Poland has taken a historic step in the development of its own space industry: In March 2026 year, the Seimas finally adopted the long-awaited Law on Space Activities (Space Activities Act). This is the first comprehensive legal framework, which brings Polish space into the legal field of the EU and international conventions. Basic provisions of the new law: National register of space objects: An official state register is being created, where all satellites will be entered and […]

Director General of the European Space Agency (THIS) Joseph Aschbacher 19 March 2026 officially announced the agency's intention to purchase a separate SpaceX Crew Dragon mission for a flight to the International Space Station (ISS). EPIC mission details (ESA Provided Institutional Crew) This project, supported by ESA member countries, was named EPIC and aims to expand the flight capabilities of European astronauts until the ISS is decommissioned […]

Key developers of lunar landing modules (HLS) for the NASA Artemis program - SpaceX and Blue Origin - confirmed their readiness to significantly increase the rate of landings on the moon in the coming years. This is due to NASA's plans to maintain a regular presence on the satellite and expand logistics to deliver cargo and crews. Major players and their plans: SpaceX (Starship HLS): The company is developing a version of Starship V3, […]

SpaceX has officially unveiled plans to deploy an ambitious network of orbital data centers, by filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on launch to 1 a million satellites. This system is being developed to provide computing power for artificial intelligence (NE) directly in orbit, which will make it possible to use solar energy almost continuously and reduce the load on terrestrial power grids. Technical characteristics of data center satellites […]

22 March 2026 year Fr. 14:47 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 29 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 10-62". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to increase the number […]

US Space Command officials and representatives 25 commercial space companies will participate in a classified war game next week in Colorado Springs. Problems and threats will be discussed during the event, faced by participants, as well as issues of domain protection and defense in partnership with commercial entities. Training is scheduled for 23 March at The Aerospace Corporation. It will become […]

22 March 2026 year Fr. 15:49 (UTC) from a marine platform off the coast of Yangjiang City in southern Guangdong Province, The People's Republic of China using the Smart Dragon launch vehicle 3 a launch was made 10 Kita. CentiSpace 02 – it 10 commercial small satellites from the Beijing company Future Navigation to provide GNSS signal amplification services from LEO. They are a part […]

Canadian satellite operator Telesat has decided to change the configuration of its Lightspeed low-orbit array and allocate a quarter of its original capacity to the Mil-Ka military range. The company explains this decision by the growth of defense costs and the demand for secure satellite communication with low latency against the background of geopolitical changes in the world. For reference: Telesat is one of Canada's leading satellite companies […]

If you've ever used a smartphone map or watched, as the shipment moves through the tracking app, you used GPS. Many people don't realize, that GPS – America's Global Positioning System – is just one part of a wider family, known as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Four global satellite systems orbit the Earth. They guide the planes, ships, […]

Canada is taking a step towards its own access to space, trying to reduce dependence on foreign launch service providers. The country's Ministry of Defense announced two major investments: in start-up infrastructure and in private companies, that develop light rockets. The Canadian military signed an agreement at a cost 146 million dollars with the spaceport operator Maritime Launch Services, which provides for a 10-year lease of the launch site […]

20 March 2026 year Fr. 21:51 (UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 25 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 17-15". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to enlarge […]

20 March 2026 year Fr. 18:10 (UTC) from the launch complex LC1, Mahia Peninsula, UTC, Japan's StriX spacecraft was launched using the Electron launch vehicle. «StriX» – this is a spacecraft from the Japanese company Synspective, which has its own group of satellites with synthesized aperture radars (SAR) with resolution 1-3 city, and bandwidth […]

The US Air Force increased by 2 billions of dollars worth of the contract with Raytheon for the production and support of the terminals, which connect the planes, command posts and other platforms with the military's most secure satellite communications network. 13 March 2026 2018, the Strategic Communications Department of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center announced, which raised the ceiling of the existing contract for the terminals of the protected group of satellites […]

US-Iran conflict turns Strait of Hormuz into testing ground for commercial geospatial intelligence. Narrow water artery, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, carries approximately one-fifth of the world's seaborne oil trade, making it one of the most strategically important "bottlenecks" in the global energy system. After that, how 28 February 2026 of the United States […]

16 March 2026 A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between DKA and the British Space Agency on cooperation in the field of peaceful use and exploration of outer space. On behalf of the British side, the document was signed by the Director General of the British Space Agency, Dr. Paul Bate, from Ukrainian (on behalf of DKA) - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Great Britain, General Valery Zaluzhny. Signature […]

19 March 2026 year Fr. 14:20 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 29 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 10-33". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to increase the number […]

During the Artemis II mission, which should start in April 2026 year, four astronauts will take a step, which humanity has not dared for decades: they will go beyond the Earth's protective magnetic field. On this journey, the hull of the Orion spacecraft will be their only defense against the deadly Sun. During the ten days of the flight, NASA and NOAA specialists will work in […]

Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory has officially entered the stage of assembling one of the most unusual devices in the history of space exploration - the Dragonfly unmanned rotorcraft. The newest drone is a fully autonomous robot the size of a small car. Unlike rovers, which cover several tens of kilometers for years, the flying researcher will be able to "jump" over huge distances, exploring different regions of Titan […]

The cost of developing a promising US anti-missile defense system called "Golden Dome" is now at 10 billions of dollars more, than previously planned. Additional funds were allocated to accelerate the deployment of key space elements of the system. According to the head of the program, General Gatlein, defense giants Lockheed Martin officially joined the project as main contractors, RTX та Northrop Grumman. For reference: Lockheed Martin […]

The committee of the US Senate decided, that NASA should build a base on the moon. In the document, which is still prepared for consideration, the time frame for achieving this goal is marked as “as soon as possible, as possible". However, it is about that, that already in 2028 year, astronauts are supposed to step on the surface of the satellite, and in 2030 there should be already the first module there. American government officials […]