2026 02 News
07 Feb 2026
- Falcon 9 returns to flight after upper stage engine investigation
- SpaceX IPO could drive investor interest in other space companies
- Space Force awards $54.5 million contract to Starfish Space for GEO servicing vehicle
- China launches reusable spaceplane on fourth secretive orbital mission
- SpaceX launches return to flight Falcon 9 mission following brief stand down
06 Feb 2026
- ‘We helped usher in the modern era of AI in NGA.’
- ‘Serving the country and pushing the boundaries of human existence is very purposeful.’
- ‘I loved thinking about how to make science possible for America and for the world’
- ‘You need competent people in the government to direct and make decisions.’
- ‘Now it’s time to turn the baton over to others. I hope there’s somebody else to grab that baton.’
- ‘People knew that they could come to us to figure out how to get things done.’
- ‘As far as I know, I’m still the assistant administrator of NESDIS.’
- ‘Leaders can be replaced, institutional knowledge cannot’
- Exodus: The shrinking federal space workforce
- NASA selects two Earth science missions for development
- SpaceX shifts away from Dragon launches at pad 39A as Starship looms
- ULA offloads first Vulcan rocket at Vandenberg at it preps its next Cape launch
- Lawmakers ask what it would take to “store” the International Space Station
- NASA stage show explores “outer” outer space with Henson’s Fraggles
- Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
- To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn’s second stage reignites
05 Feb 2026
- Satellite servicing startup Starfish taps Quindar for mission operations software
- Voyager Technologies and Max Space partner on lunar infrastructure
- FCC clears Logos to deploy more than 4,000 broadband satellites
- Morpheus raises $15 million in Series A+ round
- Space Force may be done with R-GPS, but Congress isn’t
- Vantor wins $5.3 million NGA contract to spot terrain changes using commercial satellite data
- NASA changes its mind, will allow Artemis astronauts to take iPhones to the Moon
04 Feb 2026
- FireSat adds orbit-visualization software to help firefighters plan around satellite passes
- Senate committee delays consideration of bill to streamline FCC satellite licensing
- SmallSat Alliance shifts focus from proliferation to coordination
- NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket
- Russian spy satellites have intercepted EU communications satellites
- US House takes first step toward creating “commercial” deep space program
03 Feb 2026
- SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage anomaly
- Artemis 2 slips to March
- Unable to tame hydrogen leaks, NASA delays launch of Artemis II until March
02 Feb 2026
- At Blue Origin, Hegseth escalates criticism of legacy defense procurement
- UK Space Agency CEO stepping down as agency folds into government
- House NASA bill seeks details on lunar lander and spacesuit development
- Amazon buys 10 more Falcon 9 launches
- CesiumAstro to scale operations with $470 million in equity and debt financing
- Transcelestial to provide satellite laser communication terminals to Gilmour Space
- NASA gears up for one more key test before launching Artemis II to the Moon
- SpaceX acquires xAI, plans 1 million satellite constellation to power it