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NASA Spaceflight • Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin

SpaceX recovers intact Ship 40 as Ship 41 begins testing ahead of potential Flight 14

SpaceX is recovering Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after its soft landing on Flight 13, while Ship 41 moves toward engine testing at Massey’s. Teams are also advancing Pad 2 work, with a potential Flight 14 targeted as early as late August.

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2026-08-04T09:30:40.040116-07:00

Satellite Space Defense & Militarization

SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion

By SpaceNews.com: An increasingly competitive market is forming around a capability military satellites have historically used sparingly: propulsion after launch.

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2026-08-04T08:05:13.905289-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups

By SpaceNews.com: Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.

SpaceWatch Africa

Rocket Lab Awarded Record $266M Missile Defense Contract with U.S. Space Force for Suborbital Launches

SpaceWatch Africa

Rocket Lab Secures Multi-Launch Deal with iQPS for Three Dedicated Missions

Also: The Space Review, warsight.com and satnews.com

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2026-08-04T05:12:09.214480-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Rocketdyne reemerges as standalone space company

By SpaceNews.com: 3D printed RL10 rocket engine combustion chambers shown in the manufacturing area at L3Harris’ facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Bloomberg

Telesat, MDA Soar on Billions in Canada Military Contracts

Space Intel Report

Canada's military makes good on Arctic broadband promise with $1.9B Telesat contract for additional Lightspeed satellites

Also: SpaceWatch Africa, defence-industry.eu, Seeking Alpha, Defense Daily and 3 more

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2026-08-04T02:35:03.019151-07:00

Satellite M&A Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Associated Press • Bernard Conodn

Musk likely to face tough questions during SpaceX's first earnings call as a public company

By Associated Press: SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.

CNBC

SpaceX earnings live updates: First report since IPO comes ahead of massive share unlock

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Is Bullish on SpaceX, Despite Recent Stock Weakness

Also: Spaceflight Now, Space.com, Reuters, Bloomberg, Fortune, newsable.asianetnews.com, CNN, dailymail.com, The Independent, Economic Times, Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch and 25 more

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2026-08-03T21:14:44.849306-07:00

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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS

By European Spaceflight: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third test of the EuroSuit intravehicular activity spacesuit prototype aboard the ISS.

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2026-08-04T04:14:45.959373-07:00

Human Spaceflight & Space Stations Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Future of Crew Dragon weighs on commercial spaceflight industry

By SpaceNews.com: While SpaceX says there is a “significant” amount of life left in its fleet of Crew Dragon spacecraft, it has hedged on how long it will continue flying it.

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2026-08-04T05:32:06.138677-07:00

Satellite LEO Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space Sustainability & Climate Initiatives

SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

SpaceX recovers intact Ship 40 as Ship 41 begins testing ahead of potential Flight 14

Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion

SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups

Rocket Lab Awarded Record $266M Missile Defense Contract with U.S. Space Force for Suborbital Launches

Rocket Lab Secures Multi-Launch Deal with iQPS for Three Dedicated Missions

Rocketdyne reemerges as standalone space company

Telesat, MDA Soar on Billions in Canada Military Contracts

Canada's military makes good on Arctic broadband promise with $1.9B Telesat contract for additional Lightspeed satellites

Musk likely to face tough questions during SpaceX's first earnings call as a public company

SpaceX earnings live updates: First report since IPO comes ahead of massive share unlock

Wall Street Is Bullish on SpaceX, Despite Recent Stock Weakness

ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS

Future of Crew Dragon weighs on commercial spaceflight industry

Kreios Space to fly VLEO demonstration in NanoAvionics bus

Rubicon ASCENT thruster moves from hot-fire testing to production

Kreios Taps Kongsberg NanoAvionics for 2028 VLEO Demo

While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14

Military demand shapes market for satellite propulsion

Future of Crew Dragon weighs on commercial spaceflight industry

Kreios Space to fly VLEO demonstration in NanoAvionics bus

SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups

ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS

NASA Selects Lunar Outpost to Advance its 'Starweave' Autonomous Robotic Swarm Software

NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions

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

ETL Acquires Software Developer Amphinicy Technologies

SpaceX faces first earnings test as insider lockups expire and short interest reaches $23.6 billion

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

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