Payload
• Douglas Gorman
HyImpulse has signed a launch agreement with SaxaVord Spaceport for the SR75's second suborbital flight, scheduled no earlier than Q3 2026. The deal secures a UK launch slot at SaxaVord and advances HyImpulse's flight-test campaign for its SR-series suborbital vehicle.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: Under the contract, the Japanese NEC Corporation will buy one of Apex’s Aries satellite buses for a communications demo mission next year.
Reuters
• Will Dunham
By Reuters: Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars in some of the oldest evidence yet obtained showing how water once flowed on the surface of Earth's planetary neighbor.
NASA Spaceflight
• Bastiaan Vellekoop, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship Flight 12 took another step toward launch, with Booster 19 completing an initial test….
Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
By Space.com: Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spent 7 hours and 2 minutes on EVA today (March 18).
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: “There were some changes that we actually had in the works before the anomaly, just to improve margins in the nozzle and solid rocket booster,” Elbon said.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: In a new filing to the FCC, Ligado defended its request to host an L-band payload on AST SpaceMobile satellites, saying the proposal will work within Ligado’s existing L-band coordination agreements and the FCC rules.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Satellogic detailed plans for its next-generation ‘Merlin’ satellites, designed to provide one-meter resolution. The company said that Merlin will be differentiated by its ability to provide daily mapping of the entire planet, with one-meter spatial resolution.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Christina Lucas, Natalia Szlarb, Tatiana Sainati
