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02 Apr 2026

• Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion
• Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s proliferated constellation
• Pentagon awards Raytheon $45 million for GPS ground system as program future is reassessed
• Phantom Space buys thermal specialist to support orbital data center push
• Relativity, Hermeus, Astrion and Divergent executives join Fortastra C-suite
• Artemis 2 crew blasts off on historic moon mission
• Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink
• SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude
• Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we’ve already been there?

01 Apr 2026

• SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO
• Teledyne forms dedicated space unit to capture rising demand
• Artemis 2’s (nearly) 10-day flight around the moon
• Saltzman: Space ‘baked into’ modern combat operations
• Aspect Aerospace secures early funding to advance swarm-deployable VLEO satellites
• Artemis 2 fueling underway
• After three years, Artemis 2 astronauts ready to launch
• Vantor wins intelligence agency contract to monitor space objects
• Chinese startup tests flexible robotic arm in space for on-orbit servicing
• Live coverage: NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972
• Launch day has arrived for NASA’s Artemis II mission—here’s what to expect
• SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation

31 Mar 2026

• China targets 140 launches in 2026 amid commercial space surge
• Europe’s space sector faces power shift as funding grows
• Artemis 2 countdown underway
• After more than 53 years, humans may finally return to the Moon this week
• Starlink satellite breaks apart into “tens of objects”; SpaceX confirms “anomaly”
• This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different

30 Mar 2026

• Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal
• Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on sixth reentry mission
• ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer
• SpaceX launches Transporter-16 rideshare mission
• China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit
• Pentagon weighing termination of Raytheon GPS ground control contract after years of delays
• With Voyager’s help, Icarus Robotics to test free-flyer on ISS
• Starcloud achieves unicorn status with $170 million raise for orbital data centers
• Science finds a place on Artemis 2
• Live coverage: Falcon 9 booster to fly for record 34th time on Starlink delivery mission
• [https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/30/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-119-payloads-on-smallsat-rideshare-mission-from-california/ Live coverage: Falcon 9 booster to fly for record 34th time on Starlink delivery mission

SpaceX launches 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California]

• After 16 years and $8 billion, the military’s new GPS software still doesn’t work

29 Mar 2026

• ‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar landings

28 Mar 2026

• Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission

27 Mar 2026

• ESA to decide by June on Europe’s Gateway contributions
• India’s Bellatrix raises $20 million following overseas expansion drive
• Industry says proposed NASA changes to commercial space station plans create confusion
• SBQuantum and Spire to send quantum diamond magnetometer into orbit
• ispace redesigns lunar lander, introduces lunar communications service
• No one is happy with NASA’s new idea for private space stations
• Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test

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