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NASA Spaceflight • John Sharp

Six launches scheduled in Asia and the U.S., including SpaceX Starlink and AST SpaceMobile missions

The first full week of August features six missions on the global launch calendar, with activity spanning Asia and the United States. SpaceX accounts for three Falcon 9 flights—two Starlink missions and one deploying satellites for AST SpaceMobile—alongside multiple Chinese missions.

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2026-08-03T14:30:51.184270-07:00

Satellite M&A

Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

ETL Acquires Software Developer Amphinicy Technologies

By Via Satellite: ETL Systems has acquired Amphinicy Technologies, which develops software for satcom and Earth Observation markets, in a move the company said will help solve more complex ground segment challenges for its customers.

Also: Satellite Evolution

2 Sources

2026-08-03T13:44:37.889545-07:00

Bloomberg • Reshmi Basu

EchoStar Unit Hughes Satellite Files for Bankruptcy as Debt Falls Due

By Bloomberg: Hughes Satellite Systems Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying intensifying competition was undermining its core broadband business.

SpaceNews.com

Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink

Via Satellite

Hughes Files for Chapter 11 With Plan to Reorganize Around Enterprise, Defense Business

Also: Space Intel Report, Runway Girl, CNET and al.com

7 Sources

2026-08-03T00:14:38.321534-07:00

Moon Space Exploration & Science Missions

Space.com • Sharmila Kuthunur

Jupiter's moon Europa may have signs of life in its buried ocean

By Space.com: NASA's Europa Clipper may have a tougher job than expected after a new study suggests Europa's hidden ocean can't easily reach the moon's icy surface.

1 Source

2026-08-03T11:14:49.301971-07:00

Satellite LEO M&A Defense Industry & Major Contractors Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Bloomberg • Edward Ludlow

SpaceX Investors Are Ready to Quiz Musk Over Ever-Closer Ties With Tesla

By Bloomberg: Many wonder whether a merger is ahead Expand Elon Musk during a video interview in May at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv.

New York Times

SpaceX Employee Share Lockup Expiration Could Test Its Private-Market Valuation

CNBC

SpaceX's post-IPO plunge sets tense backdrop for first earnings report

Also: Axios, SpaceWatch Africa, Yahoo Finance, keeptrack.space, Economic Times, CBS News, Financial Times, Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch, Fortune and 8 more

22 Sources

2026-08-03T04:15:18.832523-07:00

ArianeGroup Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

ArianeGroup Keeps MaiaSpace Operating Despite Negative Equity

By European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup has opted to keep MaiaSpace operating after the launch startup’s shareholders’ equity into negative territory.

1 Source

2026-08-03T08:14:50.234680-07:00

Satellite Commercial Space Space Policy & International Cooperation Policy & Regulation

SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Xona secures spectrum approval for satellite navigation network

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Xona Space Systems has received conditional federal approval to broadcast commercial navigation signals from a planned constellation of more than 250 satellites, clearing a major regulatory obstacle as the startup prepares to begin deploying the network, the company said Aug.

Also: Via Satellite

2 Sources

2026-08-03T08:44:34.002726-07:00

North America Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Ars Technica • Eric Berger

SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana

By Ars Technica: A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.

1 Source

2026-08-03T07:44:39.024775-07:00

Six launches scheduled in Asia and the U.S., including SpaceX Starlink and AST SpaceMobile missions

ETL Acquires Software Developer Amphinicy Technologies

EchoStar Unit Hughes Satellite Files for Bankruptcy as Debt Falls Due

Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink

Hughes Files for Chapter 11 With Plan to Reorganize Around Enterprise, Defense Business

Jupiter's moon Europa may have signs of life in its buried ocean

SpaceX Investors Are Ready to Quiz Musk Over Ever-Closer Ties With Tesla

SpaceX Employee Share Lockup Expiration Could Test Its Private-Market Valuation

SpaceX's post-IPO plunge sets tense backdrop for first earnings report

ArianeGroup Keeps MaiaSpace Operating Despite Negative Equity

Xona secures spectrum approval for satellite navigation network

SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana

Launch Preview: Starlink, AST SpaceMobile, and Chinese missions fill launch manifest

ETL Acquires Software Developer Amphinicy Technologies

Jupiter's moon Europa may have signs of life in its buried ocean

Xona secures spectrum approval for satellite navigation network

ArianeGroup Keeps MaiaSpace Operating Despite Negative Equity

SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana

Planet Acquires Berlin Innovation Campus Space to Set up its First European Production Facility

University of Warwick Astronomers Detect Tiny, Previously Undocumented Debris in Geosynchronous Orbit

Outlier Space Raises US$7.35m to Develop a Commercial Microgravity Research and Return Platform

Earth Observation’s “Dual-Use” Promise Is a Cost Function, Not an Opportunity

SpaceX looks beyond Falcon 9 as Starfall targets in-space logistics and Boeing advances Starliner cargo plans

Companies and governments vie for increasingly valuable space-spectrum rights

China launches secretive TJS-27 satellite pair into new orbit, upgrades Tianlian relay network

Engineers plan a satellite-capture attempt to save NASA’s Swift mission

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