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17 May 2026
[edit]16 May 2026
[edit]- Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract
- SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS
15 May 2026
[edit]- Joint ESA-China SMILE mission set for launch to study Earth’s magnetic shield
- Virgin Galactic reaffirms plans to begin commercial service this year
- Chinese satellite maker MinoSpace seeks $736 million in IPO
- Iridium to take over Aireon to expand aviation safety business
- Live Coverage: SpaceX makes another attempt to launch space station cargo mission
- Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia’s new ICBM actually works
- Three’s a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO
14 May 2026
[edit]- Intuitive Machines to buy ground station company
- Golden Dome chief pushes back on $1.2 trillion CBO estimate
- Iridium to take over Aireon to expand aviation safety business
- AST SpaceMobile may use ULA’s Vulcan
- House appropriators approve spending bill that keeps NASA budget flat
- Landspace launches improved Zhuque-2E, Long March 6A lofts new Qianfan satellite group
- ULA confirms successful solid rocket booster test as Vulcan anomaly investigation continues
13 May 2026
[edit]- Northrop Grumman targets lunar navigation market with Webb-derived guidance system
- SES joins Eutelsat in canceling GEO expansion satellites
- SpaceX sets date for first Starship version 3 launch
- Varda to collaborate with United Therapeutics on microgravity drug research
- A new US military wargame series began by simulating a nuclear weapon in orbit
- Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets
- Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit?
- NASA provides some details about Artemis III, but hard decisions remain
12 May 2026
[edit]- Quantum Space to build spacecraft in Tulsa
- Space Force awards TrustPoint $4 million for LEO navigation demonstration
- Star Catcher raises $65 million for space power grid
- Transcelestial tests space-to-ground laser communications technologies
- Poor weather causes NASA, SpaceX to scrub launch attempt of 34th Cargo Dragon mission to the space station
- Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
11 May 2026
[edit]- NASA retaining six-month ISS missions
- Creotech plans $118 million capital raise, investment in new satellite factory
- Special Operations Forces test mobile platform for direct satellite imagery access
- Cowboy raises $275 million to build rockets with orbital data center upper stages
- Former NASA chief of staff returns to lead agency launch operations
- Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft arrives at Tiangong space station
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office
- A promising Indian launch startup nears its first orbital test flight