Alweer een week met een zeer gevarieerd aanbod aan ruimtevaartnieuws. Met bosbranden rond Madrid die een bedreiging leken te worden voor NASA’s DSN-antennes, alsook voor die van ESA. Uitschieter deze week uiteraard Starship Flight 13. Het lijkt dat de fouten van Flight 12 allemaal zijn opgelost. Alleen de booster keerde iets te snel terug, met een te harde splashdown als gevolg. Benieuwd wat Flight 14 gaat worden. Dat en nog veel, veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Aan boord van het ISS werd deze week de bemanning van Soyuz MS-28 afgelost door die van Soyuz MS-29. Deze laatste capsule zie je op de foto in de achtergrond, gekoppeld aan Prichal, het koppelingsblok onderaan Nauka. In de voorgrond Soyuz MS-28 welke hier gekoppeld is aan de Rassvet-module. Foto: NASA.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.

Belgische AMOS gekozen voor de bouw van Franse Space Surveillance telescoop. – PROVIDENCE.
European Spaceflight: ONERA Selects AMOS to Build French Space Surveillance Telescope.

ONERA: The PROVIDENCE Project.
Zie ook dit Linkedin-bericht: L'ONERA lance la réalisation de PROVIDENCE, un télescope de 2,5 mètres optimisé pour la haute résolution angulaire et la tenue de situation spatiale.

Een Belgische op maanmissie in een Zwitserse bunker.
VRT NWS: Ioana simuleert 2 weken lang missie naar de maan in Zwitserse bunker: "Onderzoek voor echte missies".
Voor meer info, de website asclepios.ch

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

19.07.2026 – Russische Soyuz-raket lanceert tweede reeks Rassvet-satellieten (de Russische Starlink).
Wellicht omwille van de oorlog met Oekraïne werd er heel wat mist gespuit rond deze lancering.
TASS: Bureau 1440 launches second part of satellite constellation.
Russian Space Web: The second batch of "Russian Starlink" satellites launches.
United 24: Russia Launches Second Satellite Batch for Its Starlink Rival—the Math Still Looks Rough.
SpaceCom: Russia Launches Second Satellite Batch for Its Starlink Rival—the Math Still Looks Rough.

21.07.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 17-39 (VSFB).
Een eerste poging tot lanceren werd op 20.07 afgebroken op het moment dat de motoren ontstaken. Een dag later ging het wel goed.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX suffers rare, last-second Falcon 9 rocket launch abort.

SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Starlink satellites to orbit a day after rare launch abort.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches Starlink mission from California a day after last-second abort.

Filmpjes – Abort.
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: Falcon 9 aborted launch, 20 July 2026.

Filmpjes – Lancering.
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 408 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 21 July 2026.

21.07.2026 – SpaceX lanceert MRV-1 met 3 MEP’s.
MRV staat voor Mission Robotic Vehicle, gebouwd door SpaceLogistics wat eigendom is van Northrop Grumman.
MEP staat voor Mission Extension Od. Twee exemplaren zijn gereserveerd door Intelsat, de derde is voor Optus.

SpaceX: MRV-MEP Mission
Northrup Grumman: MRV Fact Sheet (PDF).
Northrup Grumman: MEV Fact Sheet (PDF).

De lancering was in “expendable mode”, met andere woorden de booster ging verloren.

NASA: Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support.
Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: SpaceX to launch novel geosynchronous robotic servicing satellite on decade-long mission
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches satellite repair drone with 10-foot robotic arms to Earth orbit.
NSF: SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites.
Space News: SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites.
Space Scout: Northrop Launches Evolved Satellite Servicing Spacecraft.

Filmpjes:
Northrup Grumman: The Future of Satellite Servicing in Space.
Northrup Grumman: Testing the MRV’s Flight Robotic Arm System #1 “Gauntlet” Comprehensive Trajectory.
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch the northropgrumman MRV-MEP mission to orbit.
SciNews: MRV-MEP launch.

22.07.2026 – Chinese Gravity 1 lanceert 9 satellieten.
Er was al eens een lancering aangekondigd voor 12 juli, maar dat werd klaarblijkelijk uitgesteld.
08.07 – China in Space: Gravity-1's Third Flight to Occur During July, Vice President Says.

ECNS (foto’s): China launches Gravity-1 Y4 rocket, sending 9 satellites into orbit.
PanDaily: Orienspace Gravity-1 Succeeds in First Deep-Sea Launch: Three More Commercial Batch Launches Planned in 2026 Including Satellite Internet Constellation.

China in Space: Orienspace Performs Sea-Based Satellite Rideshare for Third Mission [Gravity-1 Y4].
Space News: Gravity-1 sea launch off Shanghai puts 9 satellites into orbit.
SpaceCom: China's record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket launches 9 satellites from a ship at sea.
ECNS: Chinese commercial satellites set record with 1.5-hour image delivery.

Filmpjes – Lancering Gravity 1.
CCTV: China Launches Nine Satellites in First Far-Sea Gravity-1 Mission.
New China TV: One rocket, nine satellites! Chinese Gravity-1 rocket launches new satellites from sea.
SciNews: Gravity-1 launches 9 satellites.
CCTV: China's Gravity-1 Mission Validates Far-sea Mobile Launch Capability: Designer.
CCTV: China Launches First Quantitative Hyperspectral Smart Satellite for Mining Ecology Monitoring.

Filmpjes – Over de opvolger – Gravity 2.
CCTV: Gravity-2 Liquid-Fuel Rocket Under Development.
SciNews: Gravity-2 might launch and land at sea.

23.07.2026 – Chinese Lange Mars 3B/E lanceert Tianlian relay satelliet. Ondanks een blikseminslag.
China in Space: New Tiangong Relay Satellite Sent Towards Geostationary Space [Long March 3B/E].

SpaceCom: Lightning strike on Chinese rocket captured in epic launch photo.
Space News: Lightning strikes Long March 3B after liftoff, Kinetica-1 launches 5 satellites.

Filmpje:
CCTV: China Successfully Launches Five Commercial Satellites
SciNews: Long March-3B launches TianLian-2 06
CGTN (shorts): Rare footage: Chinese rocket struck by lightning during launch.
VideoFromSpace: Chinese Rocket Struck by Lightning... Still Reaches Orbit.

24.07.2026 – Chinese Kinetica 1 lanceert 5 satellieten.
ECNS: China launches Lijian-1 rocket to send 5 satellites to space.
PanDaily: CAS Space Lijian-1 Y15 Deploys 5 Satellites With Intelligent Computing Payloads as Monthly Launch Cadence Accelerates.
China in Space: AI Utilizing Spacecraft Brought to Orbit by CAS Space Rideshare [Kinetica-1 Y15].

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Newly-launched Chinese Rocket Sends AI-3mpowered Satellites into Space.
SciNews: Lijian-1 launches 5 satellites.

24-25.07.2026 – Starship Flight 13.
SpaceCom: SpaceX targets July 23 for crucial Starship Flight 13 test launch after abort.
NSF: Path to Starship Flight 13 requires additional Booster 20 test.

Maar het weer gooide roet in het eten en de lancering werd met een dag uitgesteld, van 23/24.07 naar 24/25.07.
Spaceflight Now: Launch preview: SpaceX ready for 2nd attempt to launch Starship Flight 13 following post-abort engine work.
Spaceflight Now: Super Heavy-Starship rocket chalks up mostly successful test flight.
Space News: SpaceX conducts 13th Starship test flight.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's Starship megarocket makes the 'softest splashdown' ever after launching next-gen Starlink satellites in Flight 13 test.
Universe Today: Lucky 13! Starship Deploys Starlink Satellites and Splashes Down Intact.
Space Policy Online: Successful Flight for Starship IFT-13.
Ars Technica: SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight.

Filmpjes.
19.07 – WAI: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Did NOT Launch! The Reason Sits At The Core!
19.07 – Avid Space: Dramatic Last-Second Starship Abort: What Went Wrong?
19.07 – NSF: We need the vehicles back at the Pad - Starship Flight 13 - Countdown to Launch.
20.07 – NSF: SpaceX Delays Flight 13 Further, Flight 14 Testing Starts! | Starship Update.
22.07 – NSF: SpaceX conducts preflight Booster 20 test.
22.07 – NSF: Can SpaceX be ready for Thursday? - Starship Flight 13 - Countdown to Launch.
22.07 – WAI: Two Engines Down? Starship Flight 13's Actual Delay is Deeper Than That.
25.07 – NSF Breaking Space: Starship... SURVIVED? | Flight 13 Analysis.
25.07 – SciNews: Starship launch and Super Heavy landing, 24 July 2026.
25.07 – SciNews: Starship reentry and landing, 24 July 2026.
25.07 - Scott Manley: Starship Flight 13 - Where's The Kaboom?

Te verwachten lanceringen.

27.08.2026 – Ariane 6 lanceert MTG-12.
Arianespace: Arianespace to launch weather satellite MTG-I2 on Ariane 6's first mission to geostationary orbit on August 27, 2026.
Via Satellite: Arianespace Sets Date for Fourth Ariane 6 Launch This Year.

09.2026 – Crew 13.
De lancering wordt mid september verwacht.
NASA: NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-13 Mission to Space Station.

27.04 – Ars Technica: With new patch design, the Crew-13 astronauts clearly aren’t superstitious.
28.04 – SpaceCom: Canadian astronaut Josh Kutryk finally flying to ISS after Boeing Starliner mishap: 'I'm committed to making the most of this unique opportunity'.

Filmpjes:
03.08 – NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Mission Overview News Conference (Aug. 3, 2026).
03.08 – NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Flight Crew News Conference (Aug. 3, 2026).

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

18.07.2026 – Geslaagde eerste lancering voor Indische Vikram-raket.
Ars Technica: India’s first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch.
The Space Review: Vikram-1: A success for India’s entire space ecosystem.

Filmpje:
Skyroot Aerospace: Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit — Mission Aagaman Launch Highlights | Skyroot Aerospace.

Raketnieuws.

Blue Origin mag New Glenn testen op NASA’s Stennis.
NASA: NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis.
NSF: Blue Origin to conduct New Glenn second stage hot fires on Stennis B-2 stand.
Via Satellite: NASA to Support New Glenn Hot Fire Testing at Stennis Space Center.

RocketLab krijgt Space Force contract voor 12 suborbitale lanceringen – HASTE.
GovConWire: Rocket Lab Wins $266M Space Force Contract for Suborbital Launches.

SpaceX beperkt inschrijvingen voor Transporter en Bandwagen lanceringen.
SatNews: SpaceX Limits Future Commercial Rideshare Bookings Past 2028 Amid Severe Manifest Saturation.

Over de Vulcan  - Over de Vulcan Solid Rocket Booster.
Space News: ULA deals with financial challenges caused by Vulcan grounding.
Space News: Northrop adds to charges on Vulcan solid rocket motor program.

Vulcan verliest lancering aan Falcon Heavy.
NASA: NASA’s SunRISE Mission Changes Launch Vehicle to SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
SpaceCom: Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission.

Over de modernizering van NASA’s infrastructuur.
ExecutiveGov: House Introduces Space Ready 2.0 Act to Modernize NASA Infrastructure.

Nog eens het NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 budgetverhoging.
Ars Technica: The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches.
Breaking Defense: Extra $11 billion to fund huge leap in Space Force launches.

Air & Space Forces: Space Force Could Cap Launch Support Without Extra Funding, Saltzman Says.
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Launch Program Sees Demand Surge from 60 Missions to 170.

Nog eens Terran R, Neutron en Miura 5.
NSF: Making Progress: Relativity’s Terran R, Rocket Lab’s Neutron, and PLD Space’s Miura 5.
SatNews: Commercial Launch Providers Advance Next-Generation Heavy and Medium-Lift Vehicle Milestones Ahead of 2026 Debuts.
Space News: Relativity Space to expand Terran R production in Florida.

Nog eens de kost van lanceren.
SpaceCom: Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?

De UK, de European Launcher Challenge en Orbex.
Europe in Space: What happened to the UK’s European Launcher Challenge contribution?

Lanceringen vanuit India.
Telangana Today: ISRO targets seven launches this financial year, says V Narayanan.

Japan test Epsilon S.
News on Japan: JAXA Conducts Epsilon S Engine Firing Test.
De beelden vind je hier.

De Chinese Lange Mars 10.
China in Space: Long March 10B To Be Basis of Bigger Reusable Rocket.

Het Chinese LegendSpace wil raketmotor bouwen met behulp van AI.
Space News: AI rocket engine startup LegendSpace raises $29.5 million angel round.

Ombouwen van olieplatformen in lanceerplatformen.
ViceCom: The U.S. Wants to Turn Abandoned Oil Rigs Into Spaceports.

SpaceX en de uitbreiding van Starbase.
SpaceCom: 'The court has to intervene now': Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX's South Texas land swap.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

ISS – Soyuz MS-29 arriveerde bij het ruimtestation. Bemanning Soyuz MS-28 maakt zich klaar om te vertrekken.
NSF: Soyuz MS-29 crew arrives at ISS, U.S. EVA completes Canadarm2 repairs.
NASA: NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return – Soyuz MS-28.

Filmpjes:
NASA: International Space Station Change of Command Ceremony.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Soyuz MS-28 Space Station Farewells and Hatch Closing.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Soyuz MS-28 Undocking.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Soyuz MS-28 Re-entry and Landing.

ISS – De blogentries.
ISS Blog: Expedition 74 Turns Attention to Departing Crewmates.
ISS Blog: Biomedical Research, Crew Swap Operations Pack Busy Day Aboard Station.
ISS Blog: Weekend Departure Preps Continue as Crew Works Science, Spacesuits.
ISS Blog: Science and Spacesuit Work Before Crew Changes Commanders.
ISS Blog: Crew Works on Biomedicine, Spacesuits Day Before Swapping Commanders.
ISS Blog: Expedition 74 Crew Boarding Soyuz, Saying Farewell to Station Soon.
ISS Blog: Expedition 74 Crewmates Board Soyuz and Close Hatch for Departure.
ISS Blog: Expedition 74 Crew Aboard Soyuz Departing Station Soon on NASA+.
ISS Blog: Expedition 74 Crew Undocks in Soyuz for Return to Earth.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
Space Daily: The ISS toilet costs $23 million and separates urine into a centrifuge that recycles 98% of it back into drinking water — a closed-loop system that took NASA 40 years to perfect.

Filmpjes:
ESA: ESA Astronaut Discusses Life In Space With Hugo Decrypte – July 15, 2026.
ESA: ESA Astronaut Discusses Life in Space with European Museums – Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
NASA: NASA Astronauts Discuss Life in Space with CNN – Thursday, July 23, 2026.
ESA: First 14 July in orbit.
ESA (shorts): What does the ISS smell like?
ESA (shorts): Sophie replacing old shower curtains with new ones on the ISS.
ESA ‘shorts): How do astronauts brush their teeth in space?
NASA: NASA Astronaut Chris Williams: Thinking Like a Scientist.

Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation – CSS.
China in Space: Shenzhou-23 Trio Assist With Microgravity Virology, Machine Learning Research.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis III.
SpaceCom: Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever.
ExecutiveGov: NASA Selects SpaceX Starlink Lasers to Stream Artemis III Video From Orion.
SpaceCom: Artemis III astronauts will beam 4k video from Orion to Earth using SpaceX Starlink lasers.

L3Harris: L3Harris Delivers SLS Core Stage Engines for Artemis III Mission.
SatNews: L3Harris Delivers Four RS-25 Core Stage Engines to NASA for Crewed Artemis III Lunar Mission.

Filmpjes:
Philip Sloss: NASA pressing ahead towards uncertain Artemis III, IV, V plans and launch dates.

Artemis IV – De eerste maanlanding voor Artemis.
NASA: Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank.

SpaceCom: Should Artemis IV astronauts actually land near the moon's south pole? Artemis II pilot says the lunar equator might be better.
Space News: Artemis 2 astronaut advocates for equatorial lunar landings.

NASA en Space Reactor-1 – SR 1 – Freedom.
Payload: NASA Puts $2B Price Tag on Nuclear Mars Mission.
Politico: NASA’s nuclear Mars mission to cost over $2 billion.

Naar de Maan en Mars.
SatNews: Aerospace Experts Warn Against Fragmented Architecture for Future Crewed Mars Missions.
NASA: Establishing Crew Exposure Limits of Martian Dust.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Viking op Mars – 50 jaar geleden.
NASA: Our First View of the Surface of Mars.
NASA: Viking: 50 Years on Mars.
NASA: From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet.
SpaceCom: Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues.
SpaceCom: 50 years after Viking 1's historic Mars landing, NASA is looking to the Red Planet's skies.

Collect Space: 50 years on, will the Mars lander arm that opened the National Air and Space Museum please raise its hand?
Ars Technica: A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?

Filmpje:
NASA (shorts): Viking 1: The lander that broke ground on 50 years of Mars surface operations.

NASA werkt aan CAPSTONE 02.
NASA: NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
SpaceCom: Are we underestimating the threat of solar storms? A 'once-in-a-thousand-year' disaster is worth considering, scientists say.

Zon:
Space Daily: NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown straight through the Sun's outer atmosphere at more than 690,000 kilometres per hour—the fastest any object built by human hands has ever moved, quick enough to cross from New York to Tokyo in under a minute.

Aarde:
NASA: New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights.
ESA: Improved reporting needed on forest carbon emissions.
NASA: NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon.

Maan:
Payload: Lunar Outpost Plans to Fly NVIDIA Chips to the Moon – MAPP.
Payload: ESA Puts €65M Behind Europe’s First Lunar Ice Rover – MAGPIE.
European Spaceflight: ESA Awards ispace €65M Contract to Build and Deliver MAGPIE Rover to the Moon.
PhysOrg: Rocks from unexplored far side of the moon help rewrite lunar history.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4954–4960: Celebrating Our Rover Engineers Past and Present.
Universe Today: NASA's Perseverance Rover Uncovers Evidence of 4 Billion Year Old Impacts.
ESA: ExoMars ramps put up with cold, shaking and vacuum.
Universe Today: Electrically Charged Mars Storms Threaten Future Exploration.
PhysOrg: Mars's 2018 planetwide dust storm hints at possible solar influence on its weather.
NASA: NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at Mars.

Jupiter:
NASA: NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io.
NASA: NASA’s Juno Peers Beneath Io’s Surface.
NASA: Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno.
SpaceCom: New timelapse video shows NASA's Psyche spacecraft zooming by Mars.

Saturnus / Pluto:
SpaceCom: Scientists discover mystery molecule on Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan: 'We cannot say what it is'.

Planetoïde:
SciTechDaily: One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon.

Planetoïde 1998 SH2:
SpaceCom  After nearly 30 years, NASA realized this near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet. The discovery may help us defend the planet some day.

Planetoïde 2015 XF261;
Interesting Engineering: China prepares to hit asteroid using projectile with 26 times the speed of sound.

Planetoïde Apophis:
SPJ: The Apophis Encounter in 2029: A Rare Opportunity for Planetary Science and Defense.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Bosbranden bedreigen Deep Space Network antennes in Spanje.
Space Policy Online: Fires near Madrid Force Evacuation of NASA’s DSN Facility.
Spaceflight Now: Critical NASA Deep Space ground station in Spain evacuated due to wildfires.
Space News: NASA and ESA facilities avoid major damage from wildfires in Spain.

De oorlog rond Iran.
24.07 – Space News: EU delays release of Copernicus imagery over Gulf of Oman.
26.07 – The Economic Times (filmpje): Zelenskyy claims Russia providing satellite intel on US bases and Gulf states to Iran.

Space Force / Golden Dome / PWSA.
08.07 – Breaking Defense: Help GPS resiliency against Russia with this one simple change.
16.07 – Air & Space Forces: Space Force Chief Nominee: China Going ‘Breathtakingly Fast’ with Space Weapons.
20.07 – Air & Space Forces: York Confirms Health of 21 New Space Development Agency Satellites – PWSA.
21.07 – SpaceCom: Space Force orders 36 more Golden Dome missile-tracking satellites, for $1.75 billion.
22.07 – Ars Technica: Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers.
23.07 – US Space Force: Space Delta 10 wargame helps shape future of Space Force battle management.
24.07 – Air & Space Forces: Space Force Wants Commercial Bandwidth for SATCOM Experiments.
28.07 – SpaceCom: If space war erupts, 'none of us will be able to avoid the war zone,' warns outgoing Space Force chief in final public speech.

NASA, het Witte Huis, budgetten en wetenschap.
09.06 – SpaceCom: 'This is actually taking a page out of the Communist Party playbook': New White House proposal could deny scientists funding based on their political opinions.
08.07 – Space News: Is this the year for a NASA authorization bill?
22.07 – Politico: NASA’s Isaacman isn’t asking the GOP for more money.
23.07 – Space News: NASA programs feel effects of workforce reductions.
Vanwege de “White House”: Science – A New Golden Age”. Je vindt het document hier (pdf).
21.07 – NASA Watch: Budget Cuts? No: Its A Golden Age Of Science.
23.07 – Ars Technica: White House report says Trump can usher in a “new golden age” of science.

GAO – NASA Assessments of Major Projects.
GAO: NASA:Assessments of Major Projects.
Het rapport kan je downloaden via deze link (PDF). Er is ook een video met enige uitleg, te zien via deze link.
Inside Outer Space:  NASA’s $70 Billion in Major Projects: What’s on Track—and What’s at Risk?

Ruimtevaart als economie.
23.03 – Space News: Sovereign demand and institutional capital reshape space economy.
13.07 – ESA: ESA releases 2026 Space Economy Report.
Het rapport “Report on The Space Economy 2026” kan je hier downloaden (PDF).

Ook enkele interessante:
Inside Outer Space: Infographics Capture U.S.-China Space Competition.
Bijbehorende artikeltjes:
Hinrich Foundation: The Space Trade: Part 1 – Annual Space Launches.
Hinrich Foundation: The Space Trade: Part 2 – Space Launch Sites.
Hinrich Foundation: The US-China trade war in space – The leading producers of Space Race Materials.

ESA en ruimtevaartpolitiek.
19.05 – European Spaceflight: “Autonomous Human Spaceflight is Not a Luxury,” Says ESA Chief.
22.05 – Payload: ESA Chief Calls on Europe to Double Funds for Space.
10.06 – ESA: Boosting European leadership in in-space operations and services – ISOS.
24.06 – SpaceCom: ESA chief calls for greater European space autonomy as trust in US partnership erodes.

Nog wat EU Space Act artikels uit het archief :-)
17.04 – Space News: New EU Space Act draft seen as a step backward.
27.05 – Space News: European space industry warns EU Space Act could slow competitiveness.

De UK en diens ruimtevaartpolitiek.
14.07 – Space News: U.K. government preparing to release new space strategy.
20.07 – Via Satellite: UK Government to Invest Further Millions to Boost Space Sector.
21.07 – Space News: UK and Florida commit $400,000 to joint space projects.
21.07 – Payload: UK Commits £62M into Domestic Space Capabilities.

FAA – Nieuwtjes.
Dit is nog een oudje:
16.03 – Payload: FAA Ends Part 450 Transition Period.
17.03 – FAA: FAA Streamlines Commercial Space License Approvals.
Meer info over “PART 450 – Launch and reentry license requirements” vind je hier.
03.07 – Inside Outer Space: The Decade Ahead: FAA Forecast of Commercial Space Operations.

FCC – Nieuwtjes.
21.07 – Payload: FCC Eyes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Bands for Satellites
22.07 – Breaking Defense: FCC approves satellite spectrum license streamlining.
22.07 – Space News: FCC approves sweeping space reforms while clearing more C-band for 5G.
22.07 – Via Satellite: FCC Overhauls Satellite Licensing, Adopts ‘Assembly Line’ Approach.
22.07 – Via Satellite: FCC Approves a New C-Band Auction.

Constellaties – Navigatie.
07.04 – TASS: More than ten GLONASS ground stations planned for opening outside Russia.
09.07 – NASA: NASA Small Satellite Could Make Global Positioning More Precise..
09.07 – Space News: Xona unveils program to verify Pulsar-compatible devices.
16.07 – Ars Technica: Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback.
22.07 – Iridium (filmpje): Iridium PNT Explained: Why GPS Alone is No Longer Enough.
22.07 – IEEE Spectrum: Safety Officials Probe Army GPS Jamming in Fatal Air Crash.
24.07 – ESA: Two new Galileo satellites enter service.

Constellaties – ODC.
04.06 – Space News: China builds institutional framework for space computing push.
15.07 – Ars Technica: How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?
23.07 – IEEE Spectrum: NASA Puts Google’s Gemma Large Language Model in Orbit Gemma 3 runs on Nvidia hardware to analyze satellite images.

Constellaties – Meer nieuws.
06.07 – Space News: Iridium folds Aireon aviation safety service into Rocket Lab-bound business.
11.07 – China in Space: Geespace Constellation Backbone of New Open-Source Connectivity Ecosystem.
15.07 – Teslarati: SpaceX unveils Starlink next-gen V5 kit: here’s what’s new.
15.07 – Ars Technica: Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang..
16.07 – Eutelsat (filmpje): Eutelsat's OneWeb LEO constellation - delivering high-speed, low-latency Internet globally.
17.07 – Space News – Opinion: SpaceX’s only problem is finding more space to work with.
20.07 – SatNews: UK Government Faces £340 Million Paper Loss on Legacy OneWeb Low Earth Orbit Satellite Investment.
20.07 – SatNews: Avealto Opens $50 Million Funding Round to Launch Stratospheric Broadband Production.
21.07 – Space News: IHI explores Kuva hyperspectral satellites for Japan’s multi-sensor constellation.
21.07 – Space Daily: Japan is quietly building a 100-satellite sovereign eye in the sky, and the sensor that makes it actually useful is coming from a Finnish startup nobody in Tokyo had heard of five years ago.
21.07 – Via Satellite: Poland Commits Nearly $750M to Europe’s IRIS² Constellation.
21.07 – European Spaceflight: Poland Boosts Its Contribution to Europe’s IRIS2 Constellation to €656M.
22.07 – Via Satellite: Iridium Reports 4% Revenue Growth in Q2 Amid Rocket Lab Acquisition Deal.
24.07 – Payload: FCC Filings Show Eutelsat is Working on a New 528-sat Constellation Beyond OneWeb.
24.07 – China in Space: China's Mega-Constellations Mega-Article.

Constellaties – De gevolgen.
Universe Today: Ultra-Black Coating Could Mitigate Light Pollution Caused by Satellites.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

Koen