Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX is set to establish a new rocket-reuse record early Tuesday morning, Aug. 25, during its 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year. The launch will be livestreamed, offering a direct view of another milestone in the company’s high-cadence operations.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: CesiumAstro plans to launch a satellite in October that will be a precursor to the company’s planned constellation of more than 700 spacecraft.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: The appeal of hyperspectral satellites has long been apparent.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA is planning specific adaptations to Ariane 6 for future Argonaut lunar missions that will carry radioisotope power systems.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Kepler Communications announced the start of commercial in-orbit optical data relay services Aug. 24, marking the smallsat operator’s expansion beyond the IoT connectivity business it began more than a decade ago.
SpaceNews.com
• Konstantinos Trantopoulos
By SpaceNews.com: uary, SpaceX acquired xAI in an all-stock deal valuing the combined business at $1.25 trillion, the largest merger on record.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A startup has developed large deployable structures that could enable small satellites to generate large amounts of power.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Kongsberg NanoAvionics has unveiled a 500-kilogram version of its flagship MP42D satellite bus, more than doubling its previous maximum mass to support more demanding defense and intelligence missions.
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SpaceWatch Global
• James Hydzik
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin, Martin Smith
Associated Press
• Aug. 19, Xinhua News Agency
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust