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Revision as of 14:30, 14 January 2026
14 Jan 2026
- CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test
- ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch
- ThinkOrbital raises seed funding to advance X-ray space inspection
- NASA pessimistic about odds of recovering MAVEN
- SkyFi raises $12.7 million to scale satellite data marketplace
- China’s first launches of 2026 send Yaogan spacecraft into unusual orbit, loft Guowang satellites
- ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE mission to test debris-removal techniques
- Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX prepare ‘medical evacuation’ Crew-11 return to Earth
- SpaceX breaks pad turnaround record at Cape Canaveral with midday Starlink launch
13 Jan 2026
- ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE in-orbit servicing and debris removal mission
- Pentagon commits $1 billion to L3Harris missile unit as ‘anchor investor’
- Orbion delivers 33 electric thrusters to York Space for U.S. military constellation
- Eutelsat orders 340 additional satellites to replenish OneWeb constellation
- Aerospacelab to build eight satellites for Xona’s navigation constellation
- ISS gains new commander as Crew-11 prepares midweek departure
12 Jan 2026
- NRO taps Capitol Hill staffer Bill Adkins as principal deputy director
- NASA outlines path to Artemis 2 launch
- India’s PSLV launch fails during ascent, 16 satellites lost
- China files ITU paperwork for megaconstellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites
- NASA astrophysics, commercial satellites launch on SpaceX rideshare mission
- India’s PSLV suffers second consecutive launch failure, 16 satellites lost
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope
- NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle
11 Jan 2026
- NASA astrophysics, commercial satellites launch on SpaceX rideshare mission
- Crew-11 to make early return Jan. 15
10 Jan 2026
- Crew-11 to make early return Jan. 15
- FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink satellites
- Space Force awards $739 million in launch orders to SpaceX
09 Jan 2026
- Landspace secures launch contracts for China’s megaconstellation projects
- Rhea Space Activity applies optical navigation to military rendezvous missions
- Crew-11 to cut mission short and return to Earth due to medical issue
- L3Harris announces $845 million majority sale of Space Propulsion and Power Systems business
- Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.
- Rocket Report: A new super-heavy launch site in California; 2025 year in review
08 Jan 2026
- Roman Space Telescope on track for September launch
- Private group unveils plans for large space telescope
- Vulcan to open 2026 with national security launch
- Medical issue could force early end of Crew-11 ISS mission
- SpaceX scrubs midday Starlink mission launch from Cape Canaveral
- Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
07 Jan 2026
- Space Force moves to standardize satellites with ‘Handle 2.0’ contract
- NASA seeks to accelerate development of Habitable Worlds Observatory
- SkyFi expands virtual constellation with Vantor satellite imagery
- 2026 Outlook: Can Acquisition Reform Deliver for Military Space?
- Here are the launches and landings we’re most excited about in 2026
06 Jan 2026
- Dept. of the Air Force opens bidding for Space Launch Complex 14 at Vandenberg SFB
- Private equity deal shows just how far America’s legacy rocket industry has fallen
05 Jan 2026
- Array Labs raises $20 million to scale production of radar satellites for 3D Earth mapping
- Minibus provides $24.4 billion for NASA for fiscal year 2026
- China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions
- L3Harris to sell majority stake in space propulsion unit to AE Industrial
- SpaceX to lower orbits of some Starlink satellites
- NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all
- Our annual power ranking of US rocket companies has changes near the top and bottom
04 Jan 2026
- Space Force begins base network overhaul as cybersecurity demands grow
- SpaceX launches first Starlink deployment mission since problem strikes satellite
03 Jan 2026
- New Spanish communications satellite suffers ‘space particle’ impact
- SpaceX launches next second-generation Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite
02 Jan 2026
- SpaceX to lower orbits of some Starlink satellites
- Live coverage: SpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy
- After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking
- SpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink satellite constellation