Commercial

This section covers the latest in commercial activities related to the development, production, and sale of goods and services for use in outer space. This includes satellite manufacturing, space tourism, resource extraction, and more.

Issue 93 | Breaking Space News: Mar 9 - 15, 2026

Mar 16, 2026

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59 min read

Issue 93 | Breaking Space News: Mar 9 - 15, 2026

US Lawmakers Push For a Permanent Lunar Base And Extend ISS Operations For Another Two Years. The Week In Space: Self‐Repairing Carbon‐Fiber Material, DART Impact Alters Asteroid Path, China’s Lunar Landing Site, I/ATLAS Updates, Van Allen Probe Crash, Russia’s Venus Mission, And Eutelsat’s Russian Satellite Lease. Plus: SES Teleport in Israel Hit By Missile, Anduril Buys SDA Firm, And More.

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Issue 92 | Breaking Space News: Mar 2 - 8, 2026

Mar 10, 2026

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59 min read

Issue 92 | Breaking Space News: Mar 2 - 8, 2026

Is Space Weather Scrambling Alien Signals? Plus, Listen to X‐Ray Data From Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. The Week in Space: Antarctica’s Rapid Ice Retreat, Evidence of Planet‐Hopping Microbes, the Largest 3D Early‐Universe Map, ESA’s Proba‐3 Delay, Solar Storm Hitting Mars Recorded, UK Space Funding, Solar Space Tech Innovation by Redwire and Rocket Lab, Japan’s Kairos Anomaly, A New Way to Measure Universe’s Expansion and More.

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Issue 91 | Breaking Space News: Feb 23 - Mar 1, 2026

Mar 3, 2026

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58 min read

Issue 91 | Breaking Space News: Feb 23 - Mar 1, 2026

Artemis III is Not Going to the Moon, as NASA Announces Massive Mission Overhaul and An Early‐Warning Method for Pinpointing Likely Solar Storm Eruptions. The Week in Space: A Cosmic Brain and a Spotless Sun, the Evolution of Antarctica’s Gravity Anomaly, and 13.7 Million Cosmic Objects—Black Holes, Galaxy Clusters and Supernova Remnants–Mapped. Plus: Tianwen-2 Cruising to Asteroid for Sample Recovery, DARPA's Uncrewed X-68A Readies for Tests, Rocket Lab Launches Australian-Made Hypersonix Scramjet for the US Military, US Space Force Updates and More.

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Issue 90 | Breaking Space News: Feb 16 - 22, 2026

Feb 24, 2026

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51 min read

Issue 90 | Breaking Space News: Feb 16 - 22, 2026

Why Are Tatooine‐Like Worlds a Rarity? Meanwhile, SpaceX has Unveiled a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) System, Called Stargaze and First Direct Observation of a Space‐Debris Pollution Plume Reveals Lithium Spike After Falcon 9 Reentry. The Week in Space: GPS on Perseverance Rover, Plans for a Catapult on the Moon to Launch Satellites, Boeing's Starliner Update, Microbial Metal Extraction in Space and Artemis II Delayed Again. Plus: Rheinmetall's Interest in Mynaric, UK's Mandatory Liability Cap for Launch Operators, SatVu's NATO Funding, Pentagon wants Commercial GEO Spy Satellites, Google Earth AI-Vantor Partnership and More.

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Issue 89 | Breaking Space News: Feb 9 - 15, 2026

Feb 17, 2026

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58 min read

Issue 89 | Breaking Space News: Feb 9 - 15, 2026

SpaceX to Shift Focus to a Self‐Growing Lunar City and New Analysis Links Megaconstellation Growth to Rising Uncontrolled Debris. The Week in Space: Bennu Asteroid Samples and Planetary Chemistry Models Point to a Universe Rich in Organics but Poor in Habitable Planets, NASA's Twin Launches, China's Mengzhou Tests, and Germany's Expanding Lunar Ambitions. Plus: Researchers Chart One Million Cislunar and Earth‐Orbit Trajectories, U.S. Senate Licensing Reforms, NASA–Roscosmos Talks, Amazon’s LEO Expansion, Vast’s Private Astronaut Mission, and More.

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Issue 88 | Breaking Space News: Feb 2 - 8, 2026

Feb 9, 2026

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57 min read

Issue 88 | Breaking Space News: Feb 2 - 8, 2026

Does Dark Matter Exist, or Is Gravity Behaving Differently at Cosmic Scales? The Week in Space News: SpaceX–xAI Merge, Chile Halts Industrial Complex Over Risks to Earth’s Darkest Skies, Scientists Call for Research on Human Reproduction in Space, Soil‐Building Bacteria Survive Toxic Materials in Martian Regolith, Artemis II Delayed to March, UK Physics and Astronomy Face Major Funding Cuts, and SmallSat Alliance Shifts From LEO Advocacy to Integrating U.S. Military Satellite Networks. Plus: Hegseth Visits Blue Origin, Pentagon Highlights Golden Dome as Testbed for Acquisition Reform and Commercial Space Integration, China Conducts Secretive Spaceplane Launch and AI Finds Hundreds of Previously Unidentified Cosmic Anomalies.

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Issue 87 | Breaking Space News: Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2026

Feb 2, 2026

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56 min read

Issue 87 | Breaking Space News: Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2026

SpaceX Wants to Put One Million Data-Center Satellites in Orbit and What does “Commercial” Space Mean? The Week in Space: A Russian Satellite Breaks Apart in Orbit, EU Deploys Sovereign Satcom Program, and Scientists Reevaluate Goldilocks Zone in Search for Alien Life. Plus: Lunar Landers Might Contaminate Moon, South Korean Defense Contractor Expands into Europe, US Space Command Brings Commercial Firms Into Classified Wargames, Eutelsat-EQT Deal Falls Apart and More.

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Issue 86 | Breaking Space News: Jan 19 - 25, 2026

Jan 26, 2026

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61 min read

Issue 86 | Breaking Space News: Jan 19 - 25, 2026

Atlantic Council Warns that U.S. Faces High Risk of Russian Nuclear and Counterspace Escalation in Orbit, and More Evidence Suggests that Mars Once Had a Large Ocean.The Week in Space: NASA Ends Funding for Planetary Science Advisory Groups, China's Xuntian Telescope Readies for Launch, Earth Hit by Strongest Solar Radiation in Decades, US Space Force Funding Boosted to $40 Billion, Resilient GPS Cancelled, Starfish Space Tapped for End‐of‐Life Satellite Disposal Service. Plus: Blue Origin Announces Enterprise Facing TerraWave Constellation, Open Cosmos Secures Broadband License for Europe, Rocket Lab's Neutron Test Suffers an Implosion, Earthquake Sensors Enable Near‐Real‐Time Tracking of Space Debris and More.

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Issue 85 | Breaking Space News: Jan 12 - 18, 2026

Jan 20, 2026

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60 min read

Issue 85 | Breaking Space News: Jan 12 - 18, 2026

Astronauts’ Brains Move and Rotate During Extended Spaceflight and Apparently Viruses and Bacteria Evolve Differently in Space.The Week in Space: Artemis II Readies for Crewed Lunar Mission, China Submits ITU Filings for 193,000 Satellites, NASA Plans to Deploy A Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030 and US War Department Invests $1B in L3Harris. ESA and China Resume High‐Level Space Talks in Paris After Nearly a Decade, Plus: York Space Prepares for an IPO, Slingshot Wins Space Force Contract, Luxembourg’s Hydrosat, India's Aule, Japan's Interstellar Technologies, SkyFi and Think Orbital Raise Funding, Parsons Acquires Altamira, and More.

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Issue 84 | Breaking Space News: Jan 5 - 11, 2026

Jan 12, 2026

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45 min read

Issue 84 | Breaking Space News: Jan 5 - 11, 2026

RNA May Have Assembled Under Ancient Prebiotic Earth Conditions Without Enzymes Or Cells. The Week In Space: US Lawmakers Have Approved A $24.4 Billion NASA Budget For FY 2026, Rejecting Trump Administration’s Proposed Science Cuts. Cave Training For Chinese Astronauts, The Fastest-Spinning Asteroid, Starless Dark-Matter, And NASA Preps Early Astronaut Return From ISS Due To Medical Emergency. Plus: FCC Has Approved 7,500 More Starlink Satellites, SecWar Hegseth On His "Arsenal Of Freedom" Tour, India’s Unsuccessful PSLV Launch, SkyFi’s On-Demand Access To Vantor’s Imagery And More.

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Issue 83 | Breaking Space News: Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

Jan 5, 2026

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46 min read

Issue 83 | Breaking Space News: Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

US Scientific Capacity May Take a Hit as Trump Admin Moves to Break-Up NCAR for "Climate Alarmism." The Week in Space: More Space Debris Incidents, ESA Hit by a Cyberattack, Iran, UAE Launch Satellites on a Russian Rideshare, Chinese Launch Updates, and Space Force's Vandenberg Expansion Plans for Heavy-Lift Vehicles. Plus: First-Ever Furnace Ignited in Space at 1000°C and Free‐Floating Exoplanet Detected and Measured.

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Issue 82 | Breaking Space News: Dec 22 - 28, 2025

Dec 29, 2025

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37 min read

Issue 82 | Breaking Space News: Dec 22 - 28, 2025

Russia Just Patented a Rotating Artificial‐Gravity Space Station. The Week in Space: Orbital Data-Centers Are Coming to a Night Sky Near You. Plus: Heat Leakage from the Largest US Crypto‐Mining Center, NASA’s Hunt for Critical Minerals from 60,000 Feet, Chinese Reusable Rocket's Failed Booster Recovery, ISRO Launches AST SpaceMobile's Heaviest Satellite, South Korean Innospace's Launch Anomaly and more.

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Issue 81 | Breaking Space News: Dec 16 - 21, 2025

Dec 23, 2025

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49 min read

Issue 81 | Breaking Space News: Dec 16 - 21, 2025

Trump Signs Executive Order on American Space Superiority as NASA Safety Panel Urges Reassessment of Artemis Plans. This Week in Space News: Wildfire Smoke Is Altering Earth’s Climate in Unexpected Ways, Webb’s Latest Findings Include a Lemon‐Shaped Exoplanet, and a Black Hole Moving at 3.54 Million Km/H. Plus: Jared Isaacman Becomes NASA’s New Administrator, a Starlink Satellite Is Hurtling Toward Earth, Chinese, European and Japanese Launch Updates, a Flat‐Satellite Design Demo, a Reconfigurable‐Expandable Habitat Concept, the First Wheelchair User to Reach Space, and More.

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Issue 80 | Breaking Space News: Dec 8 - 15, 2025

Dec 18, 2025

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47 min read

Issue 80 | Breaking Space News: Dec 8 - 15, 2025

SpaceX Plans 2026 IPO, Eyes $1.5 Trillion Valuation And World’s First Satellite Collision Insurance Emerges. This Week in Space News: Scientists Map Large River Drainage Systems on Mars, Radio Bursts From Space Debris Collisions and Astronomers Observe Black Hole Dragging the Fabric of Spacetime. Plus: Lots of Orbital Demos Upcoming, Canada, Germany, NATO Defense Postures in Space, Bacteria‐Dyed Radiation‐Sensitive Fabric for Spacesuits, and More.

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Issue 79 | Breaking Space News: Dec 1 - 7, 2025

Dec 8, 2025

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55 min read

Issue 79 | Breaking Space News: Dec 1 - 7, 2025

Menstrual Cups Successfully Tested in Spaceflight. This Week in Space News: Clocks on Mars Run Faster Than on Earth, ISS Hosts Eight Spacecraft, Microbes Could Transform Martian Soil for 3D‐Printed Habitats, Sugars and Polymers Found on Bennu, and Solar Insights Unearthed from Ancient Chinese Texts. Plus: Russian Cosmonaut Removed from SpaceX Flight, Missile Defense Agency Awards Contracts to Over 1,000 Companies, and Hypersonics, GEO Satellites, Nuclear Microreactors Draw Major Space and Defense Investment.

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Issue 78 | Breaking Space News: Nov 24 - 30, 2025

Dec 1, 2025

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62 min read

Issue 78 | Breaking Space News: Nov 24 - 30, 2025

Now Germany Wants to Militarize Space, to "Limit the Use of Space by Adversaries." This Week in Space News: We May Have Finally Spotted Dark Matter, New Insight on What Space Weather Does to Our Protective Shield. Plus: US-China Space-Race Heats Up with the RACE Act And Regulatory Changes in China, ESA Approves Massive Funding, US to Prototype Space-Based Interceptors, Amazon's Starlink Competition and Much More.

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Issue 77 | Breaking Space News: Nov 17 - 23, 2025

Nov 25, 2025

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50 min read

Issue 77 | Breaking Space News: Nov 17 - 23, 2025

So the Starship Lunar Mission is Delayed to 2028, According to a Leaked SpaceX Document. This Week in Space News: Images from Across the Galaxy, Euclid Maps 1.2 Million Galaxies, German Test Satellite Uses AI to Reorient Itself, Shenzhou-22 Ready for Stranded Tiangong Crew, EU Draft Space Law Draws US Criticism, Europe Lagging in Space Data Center Strategy, and the Chinese Threat to US Security and Global Influence. Plus: Funding for Starlab, Ursa Major and Quindar, and More.

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Issue 76 | Breaking Space News: Nov 09 - 16, 2025

Nov 17, 2025

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59 min read

Issue 76 | Breaking Space News: Nov 09 - 16, 2025

Massive Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun, Triggered Geomagnetic Turbulence, Auroras and Disruption in the Space Industry. This Week in Space News — The Fall of Icarus, Scars from a Martian Ice Age, Volcanic Plumes, Food from Thin Air in Spaceflight, Soft‐Robotic Exosuits, and Planets Generating Their Own Water. Also: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Rebrand, China’s Launch Record, Orbital Manufacturing, Dream Chaser Updates, and More.

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Issue 75 | Breaking Space News: Nov 02 - 08, 2025

Nov 10, 2025

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38 min read

Issue 75 | Breaking Space News: Nov 02 - 08, 2025

Global Wildfires are Intensifying Due to Human-Driven Climate Change. This Week in Space News: Vantor Releases Satellite Imagery for Hurricane Melissa Relief, China Tests Inflatable Orbital Module, Webb Telescope's AI Fix, and Shenzhou-20 Hit by Space Debris. Also: More Organic Molecules Detected Beyond the Milky Way. UK’s Space Strategy Under Scrutiny, ISRO Launches Military Satellite, Astranis and ICEYE Announce Updates, ESA Commits €1 Billion to Militarize its Space Infrastructure, U.S. Conducts Unarmed Nuclear Missile Test, Intuitive Machine Acquires Lanteris and More.

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Issue 74 | Breaking Space News: Oct 26 - Nov 01, 2025

Nov 2, 2025

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36 min read

Issue 74 | Breaking Space News: Oct 26 - Nov 01, 2025

Earth is on the Brink as Pace of Climate Change Outstrips Mitigation Efforts. This Week in Space News: Behold the Eye of Melissa and the Red Spider Nebula. First 3D Exoplanet Atmosphere Map, 3I/ATLAS Updates and the End of Human Activity at Venus. Plus: SpaceX and Cards Against Humanity Settle Trespassing Lawsuit, and More.

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Issue 73 | Breaking Space News: Oct 19 - 25, 2025

Oct 26, 2025

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36 min read

Issue 73 | Breaking Space News: Oct 19 - 25, 2025

In Militarization of Space, Apex, a US Defense Contractor, Wants to Demonstrate Storage and Deployment of Missiles in Orbit. This Week in Space News: Beautiful, Haunting Images of Glacier Retreat in Chile, Smoking Space Debris in Australia and the Largest Galaxy Cluster Catalog Yet. Risks of Orbital Mirrors and Sunlight Dimming. Plus: NASA Wants to Rethink SpaceX's Artemis III Contract, Impossible Chemistry on Titan, and More.

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Issue 72 | Breaking Space News: Oct 12 - 18, 2025

Oct 19, 2025

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52 min read

Issue 72 | Breaking Space News: Oct 12 - 18, 2025

Low Earth Orbit Nears Satellite Congestion Tipping Point (Unsurprisingly). New Space Armor Promises Protection Against Debris at 17,000 MPH. This Week in Space: Dark Object Photographed, Record Ocean Swells, Expanding Magnetic Weak Spots, and Indian Citizen Scientists Spot a Massive ORC. Plus JPL Layoffs, EU and US Defense Updates, Impulse’s New Lander, and More.

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Issue 71 | Breaking Space News: Oct 05 - 11, 2025

Oct 12, 2025

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51 min read

Issue 71 | Breaking Space News: Oct 05 - 11, 2025

In Long‐Term Space Missions, Personality Diversity Improves Crew Resilience. Plus, Phosphine as a Sign of Life? Probably Not. This Week in Space News: 1000 Martian Dust Devils Mapped, DARPA's Guide to a Lunar Economy and a Working Capital Fund for US Defense-Space Projects. US Behind Russia-China on Hypersonic Tech? Plus: Global Space Investment Hits Record $3.5 Billion in Q3 and More.

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Issue 69 | Breaking Space News: Sept 21 - 27, 2025

Sep 28, 2025

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46 min read

Issue 69 | Breaking Space News: Sept 21 - 27, 2025

The Largest-Ever Simulation of the Universe Contains 3.4 Billion Galaxies — This Week in Space News: Glimpse of an Eclipse from Space, Space-Based Tsunami Detection, Deep Space Laser Links Across 218 Million Miles, Russia's "Noah's Ark" Capsule and US Concerns Over China's Growth in Space. Plus: Liquid Uranium Propulsion and Nuclear Batteries, a Space‐Based Semiconductor Supply Chain and the Nearest ET Intelligence May be 33,000 Light Years Away.

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Issue 68 | Breaking Space News: Sept 14 - 20, 2025

Sep 21, 2025

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53 min read

Issue 68 | Breaking Space News: Sept 14 - 20, 2025

A New AI Tool That Models the Universe on a Laptop, and a New Way to Knock Space Junk Out of Orbit. This Week in Space: Space Travel Accelerates Aging, a 3D Map of Our Cosmic Neighborhood, Rising Exoplanet Counts, and Hayabusa’s 2031 Sojourn to a Tiny Asteroid. Plus: Ukraine Destroys Russia-Controlled Telescope, US–UK Satellite Maneuver, Axiom’s On-Orbit Datacenters, Maxar–Ecopia Mapping, VIPER’s Revival, and More.

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