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UNSW Canberra team advances iodine propulsion for satellites
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
These propulsion systems are essential to change orbits, perform end of life de-orbiting, carry out collision avoidance with space debris or other satellites, m...
Mexican Gxiba-1 CubeSat Starts Mission After Kibo Deployment
Feb 16, 2026 (SPX)
Gxiba-1 was built by a team from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla in Mexico after the university won the sixth round of the KiboCUBE pro...
Firefly prepares Alpha Flight 7 stairway to seven mission
Feb 10, 2026 (SPX)
The Alpha FLTA007 rocket will launch no earlier than February 18 on a mission focused on achieving nominal performance of both the first and second stages rathe...
Sidus Space advances LizzieSat-4 payload integration with Maris-Tech edge computing system
Jan 29, 2026 (SPX)
Sidus reported that testing of Maris-Tech's payload hardware is scheduled to begin next week. After initial tests are completed, the payload is expected to be i...
In-space manufacturing, quantum projects part of all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight
Jan 28, 2026 (SPX)
The experiments, prepared by Purdue researchers, will be housed in research lockers for the flight aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital spacecraft, dubbed Purdue...
SunRISE small satellites clear vibration tests ahead of launch
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
The mission has moved a step closer to that milestone after the full suite of small satellites, or SmallSats, completed a rigorous test campaign at Utah State U...
Teledyne detector arrays power NASAs BlackCAT CubeSat X-ray mission
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
The mission, led by Pennsylvania State University, places an x ray observatory on a CubeSat platform to capture transient x ray events and study bursts from the...
Axelspace sets multi launch framework with Exolaunch for AxelLiner mission growth
Dec 26, 2025 (SPX)
Under the agreement, one satellite is scheduled to launch as part of the AxelLiner business in-orbit demonstration service known as AxelLiner Laboratory. In add...
DiskSat flat satellite platform targets high power missions and very low Earth orbit
Dec 17, 2025 (SPX)
NASA's Small Spacecraft and Distributed Systems program is funding the design and flight of a four-satellite DiskSat technology demonstration to validate the ne...
Arab Satellite 813 launch deepens UAE China space partnership
Dec 16, 2025 (SPX)
The satellite, described as a multirole mission platform, was launched from the Gobi Desert site in northwestern China and injected into its planned orbit on We...
ArkEdge boosts 6U micro-satellite fleet with three-satellite AE5R launch
Dec 12, 2025 (SPX)
The AE5R satellites rode to orbit on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-15 mission, lifting off at 3:44 a.m. JST on November 29, 2025, and were deployed into their...
Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missions
Dec 03, 2025 (SPX)
These newly supported spacecraft join 140 satellites already operating through the company's Leaf Line ground station network, used by commercial and institutio...
Spire and Planet expand satellite fleets on Transporter 15 mission
Nov 28, 2025 (SPX)
Planet confirmed that its AI enabled high resolution Pelican 5 and Pelican 6 satellites reached orbit alongside 36 SuperDoves from Flock 4H and that commissioni...
SatRev PW6U satellite checks in from orbit after Transporter 15 launch
Nov 28, 2025 (SPX)
PW6U is a 6U-class platform built in Wroclaw that extends SatRev's smallsat line into a new generation of spacecraft designed for multispectral imaging and in-o...
NASA Cost-Saving Technology Demo is Ready for Launch
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
A NASA small satellite is set to launch on a commercial rideshare mission to test rapid, low-cost deployment of multiple technology prototypes in low Earth orbi...
South Korean team prepares BioCabinet payload for space biology research on Nuri rocket mission
Nov 26, 2025 (SPX)
BioCabinet is a research platform featuring a bio 3D printer and an incubator for stem cell differentiation. It will fabricate artificial heart tissue and asses...
UAH CanSat and rover teams notch winning performances in 2025 national and international competitions
Nov 26, 2025 (SPX)
Three CanSat teams at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, placed first, second and sixth nationally in th...
Mexico to launch its first microsatellite on SpaceX mission
Nov 26, 2025 (UPI)
The launch window is open between 1:18 p.m. EST and 2:15 p.m. The MXAO-1 Earth-observation satellite was developed through a collaboration between the borough g...
Alen Space delivers ETRISat CubeSat to ETRI for upcoming launch on Korean Nuri rocket
Nov 26, 2025 (SPX)
The main mission of ETRISat is to perform in-orbit demonstration of communications technologies as part of ETRI's ongoing work on satellite and maritime communi...
How small satellites can help the US win the space race
Nov 20, 2025 (SPX)
"At the boundary of space, there's still enough residual atmosphere that a spacecraft traveling at hypersonic speeds is going to be slowed down by the atmospher...
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