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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Rocket Lab to build Alaska launch site for Space Force under $266M contract, supporting up to 18 suborbital military test missio

Rocket Lab will establish a new launch site in Alaska under a $266 million U.S. Space Force contract for up to 18 suborbital missions. The deal expands Rocket Lab’s military launch role as the Pentagon looks to add capacity for weapons testing.

Also: defence-blog.com

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2026-07-27T04:10:19.153796-07:00

FCC Satellite Space Policy & International Cooperation

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Amazon files application for direct-to-device satellite constellation

By SpaceNews.com: Amazon filed plans with the FCC for a constellation of more than 5,100 satellites that would provide direct-to-device services using Globalstar spectrum.

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2026-07-27T05:06:36.442142-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Blue Origin to test New Glenn upper stages at Stennis

By SpaceNews.com: Blue Origin will use NASA’s Stennis Space Center to test New Glenn upper stages as it rebuilds its Cape Canaveral launch complex.

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2026-07-27T04:10:19.467774-07:00

FCC Satellite Commercial Space Space Policy & International Cooperation Space Debris & Traffic Management

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Space.com • Tereza Pultarova

Private companies could ruin the night sky for the entire world, and international law can't stop them

By Space.com: The FCC can greenlight massive space projects that will change the sky around the world, and international space law has no tools to stop it.

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2026-07-27T05:06:21.414052-07:00

AI Space Policy & International Cooperation Space Defense & Militarization

SpaceNews.com • Mihail Várdai

AI in Orbit: How to Prevent Double-Edged Risks from Undermining Space Cooperation

By SpaceNews.com: about stopping an arms race in space, people usually say that we need treaties that every state must follow or agreements that states can choose to follow.

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2026-07-27T03:21:42.554772-07:00

LEO ESA Space Exploration & Science Missions Commercial Space

SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

ESA Awards Execution Contract for 'MAGPIE', ESA's Lunar Polar Ice Exploration Mission to ispace-EUROPE

By SpaceWatch Global: ESA awards ispace-EUROPE the second phase of the MAGPIE (Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration.) contract.

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2026-07-27T01:15:21.065703-07:00

Event Satellite ESA Space Policy & International Cooperation

SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

ESA and UKSA Launch New InCubed Funding Call for EO-based Proposals in the United Kingdom

By SpaceWatch Global: The European Space Agency has launched a new call for proposals in collaboration with the UK Space Agency, through the ESA InCubed program.

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2026-07-27T01:15:35.112088-07:00

Satellite Space Policy & International Cooperation Policy & Regulation

SpaceWatch Global • Guest Author

#SpaceWatchGL Inside EO - The Missing Middle Layer Part 2: From Projects to Products

By SpaceWatch Global: Karolina Sarna examines why commercial Earth Observation remains trapped in project-based delivery and what is needed to build the institutional layer that enables scalable EO markets.

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2026-07-27T01:21:31.319133-07:00

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Rocket Lab to build Alaska launch site for Space Force under $266M contract, supporting up to 18 suborbital military test missio

Amazon files application for direct-to-device satellite constellation

Blue Origin to test New Glenn upper stages at Stennis

Private companies could ruin the night sky for the entire world, and international law can't stop them

AI in Orbit: How to Prevent Double-Edged Risks from Undermining Space Cooperation

ESA Awards Execution Contract for 'MAGPIE', ESA's Lunar Polar Ice Exploration Mission to ispace-EUROPE

ESA and UKSA Launch New InCubed Funding Call for EO-based Proposals in the United Kingdom

#SpaceWatchGL Inside EO - The Missing Middle Layer Part 2: From Projects to Products

Amazon files application for direct-to-device satellite constellation

Private companies could ruin the night sky for the entire world, and international law can't stop them

Blue Origin to test New Glenn upper stages at Stennis

Rocket Lab to open Alaska launch site under $266 million Space Force deal

AI in Orbit: How to Prevent Double-Edged Risks from Undermining Space Cooperation

ESA and UKSA Launch New InCubed Funding Call for EO-based Proposals in the United Kingdom

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