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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA’s 2028 crunch: Artemis, SR-1 and robotic lunar landings face program shake-up

In his first months as NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman has shaken up several of the agency’s key programs, with Artemis, the SR-1 mission and robotic lunar landings all facing a 2028 imperative. The available reporting identifies the programs but provides no further detail on the changes or their schedules.

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2026-11-03T04:10:39.478157-08:00

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Election Day, Musk's power play and walker comes home

By Reuters: Americans head to the polls to vote in the US midterms, with control of Congress on the line. Elon Musk eyes greater control of his companies through a proposed SpaceX-Tesla merger.

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2026-11-03T04:04:23.705382-08:00

Satellite Policy & Regulation

SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

The 2028 Imperative: NOAA’s commercial weather data ambitions hinge on funding

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2026-11-03T04:10:39.438857-08:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Electron nears century mark with iQPS launch

By SpaceNews.com: A Rocket Lab Electron rocket successfully launched a radar-imaging satellite for a Japanese company as the vehicle nears its 100th mission.

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2026-11-03T04:45:39.297001-08:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

The 2028 imperative: A ‘show-me’ year for military space programs

By SpaceNews.com: From orbital missile interceptors to satellites tracking enemy aircraft, the military is racing to turn ambitious concepts into working systems.

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2026-11-03T04:10:39.695778-08:00

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Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

Planet, Vantor and Blacksky on tailoring services to governments demanding sovereignty, however they define it

By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland —US geospatial imaging satellite builders and operators said they are addressing an international market that now seems as concerned with “sovereignty” as with cost, latency or just about any other metric.

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2026-11-03T05:04:07.971267-08:00

Satellite Europe

SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

ERMIS-3 Demonstrates 1 Gbps Optical Downlink in Milestone for Greek Space Program

By SpaceWatch Global: Greece’s ERMIS-3 CubeSat has demonstrated a 1 Gbps laser link to a ground station, advancing optical communications for small satellites.

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2026-11-03T00:55:20.476454-08:00

Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Payload • Douglas Gorman

Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle

By Payload: Tumbleweed announced the closing of a €6.9M ($7.7M) seed round to fund the development of an in-orbit research vehicle—called Oasis Beta.

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2026-11-03T00:05:11.099509-08:00

NASA’s 2028 crunch: Artemis, SR-1 and robotic lunar landings face program shake-up

Election Day, Musk's power play and walker comes home

The 2028 Imperative: NOAA’s commercial weather data ambitions hinge on funding

Electron nears century mark with iQPS launch

The 2028 imperative: A ‘show-me’ year for military space programs

Planet, Vantor and Blacksky on tailoring services to governments demanding sovereignty, however they define it

ERMIS-3 Demonstrates 1 Gbps Optical Downlink in Milestone for Greek Space Program

Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle

Planet, Vantor and Blacksky on tailoring services to governments demanding sovereignty, however they define it

Electron nears century mark with iQPS launch

Election Day, Musk's power play and walker comes home

The 2028 imperative: A ‘show-me’ year for military space programs

The 2028 Imperative: NASA's 2028 crunch for Artemis, SR-1 and robotic lunar landings

The 2028 Imperative: NOAA’s commercial weather data ambitions hinge on funding

#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Bailouts, Billions and Satellites: Europe’s Space Defence Illusion

United Airlines Deploys Defensive AI as it Rolls Out Starlink Across Fleet, CISO Says

"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation

Europe looks beyond the ISS

Finnair and Air Astana select SES multi-orbit satellite Wi-Fi for aircraft fleets

Northwood Space raises $375 million at $2 billion valuation to expand satellite ground network

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