Artemis III kent al vertraging, Starship Flight 12 mogelijk al op 12/13 mei, satellietconstellaties en datacenters, eerste Golden Dome contracten, … dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: De Core Stage (zonder het motorcompartiment) voor Artemis III arriveert op het Kennedy Space Center. Foto: NASA/Glenn Benson.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.

PaaiPlaats podcast – Een interview met Frank De Winne.
Je vindt het één uur durend interview via deze link.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

26.04.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 17-16 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX flies 25 Starlink satellites to orbit on its 50th Falcon 9 launch of the year.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches its 50th mission of the year, sends 25 Starlink satellites to orbit.
Space Daily: SpaceX’s 50th Launch of 2026 Shows Why Competitors Can’t Catch Up.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 25 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 382 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 26 April 2026.

28.04.2026 – Atlas V lanceert Amazon LEO satellieten – Group LA-06.
SpaceCom: Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon internet satellites, ties record for heaviest payload it's ever flown.
Spaceflight Now: ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

Filmpjes:
ULA: Rocket Launch: Amazon Leo 6 (live broadcast).
ULA: Liftoff! Atlas V Delivers Connectivity for Amazon Leo.
SciNews: Atlas V launches Amazon Leo 6 (LA-06).

29.04.2026 – Falcon Heavy – ViaSat-3 F3.
Eerst twee dagen uitgesteld, maar dan toch een geslaagde lancering.
NSF: SpaceX set to launch Falcon Heavy on Wednesday after 18 month hiatus.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy launch of final ViaSat-3 satellite due to poor weather.
Spaceflight Now: Launch preview: SpaceX seeks second attempt at Falcon Heavy launch following weather scrub on Monday.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 6-ton ViaSat-3 F3 satellite on Falcon Heavy rocket.
SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off on 1st launch in 18 months.
Space News: Falcon Heavy launches final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite.
Space Daily: Viasat Closes the Book on Big GEO as the Industry Shifts Beneath It.
Space Daily: Viasat’s Last GEO Bet: Why the Terabit Constellation May Be the End of an Era.

Boeing: ViaSat-3 F3 Satellite Successfully Launches from Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceCom: This SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch looks amazing from space in these wild satellite photos.

Filmpjes:
Spaceflight Now: Make it a dozen: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy flight history.
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon Heavy launch the viasat-3 F3 mission to orbit – SCRUB.
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon Heavy launch the viasat-3 F3 mission to orbit.
SciNews: Falcon Heavy aborted launch with ViaSat-3 F3.
SciNews: Falcon Heavy launches ViaSat-3 F3.

30.04.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satelllieten – Group 17-36 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 383 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 30 April 2026.

30.04.2026 – Ariane 64 lanceert Amazon LEO-satellieten – Group LE-02.
Arianespace: Arianespace successfully launches another 32 Amazon Leo satellites with Ariane 6.
Meer info over Ariane 6 Flight VA268 bij Arianespace (o.a. de launch kit).

ESA: Another one: Ariane 6 flies with four boosters once more.
SpaceCom: Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit.
Space News: Amazon Leo passes 300 satellites with Atlas and Ariane launches.

Filmpjes:
Arianespace: Flight VA268 | Amazon Leo LE-02 | Ariane 6 | Arianespace.
SciNews: Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo 2 (LE-02).

30.04.2026 – Een suborbitale testvlucht voor de eerste Soyuz-5.
TASS: Soyuz-5 carrier rocket launched from Baikonur — Roscosmos.
TASS: Soyuz-5 success creates new foundation for ambitious projects — Kazakh official.

NSF: Russia debuts new rocket with maiden Soyuz-5 launch.
SpaceCom: Russia's new homegrown Soyuz 5 rocket aces debut launch.
Russian Space Web: Soyuz-5 flies its first test mission.
Caspian News: Kazakhstan Marks New Space Era with Soyuz-5 Launch at Baikonur.

Filmpjes:
Roscosmos TV: Lancering Soyuz-5.
SciNews: Soyuz-5 first launch.

01.05.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 10-38 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX marks May Day, National Space Day with Starlink mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 384 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 1 May 2026.

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

19.04.2026 – New Glenn en de mislukte lancering / AST Space Mobile.
The Space Review: The great launch constraint.

Space News: FCC clears AST SpaceMobile constellation as launch setback clouds ramp-up.

Filmpje:
The Launch Pad: New Glenn Fairing RE-ENTRY Footage!

24.04.2026 – Russische Angara 1.2 lanceert militaire satellieten.
Toch een filmpje van de lancering gevonden.
Road To Space: Roscosmos launch military payload of Angara-1.2 from Plesetsk cosmodrome.

Raketnieuws.

New Glenn en Quatro.
Ars Technica: Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn.

NASA test lithium-motor.
NASA: NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars – MPD.
Universe Today: New Lithium-Plasma Engine Passes Key Mars Propulsion Test.

Filmpje:
NASA: JPL Tests Next-Generation Electric Thruster.

Weldra eerste lancering van een nieuwe Chinese raket ?  - Nebula 1.
China in Space: Deep Blue Aerospace's Nebula-1A Appears in Haiyang Ahead of Potential First Launch.

Weldra eerste lancering voor een nieuwe Chinese raket? – Hyperbola 3.
China in Space: Hyperbola-3 Hardware Qualified Before First Flight, New Funding Round.

Ontwikkeld voor de Lange Mars 10 (?).
Universe Today: China Unveils a Massive 5-Meter Composite Module for its Next-Generation Reusable Rocket.

Bouw lanceerbasis Lange Mars 9 begonnen.
China in Space: Groundbreaking Begins for Long March 9's Wenchang Base.

Megafabriek voor bouw Chinese Lijian-2/Kinetica-2 afgerond.
ECNS: China's CAS Space builds rocket factory for Lijian-2's mass production.
China in Space: CAS Space Opens Zhejiang 'Super Factory' to Scale Kinetica-2.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Lijian-2 Carrier Rocket Enters Mass Production with New Mega-Factory Ready.
CGTN (shorts): China's super factory: 12 rockets a year? Is that for real?

Nog een nieuwe Chinese raket – Yueqian-1 – Een Chinese versie van Starship (?).
China in Space: Cosmoleap Raises 500 Million Yuan for Tower-Caught Reusable Rocket.
Space News: Cosmoleap secures $73 million for reusable rocket with tower catch recovery.

ESA’s SpaceRider.
ESA: Plasma-hot Space Rider tests for belly and flaps.

De Franse Maia-raket.
Via Satellite: MaiaSpace CEO Says “Start Later, Run Faster” as Launcher Works Toward First Mission.

De Indische Vikram-1 raket.
NDTV: India's First Private Orbital Rocket Vikram-1 Inches Closer To Launch.

Amerikaanse Astra wil zijn raketten gebruiken voor de Golden Dome.
Payload: Astra Targets Golden Dome With Small Rockets, Says CEO Chris Kemp.

Blue Origin test BE-7, de motor voor Blue Moon.
Een filmpje vind je hier.

FAA int belasting per gelanceerde kg.
Space News: FAA to begin collecting user fees for commercial launches and reentries.

SpaceX en de rechtzaak over lanceringen vanuit California.
Courthouse News Service: California Coastal Commission apologizes to SpaceX, settles retaliation lawsuit.

De “lanceerbasis” in het Canadese Nova Scotia.
Halif Examiner: Everything you need to know about the ‘spaceport’ in Nova Scotia.

Russische lanceerbasis Plesetsk heeft last van drone-bezoek.
Ars Technica: Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine’s sights.

Gaat Rusland raketten lanceren vanuit Maleisië.
TASS:Russia interested in Malaysia as space launch site — Russian ambassador.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

ISS – Progress MS-34 koppelt met het ruimtestation.
TASS: Progress MS-34 cargo spacecraft successfully docks with ISS

Filmpjes:
Roskosmos TV: Koppeling Progress MS-34.
NASA: Progress 95 Cargo Ship Docking.
SciNews: Progress MS-34 docking.

ISS – De blogentries.
ISS Blog: Progress 95 Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Station Crew.
ISS Blog: Crew Awaits Space Cargo Delivery and Works Advanced Life Science.
ISS Blog: Progress 95 Cargo Craft Docks to Station with Food, Fuel, and Supplies.
ISS Blog: Crew Opens Cargo Craft, Works on Physics Gear and Biomedical Tech.
ISS Blog: Quantum Physics, Biomedicine, and Computer Gear Fill Wednesday’s Schedule.
ISS Blog: Life Science, Space Gardening Top Thursday’s Research Schedule.
ISS Blog: NASA, Partners Update International Space Station 2026 Flight Plan.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
Space News: ISS module cracking still unresolved despite stopping air leaks.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Prelaunch News Conference (April 29, 2026).
NASA: ESA Astronaut Discusses Life In Space With European Media – Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

Nieuws over Gaganyaan.
The Hindu: Space Wrap: From Sriharikota to Leh, preparations for Gaganyaan mission in full swing.
The Times of India: ISRO will open astronaut casdre to civilians: 4 of 10 in 2nd batch.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis Accords.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Morocco as 64th Artemis Accords Signatory 
Space News: Morocco signs the Artemis Accords.

NASA: NASA Invites Media to Ireland Artemis Accords Signing.

Artemis II – Astronauten op bezoek in het Witte Huis, op bezoek op Times Square, en de bel op Nasdaq.
SpaceCom: Trump invited the Artemis 2 moon astronauts to the Oval Office. Here's what happened.
Space Policy Online: Artemis II Astronauts Visit the White House.
NASA Watch: Artemis II Crew Visits The White House – Again.

NASA (filmpje): Artemis II NASA Astronauts in Times Square.
NASA: NASA Artemis II Crew Rings Nasdaq Closing Bell.

SpaceCom: Artemis 2 astronauts get the star treatment after historic moon trip.

Artemis II – Allerlei.
NASA: NASA’s Artemis III Moon Rocket Hardware Arrives, Artemis II Capsule Returns to Kennedyµ

SpaceCom: Welcome home! Artemis 2's Orion capsule returns to Florida after epic moon mission.
Space Daily: Why Artemis II’s Eclipse Footage Matters More Than Its Engineering.

SpaceCom: Artemis 2 heat shield is a sunken treasure in the ocean | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2026.
NASA: NASA Laser Terminal Enhances Views During Artemis II Mission.
Universe Today: What does it take to call home from the Moon?

Collect Space: Artemis II 'Rise' moon mascot goes on sale through NASA exchange.

Filmpje:
Philip Sloss: Artemis II in Review.

Artemis III – Core Stage arriveert op KSC / Lancering eerst eind 2027 (?).
NASA: NASA’s Artemis III Moon Rocket Hardware Arrives, Artemis II Capsule Returns to Kennedy
NASA: Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage on the Move.

NSF: Artemis III core stage assembly arrives at the Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceCom: Artemis 3 SLS rocket's core stage arrives in Florida for 2027 launch.

Aerospace America: NASA ‘received responses’ from SpaceX and Blue Origin on Artemis III, Isaacman says
Ars Technica: Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027.
Space Daily: Artemis 3’s Quiet Pivot: When the Rocket Is Ready but the Lander Isn’t.
SpaceCom: Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?
Space News: Artemis 3 plans remain uncertain as schedule slips.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s Artemis III Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy (livestream).
NSF: SLS Core Stage for Artemis III arrives at KSC (livestream).
NASA: Artemis III Core Stage Moves to Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA: NASA's Artemis III Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy.

Artemis IV – De eerste maanlanding voor Artemis.
SpaceCom: This Week In Space podcast: Episode 208 — Lander, Lander, Who's Got a Lander.

Artemis – Lunar Gateway – Het corrosie-probleem.
European Spaceflight: ESA Sheds Light on NASA Administrator’s Claims on Gateway Modules.
Ars Technica: Gateway manufacturer finally acknowledges issue, fails to mention “corrosion”.
Space News: Corrosion problem affects Gateway and commercial space station modules.

Artemis – Een eerste maanbasis.
SpaceCom: NASA wants to use a fleet of MoonFall drones to scout the lunar south pole: 'We believe we can do it'.

Naar de Maan en Mars.
Universe Today: Designing In Situ Power Stations for Future Mars Missions.
The Mars Society: The Moon Is Just Practice: How Lunar Breakthroughs Will Transform Mars.
Universe Today: Tough Fungi Could Survive the Trip to Mars.
Universe Today: Designing In Situ Power Stations for Future Mars Missions.

ILRS - China naar de Maan.
ECNS: Chinese engineers plan to study building greenhouse on lunar surface.

Starship nieuws – Vlucht 12 ten vroegste tijdens de nacht van 12 op 13 mei.
SpaceQ: SpaceX details Starship V3 changes and hardware bottlenecks ahead of flight 12.
NSF: SpaceX aims for mid-May Starship Flight 12 launch with revised trajectory.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Starship - Test Like You Fly.
Avid Space: SpaceX Hypes Up Starship Flight 12 After 2 Aborted Static Fires - Weekly Spaceflight Update
NSF: SpaceX Reveals All About Testing Difficulties | Starship Update.
WAI: SpaceX Finally Gives Out The BIG Starship News!!! This Changes Everything About Starship Flight 12.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Meer geld voor CLPS.
GovConWire: NASA to Raise Commercial Lunar Payload Services Contract Ceiling to $4.2B.
SpaceNews: NASA to increase value of CLPS contract to support surge of lunar lander missions.
Space Daily: From Bespoke to Build-to-Print: How CLPS Is Engineering Lunar Landers Into a Production Line.

DARPA en LASSO.
Space News: DARPA selects three companies for lunar orbiter studies.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
ESA (filmpje): Aurora, Swing and Sawa: ESA’s Space Weather sensors.
SciTechDaily: 2.8 Days to Disaster: Scientists Warn Low Earth Orbit Could Suddenly Collapse.

Mercurius:
Universe Today: How a Meteorite Helps Explain Mercury's Chemical Makeup.

Venus:
SpaceCom: Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out.

Aarde:
ESA: Stunning images from Biomass mark its one year in orbit.
ESA: Earth from Space: Netherlands in bloom.
ESA: Sentinel-1D goes live: a milestone for Europe’s radar mission.
NASA (filmpje): Laser Altimetry Applications for a Changing World: Measuring Snow Depth with ICESat-2.
NASA: NASA’s STORIE Mission to Tell Tale of Earth’s Ring Current.
Space News: Planet and Carbon Mapper to fly SWIR Tanager.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4873-4878: Welcome to the Atacama Drill Target.
Sky & Telescope: Curiosity Team Hits Jackpot: A Sample Full of Complex Organic Molecules.
NASA: Six Years of Curiosity’s Wheels on the Move.
NASA: Curiosity Captures a 360-Degree View at ‘Nevado Sajama’.
SpaceCom: NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas.
NASA: NASA’s Perseverance, Curiosity Panoramas Capture Two Sides of Mars.
China in Space: Tianwen-3 International Instruments Revealed, Xihe-2 Open for Cooperation – MSR.
Space News: NASA reserves science payload space for Mars telecommunications mission.
ESA (filmpje): Baking a parachute for Mars – ExoMars.

Pluto / Horizons:
SpaceCom: NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he's fighting for Pluto: 'I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again'.
Space Daily: The head of NASA is now openly campaigning to make Pluto a planet again.
Space Daily: The complete story of New Horizons: how a thousand-day flyby of Pluto rewrote planetary science and what its extended mission is still teaching us.

Planetoïden:
Universe Today: A New Way to Plan Trajectories to Asteroids.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Een Falcon 9 rakettrap slaat deze zomer te pletter op de Maan.
Project Pluto: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5.

Ars Technica: A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound.
SpaceCom: SpaceX rocket debris could slam into the moon: Here's what you need to know.
Space News: Falcon 9 rocket stage projected to impact moon’s near side in August.

Trump ontslaat alle leden van de National Science Board.
Ars Technica: National Science Board eviscerated; Trump admin fires all 22 members.
De Standaard: Nieuwe klap voor wetenschap: Trump ontslaat voltallige adviesraad van de National Science Foundation
Payload: Dems Slam Trump Over NSF Board Cuts.

NASA’s FY2027 budget.
NASA Watch: House Appropriations NASA Budget Hearing (met link naar de livestream).
NASA Watch: Senate Appropriations NASA Budget Hearing (met link naar de livestream).

Space News: House Science Committee pans NASA budget request.
Space Policy Online: Top House NASA Appropriator Calls Budget Request “Disappointing”.
Payload: Isaacman Continues to Defend Budget Cuts to Congress.
Space News: Appropriators reject NASA budget proposal.
Space Policy Online: House Appropriators Poised to Reject Proposed NASA Budget Cuts.
Space News: House appropriators keep NASA funding flat.
Space Policy Online: House Appropriations Subcommittee Clears NASA Bill on Party-Line Vote.
Payload: House Subcommittee Approves $24.4B NASA Budget.
Payload: Space Nuclear Execs Cheer the FY27 Budget Proposal.

NASA Watch: NASA FY 2027 Budget Rodeo.

Filmpje:
Defense Now: Full Testimony: Air Force & Space Force FY27 Budget Testimony: SECAF, CSAF & CSO.

Constellaties – VLEO-satellieten.
01.04 – Space News: Aspect Aerospace secures early funding to advance swarm-deployable VLEO satellites.
21.04 – Space News: NordSpace nets Canadian defense funding for VLEO satellite development.
23.04 – Space News: Univity funds VLEO 5G demonstrators with $32 million Series A.

Constellaties – Uit Rusland.
26.03 – TASS: Russia’s Gonets company to create new personal satellite communications system.

Constellaties – Starlink.
06.04 – SatNews: Russia Replaces Starlink With European-Built Satellites.
10.04 – Mashable: New FCC rule will make Starlink satellite internet faster and cheaper.
16.04 – Reuters: Exclusive: Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX.
16.04 – TASS: Starlink disruptions expose Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX — agency.
30.04 – TASS: Kiev starts using Starlink alternatives in special military operation zone — expert.

Constellaties – Communicatie.
23.03 – Via Satellite: Amazon Leo Readies 200+ Satellites for Orbit as It Ramps Up Launch Schedule.
24.03 – Space News: SES orders 28 satellites from K2 Space for next-gen MEO network.
02.04 – Space News: Carmel Ortiz on the evolving landscape of satellite communications.
07.04 – Via Satellite: The Seismic Shifts in the Satellite Communications Landscape are Far From Over.
07.04 – Via Satellite: In-Space Mobility, Maturing From Last Miles to Superhighways.
10.04 – Via Satellite: Amazon CEO Targets Mid-2026 Launch for Amazon Leo Service.
13.04 – Space News: Q&A: Building a broadband constellation for a contested space era.
14.04 – Space News: Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network.

Constellaties – Navigatiesatellieten.
23.03 – The Space Review: NavIC: India’s “jinxed” navigational program, or a cornerstone of India’s misplaced space priorities?
27.03 – Payload: Xona Space Systems Raises $170M Series C to Scale Private GPS.
19.04 – Space News: Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation.
29.04 – Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin Completes Critical Production Milestone for Next-Generation GPS IIIF Satellites.
01.05 – Defense One: Space Force wraps decades-long GPS upgrade—and the next one is on tap.

Constellaties – Data centers.
22.03 – Space News: SpaceX offers details on orbital data center satellites.
24.03 – Ars Technica: Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?
24.03 – Payload: Ramon.Space, Ingrasys Aim To Fly Prototype Orbital Data Center In 2027.
25.03 – Avid Space (filmpje): Spaceflight Weekly News: Elon Debuts Massive "AI Sat Mini" For Space-Based Data Center Constellation.
30.03 – Space News: Starcloud achieves unicorn status with $170 million raise for orbital data centers.
30.03 – Space News: The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power.
04.04 – CCTV (filmpje): China Continues to Foster, Strengthen Space Computing Industry.
13.04 – Space News:  Sophia and Kepler to marry orbital compute with optical links.
13.04 – Space News: Atomic-6 unveils online marketplace for orbital data centers.
13.04 – Space News: Phantom Space eyes edge in orbital data race with thermal deal.
16.04 – Space News: Aethero developing Titan satellite to advance space-based data center ambitions.
16.04 – Space News: India’s TakeMe2Space sets sights on 50-kilowatt data center.
22.04 – Space News: China backs orbital data center startup with $8.4 billion in credit lines.
27.04 – Space News: Overview Energy to provide space-based solar power for Meta data centers.
30.04 – Space News: SpaceComputer to conduct on-orbit test of secure computing infrastructure.
01.05 – Space News: Starcloud seeks more orbital data center funding shortly after unicorn status.
01.05 – Space News: The opportunity beyond orbital data centers.

GAO: Science & Tech Spotlight – Data Centers in Space (PDF).

Constellaties – Meer nieuws.
19.03 – China in Space: AI Constellation Successfully Tasks Robots on Earth From Orbit.
25.03 – Space News: Telesat eyes defense role with laser comms test ahead of LEO debut.
31.03 – Universe Today: Are We About to Permanently Scar the Night Sky With One Million AI Satellite and 50,000 Space Mirrors?
14.04 – Space News: Eutelsat’s U.S. arm pitches hosted payloads deals on OneWeb satellites.
20.04 – Space News: China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions.
20.04 – Space Daily: China’s Satellite Factory Buildout Has Outpaced Its Rockets by a Factor of Twenty.
29.04 – Space News: Canadian Space Agency cancels Spire satellite contract.

PWSA – Nieuws.
02.04 – GovConWire: SpaceX Awarded $178.5M Space Systems Command Task Order for SDA-4 Launches.

De US Space Force en de Maan.
27.04 – The Space Review: A Fortress Moon for cislunar security.
28.04 – SpaceCom: Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz.

Space Force / Golden Dome.
22.04 – Space News: Space Force awards contracts to Leidos, MapLarge for ‘battle planning’ software.
23.04 – Space News: Pentagon closes $1 billion investment in L3Harris missile unit.
27.04 – Defense Now (filmpje): The $185B "Golden Dome" Shield: US Military's Answer to Hypersonic Threats.
28.04 – Space News: Startup targets radio segment of Golden Dome missile-defense network.
28.04 – Space News: Pentagon budget affirms Space Force role tracking moving targets from orbit.
2804 – ExecutivGov: Space Force Launches Multi-Vendor Strategy for Space-Based Tracking Technologies.
28.04 – Air and Space Forces: Space Force Proposes Canceling Polar Missile Warning Program – NGP./NGG – OPIR.
28.04 – Payload: Golden Dome Will Use COTS Parts, Space Execs Say.
29.04 – Space News: Space Force awards BAE Systems $11.8 million to demo satellite communications for Golden Dome.
29.04 – Breaking Defense: Space Force awards first contracts for satellite threat warning radar payloads.
29.04 – Space News: Space Force selects firms to build counter-surveillance payloads for satellites.
30.04 – SpaceCom: US Space Force wants space-based missile interceptors for Golden Dome ready by 2028.
30.04 – Space News: Northrop Grumman delivers sensor for missile-warning satellite as Pentagon cancels program – OPIR.
30.04 – Space News: Space Force taps K2 satellites to test laser communications for missile-defense.
01.05 – Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin Awarded U.S. Space Force Space-Based Interceptor Contracts to Meet Layered Missile Defense Demand.

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