https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/space-systems-command-aces-commercial-clearances/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T06:21:08+00:00Space Systems Command launches ACES to speed commercial security clearances https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/space-force-moves-six-launches-spacex/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T06:01:08+00:00Space Force moves six national security launches to SpaceX https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/victor-glover-artemis-ii-cabin-leak-warning/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T05:41:08+00:00Victor Glover recalls Artemis II cabin-leak warning before Moon burn https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/elte-quasar-survey-black-hole-ejection-prediction/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T05:21:08+00:00ELTE quasar survey backs decade-old black hole ejection prediction https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-roman-space-telescope-science-commissioning/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T05:01:08+00:00NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Enters science commissioning after checkout https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/erin-kara-x-ray-black-hole-mapping/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T04:41:08+00:00MIT astrophysicist Erin Kara maps black holes using X-ray echoes https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/vera-rubin-observatory-seagull-nebula-image/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T04:21:08+00:00Vera Rubin Observatory releases Seagull Nebula test-camera image https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/brian-barritt-aalyria-chief-executive-space-networks/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T04:01:08+00:00Brian Barritt appointed Aalyria Chief Executive as space networks evolve https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/space-force-cislunar-rfi-capabilities-2029/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T03:41:08+00:00Space Force to issue cislunar RFIs and field capabilities by 2029 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/truncated-disk-launches-relativistic-black-hole-jet/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T03:21:08+00:00Researchers find truncated disk around 3C 120 launches black hole jet https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/recoiling-supermassive-black-hole-evidence/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T03:01:08+00:00Study finds statistical evidence for recoiling supermassive black holes https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/gabon-intercepts-trawlers-using-satellite-data/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T02:41:08+00:00Gabon patrol boat intercepts three unlicensed trawlers using satellite data https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/jaxa-mmx-phobos-sample-return-mission-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T02:21:08+00:00JAXA launched $578 million MMX mission to Phobos as the moon spirals inward https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-von-braun-symposium-huntsville-october-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T02:01:08+00:00NASA Invites Media to Oct. 26-28 von Braun Symposium in Huntsville https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/webb-telescope-october-image-n159-large-magellanic-cloud/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T01:41:09+00:00Webb telescope’s October image captures star-forming region N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-psyche-thrusting-mars-gravity-assist/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T01:17:08+00:00NASA’s Psyche resumes electric thrusting after Mars gravity assist https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/nasa-sts-52-roddenberry-ashes-space-burial/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T00:57:08+00:00NASA shuttle Columbia carried Roddenberry’s ashes on STS-52 in 1992 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/iceye-nokia-ukraine-sovereign-satellite-communications/Orbital Wireen2026-10-23T00:37:09+00:00ICEYE and Nokia sign Ukraine satellite communications letter of intent https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-astra-sense-autonomous-machine-health-intelligence/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T22:47:34+00:00NASA awards AstraQua $1,274,990 for autonomous machine health intelligence https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/supernovae-universe-reionization/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T22:27:34+00:00Early supernovae helped, then hindered, universe reionization https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-lucy-mission-five-years-jupiter-trojan-asteroids/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T22:07:34+00:00NASA’s Lucy mission marks five years en route to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/national-academies-ranks-four-non-polar-lunar-sites/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T21:47:34+00:00National Academies ranks four key non-polar lunar sites https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/satvu-hotsat-3-launch-leonardo-infrared-sensor/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T21:27:34+00:00SatVu launches HotSat-3 with Leonardo infrared sensor https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/exotic-elements-detected-white-dwarf-hs-0209-0832/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T20:47:52+00:00Astronomers detect exotic elements in HS 0209+0832’s atmosphere, evidence of a second-generation planet https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/musk-ordered-starlink-slowdown-ukraine-report/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T16:53:14+00:00Elon Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, report says https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-artemis-iii-2027-moon-landing-rehearsal/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T08:08:14+00:00NASA schedules Artemis III for 2027 as Moon landing rehearsal https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/gaia-black-hole-candidates-unconfirmed/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T07:48:14+00:00Gaia finds five nearby black hole candidates, but none confirmed https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/saildrone-fleet-antarctica-carbon-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T07:28:14+00:00Saildrone fleet begins five-year loop around Antarctica https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/iceye-launches-four-sar-satellites-portugal-constellation/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T07:08:14+00:00ICEYE launches four SAR satellites, assigns two to Portugal’s Atlantic Constellation https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/water-ice-loses-cubic-symmetry-222-gigapascals/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T06:48:14+00:00Researchers find water ice losing cubic symmetry above 222 gigapascals https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-casals-lidar-3d-earth-maps/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T06:28:14+00:00NASA’s CASALS instrument bridges gaps in 3D Earth maps https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/uk-white-dwarfs-glow-multiple-colors/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T06:08:14+00:00UK researchers find white dwarfs glow pink, cyan, yellow, purple and green https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/speedcast-soya-dual-leo-41-vessels/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T05:48:14+00:00Speedcast and Soya IT completed dual-LEO connectivity across 41 vessels https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/airbus-netherlands-ariane-6-block-2-vulcain-bay/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T05:28:14+00:00Airbus Netherlands delivers first lightweight Vulcain Aft Bay for Ariane 6 Block 2 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-overhauls-science-mission-competition-selection/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T05:08:14+00:00NASA overhauls how science missions compete and are selected https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/us-canada-space-alignment-despite-tariffs/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T04:48:14+00:00Hoekstra urges Canada to align with U.S. on space despite tariffs https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-inversion-arc-aerocapture-interplanetary-study/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T04:28:14+00:00NASA contracts Inversion to study interplanetary aerocapture technology https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/midterm-elections-nasa-funding-space-policy/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T04:08:14+00:00Midterm election results will shape NASA funding and priorities https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/great-square-pegasus-tilted-baseball-diamond-october/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T03:48:14+00:00Great Square of Pegasus appears tilted like a baseball diamond in October https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-image-reveals-young-stars-ngc-7129/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T03:28:14+00:00Webb’s infrared image reveals hidden young stars in NGC 7129 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/musk-ordered-ukraine-starlink-slowdown-both-deny-role/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T03:08:14+00:00Musk ordered Ukraine Starlink slowdown, both men deny role https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/northwestern-single-positron-trap-months/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T02:48:14+00:00Northwestern physicists confine single positron in trap for months https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/industry-leaders-press-ottawa-canadian-space-funding/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T02:28:14+00:00Industry leaders press Ottawa to accelerate Canadian space funding https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/mars-arsia-mons-cloud-homogeneous-nucleation-study/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T02:08:14+00:00Nature Geoscience paper proposes new formation process for Mars cloud https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/space-force-plan-eight-daily-missions/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T01:48:14+00:00Space Force plan targets eight daily missions from Eastern and Western Ranges https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/marble-imaging-reflex-odysseus-laser-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-22T01:03:14+00:00Marble Imaging, Reflex Aerospace and Odysseus Space announce joint laser satellite mission https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/hubble-supernova-winds-reionization-theory/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T23:38:09+00:00Hubble study overturns supernova winds theory for cosmic reionization https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/china-reusable-booster-commercial-resupply-tiangong-2/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T23:18:09+00:00China prepares first reflown booster launch and commercial resupply spacecraft for Tiangong missions https://orbital-wire.com/uncategorized/china-reusable-booster-commercial-resupply-tiangong/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T23:18:07+00:00China prepares first reflown booster launch and commercial resupply spacecraft for Tiangong missions https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/milky-way-disk-formed-two-stages/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T21:57:49+00:00Study finds Milky Way’s disk formed in two stages https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/viasat-maxwell-reaches-orbit-nasa-csp/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T21:37:49+00:00Viasat’s Rocket Lab-built Maxwell reaches orbit under NASA CSP https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/perseverance-sets-world-driving-record-mars/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T21:17:49+00:00Perseverance sets off-world driving record at 45.22 kilometers on Mars https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/decoupled-heavy-neutrino-matter-antimatter-imbalance/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T20:57:49+00:00Southampton and IIT Kanpur authors propose heavy neutrino explains matter-antimatter imbalance https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/dapra-space-nuclear-reactor-controller-test/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T20:37:49+00:00DARPA awards Space Nuclear Power Corporation agreement to test autonomous reactor controller https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/solar-orbiter-traces-switchback-sun-corona/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T20:17:49+00:00Solar Orbiter traces magnetic switchback to its origin in the Sun’s corona https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/viking-2-signals-suggest-possible-marsquake/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T19:57:49+00:00Researchers reexamine Viking 2 signals, suggest possible marsquake https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/telesat-3-2-billion-rescue-package/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T19:28:14+00:00Telesat lenders offer $3.2 billion rescue https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/kic-2852961-red-giant-superflares-magnetic-dynamo/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T19:08:14+00:00Team finds companion, starspots and dynamo power Kepler field superflares https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-tesla-merger-committees-explore-deal/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T18:48:14+00:00Musk says SpaceX and Tesla committees explore merger, no terms agreed https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/anysignal-reflect-orbital-communications-missions/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T18:28:14+00:00AnySignal to provide communications for Reflect Orbital’s first three missions https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/spacex-bandwagon-5-nasa-satellite-communication-demos/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T18:08:14+00:00SpaceX Bandwagon-5 launches two NASA satellite communication demonstrations https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/hpe-ai-computer-moon-astrolab-rover-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T17:48:14+00:00Hewlett Packard Enterprise sends AI Computer to Moon on Astrolab rover https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/xris-hot-plasma-black-hole-jets-3c-120/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T17:28:14+00:00Noda-led team links hot plasma to powerful black hole jets https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/uk-space-agency-satellite-emissions-grant/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T17:08:14+00:00UK Space Agency opens £2 million satellite emissions grant call https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/solstar-space-links-nasa-cubesat-momentus-vehicle-wi/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T16:48:14+00:00Solstar Space links NASA CubeSat with Momentus vehicle via Wi-Fi https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/ancient-martian-rainfall-formaldehyde-distribution/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T16:28:14+00:00Research team models how ancient Martian rainfall spread formaldehyde across Mars https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/craft-prospect-advances-space-quantum-key-distribution/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T16:08:15+00:00Craft Prospect advances space-based quantum key distribution work https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-gimli-marius-hills-pit-lava-tube-2/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T15:22:16+00:00NASA selects GIMLI to scan Marius Hills Pit for lunar lava tube