Space News

Blue Origin outlines plans for second Cape Canaveral launch pad

Blue Origin disclosed new details about its plans to not only rebuild but also expand its Florida launch site, adding a second pad for a larger version of New Glenn.

Proba-3’s eclipse hours before totality in Europe

From the ESA Blogs.

Intuitive Machines wins contract for three GEO satellites

Intuitive Machines announced Aug. 13 that it won a $600 million contract from an undisclosed customer for three geostationary orbit communications satellites.

Rocket Report: Rocket Lab shows off its flexibility; Blue Origin's two-pad plan

"We’ve never seen launch capacity so constrained."

A look back at the 2026 total solar eclipse

On 12 August 2026, Europe witnessed the first total solar eclipse in over two decades. Millions of people were awed by the Moon completely covering the Sun's bright disc, briefly turning day into night and revealing the Sun's outer atmosphere. Totality could be seen from Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal, while most of the rest of Europe saw a partial eclipse.

A double eclipse for Proba-3

From the ESA Blogs.

In-Orbit Services Market to Generate $3 Billion in Revenue Over the Next Decade

Paris, France | August 2026 – Novaspace’s latest In-Orbit Services Markets report projects that emerging in-orbit services will generate approximately $3 billion in cumulative service revenues over the next decade, highlighting the early development […]

Bulgaria advances project to launch new space, defense innovation hub

WARSAW, Poland — Bulgaria’s government has approved a draft memorandum of understanding with local company Starbase Europe to collaborate on the development of a new space and defense innovation hub […]

APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

A Sunflower’s View of Totality

The Moon slid between the Sun and Earth to produce a stunning celestial show visible from Spain in August 2026.

CesiumAstro buys semiconductor specialist to boost constellation plans

CesiumAstro is acquiring semiconductor specialist Jariet Technologies, adding more in-house capabilities behind the phased-array antenna specialist’s plans for a future communications constellation.

Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests

Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space will prototype and test connections to the SpaceX-built data network backbone