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 https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/tesla-spacex-merger-committees-formed/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T04:47:28+00:00Tesla and SpaceX boards form special committees to discuss merger https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/infinite-orbits-raises-52-million-books-four-flights/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T04:27:28+00:00Infinite Orbits raises €52 million and books four Impulse Space flights through 2029 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/magnetars-form-neutron-stars-touch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T04:07:29+00:00Kiuchi study proposes magnetars form when neutron stars touch https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/russian-satellite-cosmos-2612-iceye-x36-close-approach/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T02:24:49+00:00Russian satellite makes deliberate close approach to U.S. radar satellite in low Earth orbit https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/warwick-white-dwarfs-glow-green-pink-purple/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T02:04:49+00:00University of Warwick astronomers find white dwarfs glow green, pink and purple https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-supersonic-rotor-blades-mars-helicopter-range/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T01:44:49+00:00NASA develops supersonic rotor blades to extend Mars helicopter range https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/esa-completes-two-month-mars-terrain-test-rover/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T01:24:49+00:00ESA completes two-month Mars terrain test with Rosalind Franklin rover stand-in https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-starship-flight-15-double-stage-catch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T01:04:49+00:00SpaceX plans double Starship stage catch on Flight 15 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-ends-osiris-rex-flight-operations-apophis-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T00:45:36+00:00NASA ends OSIRIS-REx flight operations as spacecraft heads to Apophis https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/kaist-gravity-independent-eyedrop-patch-space/Orbital Wireen2026-10-21T00:16:19+00:00KAIST team unveils gravity-independent wearable eyedrop patch for space https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-starlink-launch-vandenberg-oct-20-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T23:56:19+00:00SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 20 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-sr-1-freedom-mars-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T23:36:19+00:00NASA Advances SR-1 Freedom nuclear power module for Mars mission https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/water-shifts-lower-symmetry-extreme-pressure/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T23:16:19+00:00UNLV physicists find water shifts to lower symmetry under extreme pressure https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/esa-loses-space-rider-drop-test-failure/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T22:56:19+00:00ESA loses full-scale Space Rider test model in October drop-test failure https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/metal-rich-gas-sagittarius-jwst/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T22:28:59+00:00Researchers find metal-rich gas around Milky Way’s central black hole https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-q3-2026-profit-first-since-ipo/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T22:08:59+00:00SpaceX Posts $4.4 billion third-quarter profit, its first since June IPO https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/us-project-constellation-multilateral-space-diplomacy/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T21:48:59+00:00US shifts space diplomacy to multilateral approach with $5 million Project Constellation https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/orionid-meteor-shower-peak-october-21-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T21:28:59+00:00RASC predicts Orionid peak at 18 UTC October 21 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/argonne-aurora-cosmological-simulations-dark-matter-particles/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T21:08:59+00:00Argonne runs two of the largest cosmological simulations on Aurora https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nine-rockets-launch-october-19-24-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T20:48:59+00:00Nine rockets launch Oct. 19-24 from five locations https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/neutron-star-merger-magnetar-einstein-probe/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T20:28:59+00:00Neutron star merger can birth a magnetar, observations suggest https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-starfall-capsule-bandwagon-5-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T20:08:59+00:00SpaceX flies Starfall capsule again on Bandwagon-5 launch https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/rare-pulsar-triple-system-psr-j0435-3233-discovered/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T19:48:59+00:00Astronomers discover rare pulsar triple system https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/planet-labs-pelican-12-spacex-bandwagon-5-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T19:28:59+00:00Planet Labs launches Pelican-12 on SpaceX Bandwagon-5 https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/indonesia-zhuque-2e-rocket-debris-crash/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T19:08:59+00:00Indonesia investigates Chinese rocket debris crash in Central Kalimantan https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/uzbekistan-joins-artemis-accords/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T16:04:57+00:00Uzbekistan joins Artemis Accords, expanding lunar coalition to 77 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-lunar-rover-progress-artemis-moon-base/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T15:44:57+00:00NASA details lunar rover progress for Artemis Moon Base https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/elon-musk-spacex-share-giveaway/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T15:24:57+00:00Elon Musk pledges one SpaceX share to every U.S. child https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/mars-valles-marineris-canyon-tectonically-active/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T15:04:57+00:00Mars’ Valles Marineris canyon system is still tectonically active https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/primordial-helium-measured-precision/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T14:44:57+00:00Astronomers measure primordial helium with 0.5% precision https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/webb-picture-month-golden-galaxy-cluster/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T07:11:20+00:00Webb Releases Picture of the Month showing golden galaxy cluster https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-csa-astronauts-iss-spacewalks-solar-arrays/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T06:51:20+00:00NASA and CSA astronauts prepare for two ISS spacewalks to install solar arrays https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/ethical-debate-terraforming-mars/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T06:31:20+00:00Planetary scientists call for ethical debate before terraforming Mars https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/us-ambassador-warns-eu-satellite-spectrum-retaliation/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T06:11:20+00:00US ambassador warns EU of retaliation over satellite spectrum plans https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/curiosity-rover-tracks-martian-clouds-new-mars-year/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T05:51:20+00:00Curiosity rover tracks Martian clouds as new Mars year begins https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/aurora-curls-explained-electrons-bouncing-alfven-waves/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T05:31:20+00:00Aurora curls explained by electrons bouncing off magnetospheric waves https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/jaxa-mmx-mission-german-french-rover-phobos/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T05:19:01+00:00JAXA confirms MMX mission will carry German-French rover to Phobos https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-streamline-vibration-shock-analysis/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T04:51:20+00:00NASA engineers streamline vibration and shock analysis for safer rockets https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-astromaterials-newsletter-webinar-nov-2/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T04:31:20+00:00NASA to host public webinar on Astromaterials Newsletter Nov 2 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/esa-waltzer-exoplanet-atmosphere-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T04:11:20+00:00Astrobiology Web details ESA’s WALTzER mission for transiting exoplanet atmospheres https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/cnsas-tianwen-3-mars-sample-return-2028/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T03:51:20+00:00CNSA plans to launch Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission from Wenchang in late 2028 https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/farmer-finds-zhuque-2e-debris-minnesota-cornfield/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T03:31:20+00:00Farmer finds 11-foot metal object in Minnesota cornfield on Oct. 14, 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/c-com-vehicle-mounted-q-band-antenna/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T03:11:20+00:00C-COM unveils vehicle-mounted Q-band antenna for stratospheric platforms https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/iaa-seti-declaration-principles-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T02:51:20+00:00IAA SETI Committee releases updated Declaration of Principles for Extraterrestrial signals https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/jaxa-mmx-spacecraft-separates-h3-rocket/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T02:31:20+00:00MMX spacecraft separates from H3 rocket, heads to Mars https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/uarx-ossie-d-comms-glitch-rideshare-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T02:11:20+00:00UARX Space troubleshoots OSSIE‑D comms Glitch after rideshare launch https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/heavy-neutrino-shaped-early-universe/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T01:51:20+00:00Researchers Propose Forgotten Heavy Neutrino Shaped Early Universe https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/russian-satellite-shadows-iceye-x36-orbital-defense/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T01:31:20+00:00Russian military satellite Shadows Finnish ICEYE radar Craft amid rising orbital defense concerns https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/neptune-uranus-oxygen-atmosphere-difference/Orbital Wireen2026-10-20T01:11:20+00:00Researchers find Neptune’s atmosphere holds more oxygen than Uranus’s