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'Best. Mars. Mission. Ever.' Scientists hail MAVEN's legacy as NASA retires Red Planet orbiter

Space 17 Jun 2026
NASA's MAVEN Mars mission ended after 11 years, having revealed how the planet lost its atmosphere and served as a key communications relay for surface missions ....
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Momentus Secures New Commercial Contract for Vigoride-9 Orbital Service Vehicle

Business Wire 17 Jun 2026
commercial space company specializing in satellite technology, space transportation, and in-orbit ...
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After loss on Blue Origin flight, SpaceX sends company’s satellites to orbit

The Daily Gazette 17 Jun 2026
A Texas-based satellite company had a much better day with SpaceX early Wednesday than it did the last time it tried to get a payload to space with Blue Origin. A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched at 2.39 a.m. from Cape ... .
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Russian Satellite Conducts Complex Orbital Maneuver in New Space Operations Test

Pravda 17 Jun 2026
... kilometers, object F passed between two other satellites that remained stationary, creating a three-object formation in a highly complex orbital configuration.
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China sends new batch of low-orbit internet satellites into space

China Daily 17 Jun 2026
China launched a group of internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the leading State-owned space contractor.
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Amazon Leo mission updates: 350+ satellites now in orbit after record Ariane 6 launch, ULA Atlas V next (Amazoncom Inc)

Public Technologies 17 Jun 2026
) Amazon Leo, formerly Project Kuiper, is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network ... [...]. This is an abstract of the document ... Disclaimer ... (noodl. 132532877) .
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The first SpaceX employee is not Elon Musk: Tom Mueller, the engine mastermind now building “space taxis” in orbit

The Times of India 17 Jun 2026
In contrast, Helios is a far larger vehicle described as similar to a futuristic water tank engineered to carry up to four tons of payload from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit, a journey of more than 20,000 miles, in under 24 hours.
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Helio Announces Western Investor Roadshow as Commercial Momentum, Lunar Expansion and Financial Transformation Converge

ACCESSWIRE 17 Jun 2026
markets. ... Our vision is to establish orbital energy platforms as a foundational layer of the global power grid, delivering uninterrupted, carbon-free electricity at scale and reshaping how nations power cities, industries, and critical systems ... SOURCE.
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SpaceX's long-term orbital compute opportunity is powerful, says T. Rowe Price's Tony Wang

CNBC 16 Jun 2026
Tony Wang, T. Rowe Price portfolio manager, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the portfolio manager's holding in SpaceX, the company's move off the original IPO price and much more ... .
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Did Rocket Lab Accidentally Launch a Rocket to Orbit?

Gizmodo 16 Jun 2026
The company's suborbital vehicle launched on a secret government mission and ended up somewhere unexpected ....
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Miho Hazama, People In Orbit, Joel Lyssarides, Peter Erskine and more

All About Jazz 16 Jun 2026
The 126th episode presents a wide selection of April releases, offering a rich and ...
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China sends cultural heritage guardian into orbit

China Daily 16 Jun 2026
At 12 am on Monday, China's first tailor-made remote sensing satellite for cultural heritage monitoring, successfully lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu province and entered its designated orbit ... .
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Kinetica 1 rocket places eight remote-sensing satellites into orbit

ECNS 16 Jun 2026
The rocket lifted off at 11.44 am from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province and placed eight satellites into their preset orbital positions ... orbit about 500 kilometers above Earth.
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GITAI Completes Flight Model of S3 Robotic Satellite for On-Orbit Servicing Demonstration Mission

PR Newswire 16 Jun 2026
Demonstrating Technologies for Future On-Orbit Servicing Missions ... The company focuses on defense-focused low Earth orbit constellations, on-orbit servicing, and long-term lunar and planetary infrastructure.For more information, please visit.
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