€140M ESA Launcher Funding at Risk of Lapse | KeepTrack Space Brief
Nearly €140 million in ESA launcher development funds faces forfeiture with no replacement mechanism. Europe's independent launch capacity under pressure as Arianespace struggles.
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· x reportStarlink Tops 10,087 Active Satellites in Orbit | KeepTrack X Report
SpaceX's Starlink constellation reaches 10,087 operational satellites from 11,612 launched, as the network eyes next-phase expansion.
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Artemis 2 Returns to Pad, Targets April 1 Launch | KeepTrack Space Brief
NASA's SLS and Orion spacecraft rolled back to Launch Complex 39B, targeting April 1 for first crewed lunar flyby with four astronauts aboard.
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DROID.002 - Turion Space's Eyes on the Orbital Junkyard
A 90-kilogram spacecraft with iodine thrusters and two Australian-built cameras is quietly building the case that tracking space debris is a business worth billions - and that a four-year-old startup from Irvine can own it.
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Guowang's First Ten - Inside China's Secretive Megaconstellation
When China finally launched its first batch of Guowang satellites in December 2024, they revealed almost nothing about the spacecraft. Sixteen months and 163 satellites later, the secrecy hasn't lifted - but the orbital data tells its own story.
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· x reportGPS III SV-10 Moves to Falcon 9 After Vulcan Grounded | KeepTrack X Report
SpaceX claims a 2nd GPS III launch as ULA's Vulcan investigation stalls, while ESA charters a Crew Dragon ISS mission and Starlink hits 30 launches in 2026.