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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

SpaceX says next Starship mission will carry first orbital payloads, including Starlink satellites

A SpaceX executive confirmed that the next Starship flight will carry its first orbital payloads, including Starlink satellites. The mission is expected to advance the company’s direct-to-device connectivity ambitions and provide an initial testbed for future orbital data-center concepts.

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2026-09-10T20:45:41.242735-07:00

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NASA Spaceflight • Haygen Warren

Roman telescope deploys solar array and communication systems, powers on Coronagraph Instrument

By NASA Spaceflight: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched on Sunday, Aug. 30, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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2026-09-10T15:28:56.851538-07:00

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Ars Technica • Stephen Clark

Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument

By Ars Technica: Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships.

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2026-09-10T12:20:40.065392-07:00

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Via Satellite • Mark Holmes

MaiaSpace Secures First Long-Term Asian Customer Deal With iQPS

By Via Satellite: Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) has tapped MaiaSpace, the up-and-coming French launch provider, to launch a range of SAR (synthetic aperture.

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2026-09-10T13:04:50.430834-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Eutelsat Taps Airbus and Aerospacelab for OneWeb and IRIS² Satellites

By Via Satellite: Eutelsat announced major orders of satellites to support service continuity for the OneWeb constellation, and Europe’s IRIS² constellation. Airbus.

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2026-09-10T12:35:30.205626-07:00

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Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

EU Commission President: We're updating competition policy to favor consolidations like the Thales-Airbus-Leonardo space merger

By Space Intel Report: PARIS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sept.

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2026-09-10T09:15:19.258495-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

Tomorrow.io unveils instrument suite for DeepSky weather constellation

By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO – Tomorrow.io’s DeepSky constellation will gather global weather data with microwave sounders, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) radio occultation receivers, GNSS reflectometers, precipitation radars and optical and infrared cameras, the company announced Sept.

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2026-09-10T10:05:43.910783-07:00

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Space.com • Josh Dinner

LINK spacecraft gets close to NASA's Swift Observatory, but not close enough to save it

By Space.com: Operations aboard the Katalyst Space LINK satellite continue, despite the spacecraft's inability to complete its mission of boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory.

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2026-09-10T11:05:09.832831-07:00

SpaceX says next Starship mission will carry first orbital payloads, including Starlink satellites

Roman telescope deploys solar array and communication systems, powers on Coronagraph Instrument

Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument

MaiaSpace Secures First Long-Term Asian Customer Deal With iQPS

Eutelsat Taps Airbus and Aerospacelab for OneWeb and IRIS² Satellites

EU Commission President: We're updating competition policy to favor consolidations like the Thales-Airbus-Leonardo space merger

Tomorrow.io unveils instrument suite for DeepSky weather constellation

LINK spacecraft gets close to NASA's Swift Observatory, but not close enough to save it

SpaceX confirms plans to launch Starlink satellites on next Starship mission

Roman telescope deploys solar array and communication systems, powers on Coronagraph Instrument

MaiaSpace Secures First Long-Term Asian Customer Deal With iQPS

Eutelsat Taps Airbus and Aerospacelab for OneWeb and IRIS² Satellites

Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument

LINK spacecraft gets close to NASA's Swift Observatory, but not close enough to save it

A New Surface Atlas of Phobos Will Help JAXA's MMX Mission Collect its Samples

Amazon backs Ariane with rocket launch orders as Europe battles to close its space gap

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The Exploration Company Books Ariane 6 Flight for Nyx Demo Mission

Stoke Space raises $1 billion to scale its fully reusable Nova rocket

Eclipse Space unveils satellite platforms for D2D, broadband and orbital computing as space startups pursue constellation partne

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Pentagon more than doubles national-security launch forecast as new rockets challenge SpaceX

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