SpaceNews
The Aerospace Corp. says its pancake-shaped DiskSats are the future of satellites, despite some battery hiccups and a steep learning curve that left a few batteries permanently disabled.
SpaceNews
Rocket Lab launches its ninth satellite for iQPS, because apparently launching eight wasn't enough to prove the point.
SpaceNews
Wallops Island is gearing up for a launch boom, from a few rockets a year to one a week, and local officials are scrambling to add housing, roads, and late-night diners.
SpaceNews
Kepler Communications graduates from ridesharing to owning the whole damn rocket, booking a Neutron launch for 2028.
SpaceNews
Rocket Lab signs yet another contract with iQPS for three Electron launches, because 15 previous ones just weren't enough.
SpaceNews
SpaceX launches 81 satellites on Transporter-17 as industry execs panic over the rideshare program's looming end, with Rocket Lab's CFO warning the 'tip of the iceberg' is just the beginning of launch scarcity.
SpaceNews
Iridium buys the rest of Aireon for $367M, bringing aircraft tracking fully in-house before Rocket Lab's $8B acquisition - because why not tidy up before the new landlord moves in?
Ars Technica
A roundup of space news including a Pegasus swan song, India's first private rocket attempt, and SpaceX hitting 1,000 Merlin engines - because apparently that's a thing now.
SpaceNews
Rocket Lab launches a satellite for the Space Force's latest exercise in rapid-response space tag, because nothing says national security like beating a 24-hour launch deadline by seven hours.
SpaceNews
Rocket Lab launches yet another satellite for Synspective, while planning to sell $3 billion in stock - because one acquisition isn't enough, they want all the acquisitions.
NASA
NASA and Eta Space plan to test a space gas station so future astronauts don't have to hitchhike to Mars.
SpaceNews
Rocket Lab breaks its own record with a mystery launch contract, buys a robotics company, and decides to let someone else take the lunar spotlight.
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