications regulator has issued a roadmap to the end of the decade, building on a national five-year plan laid out in March.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: Antares announced today that it won a $161M DoD contract to advance nuclear power for space—the largest DoD space nuclear award to date.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Two spacecraft operated by the company Impulse Space pulled off an impressive orbital feat recently, coming within less than 650 feet of each other.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: ULA is preparing to resume launching the Vulcan rocket in the coming weeks.
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• Haygen Warren
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
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