2026 03 News

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