2026 03 News

07 Mar 2026

• Air Force lab awards BlackSky contract worth up to $99 million for large optical satellite payload
• NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket

06 Mar 2026

• Eutelsat completes $5.8 billion refinancing plan
• Rocket Lab launches satellite for undisclosed customer
• China designates space sector an “emerging pillar industry,” sets deep space ambitions in new economic blueprint
• Infinite Orbits acquires UK startup Lunasa to expand satellite servicing capabilities
• Live coverage: SpaceX plans mid-afternoon Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB
• Rocket Report: SpaceX launch prices are going up; Russia fixes broken launch pad
• With Gateway likely gone, where will lunar landers rendezvous with Orion?

05 Mar 2026

• General Galactic aims to become “the galaxy’s energy and logistics company”
• Infinite Orbits acquires UK startup Lunasa to expand satellite servicing capabilities
• UK announces £500 million package for industrial growth and national security
• Vast raises $500 million for commercial space station development
• Sierra Space raises $550 million in Series C funding
• Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production
• Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations

04 Mar 2026

• Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million for AI drone coordination in satellite-denied environments
• SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed
• PLD Space raises $209 million to shift into serial rocket production
• The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race

03 Mar 2026

• Space Force modernization push runs into acquisition workforce shortfall
• Redwire unveils new solar array
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
• As Moon interest heats up, two companies unveil plans for a lunar “harvester”

02 Mar 2026

• Pentagon details cyber, space ‘first mover’ role in Iran operations
• Space Force rethinks satellite ground station strategy
• Open Cosmos unveils vision for imagery-linked sovereign satellite connectivity
• ESA announces 100 million euro satellite-mobile convergence initiative
• Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding

01 Mar 2026

• Space Force opens secretive space tracking to commercial firms
• CAS Space to launch Kinetica-2 in late March carrying prototype cargo spacecraft
• Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
• SpaceX to launches 25 Starlink Satellites from the West Coast