Payload
• Douglas Gorman
SpaceX will deliver customer payloads into a twilight sun‑synchronous orbit — flying over the Earth’s terminator — on a Falcon 9 rideshare that Exolaunch has nearly filled with 22 small satellites. The booking underscores continued market demand for specialized SSO insertion and dedicated terminator deployments.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: "I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it.".
SpaceNews.com
• Desert Works Propulsion; LLC
By SpaceNews.com: Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss out whether or not they could potentially support life.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: When the White House published its executive order Ensuring American Space Superiority in December, it did more than clarify U.S. space policy.
english.kyodonews.net
• KYODO NEWS
By english.kyodonews.net: A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-orbiter geolocation system failed to deliver its payload into the target orbit after liftoff on Monday, the country's space agency said.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: The White House has marked the sixth birthday of the United States Space Force, reaffirming the administration’s view of space as a critical domain.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: As part of NASA’s Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch to the ISS for a long-duration science expedition.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
