Space.com
• Mike Wall
On 12 February 2026 the first Ariane 64, the four‑booster Ariane 6, lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and placed 32 Amazon Leo LEO broadband satellites into orbit. The mission validated the rocket’s most powerful three‑stage configuration and advances Europe’s heavy‑lift launch capability.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "This is essentially as close as we can get to seeing the death of a massive star.".
Reuters
By Reuters: Italian high‑speed rail operator Italo said on Thursday it would introduce SpaceX's Starlink system across its fleet, becoming the world's first major train company to rely on the low‑Earth‑orbit satellite connectivity service.
By Spaceflight Now:  NASA is loading liquid hydrogen aboard its Space Launch System moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday for an unpublicized but crucial test of the repairs made to a leaky umbilical that derailed a countdown rehearsal on Feb.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: It is time to take astronomy off Earth.
By Spaceflight Now:  United Launch Alliance said an issue affected one of the four solid rocket boosters that helped propel its Vulcan rocket into space Thursday on a mission for the United States Space Force.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Launch companies are divided on how to compete with SpaceX in a market where demand outstrips supply, yet customers remain price sensitive.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: "The tools we are building are about our planetary future.".
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
