https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/google-project-suncatcher-ai-haiku-orbit/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T20:58:45+00:00Google’s orbiting TPU satellite beams first AI-generated haiku to Earth https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/telesat-delays-lightspeed-service-mid-2028/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T19:51:16+00:00Telesat delays Lightspeed service to mid-2028 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/troy-asher-named-armstrong-flight-research-center-director/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T19:31:16+00:00NASA names Troy Asher director of Armstrong Flight Research Center https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/hubble-challenges-theory-early-universe-hydrogen-fog/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T19:11:16+00:00Hubble findings challenge theory on how early universe cleared hydrogen fog https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/microquasar-jets-power-lmc-p3-gamma-rays/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T18:51:16+00:00Astronomers find gas trail showing microquasar jets power LMC P3 gamma rays https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/birmingham-builds-24000-atom-big-bang-analog/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T18:31:16+00:00University of Birmingham physicist builds 24,000-atom analog of Big Bang and Big Crunch https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/esa-october-2026-rover-aurora-crew-return/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T18:11:16+00:00ESA marks October 2026 with rover training, an aurora capture and a crew return https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/taurid-meteor-shower-peaks-november-6-13-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T17:51:16+00:00Taurid meteor shower peaks Nov. 6 and Nov. 13, 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/perseverance-mars-driving-record-hera-asteroid-pair/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T17:31:16+00:00Perseverance sets Mars driving record while Hera nears asteroid pair https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/ebg-1-ionizing-radiation-escape-fraction/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T17:11:16+00:00Distant galaxy EBG-1 may leak most of its ionizing radiation https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-asks-industry-commercial-hubble-servicing/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T16:51:16+00:00NASA asks industry how commercial missions could service Hubble https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/fcc-names-courtney-reinhard-space-bureau-chief/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T16:31:18+00:00FCC names Courtney Reinhard as Space Bureau chief https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-voyager-1-power-swap-restores-contact/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T15:47:08+00:00NASA completes Voyager 1 power swap, spacecraft ends communications dropout alone https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/taurid-airburst-risk-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T14:24:21+00:00New Mexico researcher points to heightened Taurid airburst risk in 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/chorus-waves-accelerate-electrons-inside-earth-radiation-shield/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T13:39:30+00:00Study finds chorus waves accelerated electrons inside Earth’s radiation shield https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/voyager-1-crosses-one-light-day-mark/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T12:59:42+00:00Voyager 1 crosses one-light-day mark https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/cnes-callisto-rocket-demonstrator-testing/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T12:39:42+00:00CNES Begins ground qualification testing for Callisto rocket demonstrator https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/ula-vulcan-cowboy-space-virgin-galactic-update/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T12:19:42+00:00ULA plans Vulcan Return to flight in mid-November; Cowboy Space reveals Big Iron rocket https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/sentinel-3-captures-super-typhoon-champi-50-km/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T11:59:42+00:00Sentinel-3 captures Super Typhoon Champi’s 50 km eye https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-miri-observes-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T11:39:44+00:00Researchers observe interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/isro-nvs-03-launch-october-30-navigation-satellite/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T11:03:11+00:00ISRO plans October 30 launch of NVS-03 navigation satellite https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/argotec-raises-50-million-small-sat-manufacturing/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T05:19:49+00:00Argotec raises €50 million to scale small-sat manufacturing https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/anthropic-spacex-largest-customer-q3-revenue/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T04:59:49+00:00Bloomberg says Anthropic is SpaceX’s largest customer at 34.5% of third-quarter revenue https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/reid-wiseman-jpl-deputy-director/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T04:39:49+00:00Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman named JPL deputy director https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/asteroids-fragment-white-dwarfs-kilometer-barrier/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T04:19:49+00:00Planetary Science Institute finds asteroids fragment before turning to dust around white dwarfs https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/pentagon-releases-china-shenlong-spaceplane-image-2/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T03:59:49+00:00Pentagon releases high-resolution image of China’s Shenlong spaceplane https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/fcc-votes-direct-device-spectrum-auction/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T03:39:49+00:00FCC votes to modernize direct-to-device spectrum rules and auction 25 MHz https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/hughes-space-force-multi-orbit-satellite-control/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T03:19:49+00:00Hughes wins $42.5 million Space Force task order for multi-orbit satellite control https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/uah-students-test-vented-lunar-landing-pad/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T02:59:49+00:00University of Alabama in Huntsville students test vented lunar landing pad https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-restores-contact-voyager-1-silence/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T02:39:51+00:00NASA restores contact with Voyager 1 after 48-hour silence https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-uvex-ultraviolet-telescope-2031-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T01:51:36+00:00NASA announces ultraviolet Space Telescope for 2031 launch https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/astronauts-complete-100th-spacewalk-install-solar-array/Orbital Wireen2026-10-30T00:56:08+00:00Astronauts complete 100th U.S. spacewalk, install new solar array https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-awards-earthdaily-landsat-data-test/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T23:50:08+00:00NASA awards EarthDaily Analytics $4.2 million task order to test Landsat data match https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/fermi-spots-one-brightest-gamma-ray-bursts/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T23:30:08+00:00Fermi spots one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts in 20 years https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-tracers-maps-magnetic-reconnection-polar-cusps/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T23:10:10+00:00NASA’s TRACERS twins map magnetic reconnection in Earth’s polar cusps https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/giant-impacts-help-planets-keep-atmospheres/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T21:44:23+00:00Researchers find collisions can help young rocky planets keep atmospheres https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-dates-ancient-mars-meteorite-teghaza-001/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T21:24:23+00:00NASA-funded scientists date Mars meteorite Teghaza 001 to more than 4.1 billion years https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/artemis-iii-astronauts-white-house-trump-2027/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T21:04:23+00:00Artemis III astronauts meet Trump at White House before 2027 test https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/space42-viasat-terrestar-equatys-castar-mou/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T20:44:23+00:00Space42, Viasat and Terrestar sign deal to link CaStar with Equatys https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/columbia-researchers-detect-gas-motion-galaxy-clusters-cmb/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T20:24:23+00:00Columbia researchers trace gas motion in galaxy clusters using CMB light https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/hubble-barred-galaxy-lensing-roman-preview/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T20:04:23+00:00Hubble captures barred galaxy lensing as preview for Roman Space Telescope https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/nasa-momentus-space-resupply-mission-formulation/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T19:44:23+00:00NASA awards Momentus task order for in-space resupply mission formulation https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-send-name-titan-dragonfly/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T19:24:23+00:00NASA invites public to Send names to Titan aboard Dragonfly https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/hubble-webb-cats-head-nebula-carina-nebula/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T19:04:23+00:00Hubble and Webb image the Cat’s Head Nebula in the Carina Nebula https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/eso-finds-double-debris-disc-white-dwarf/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T18:44:23+00:00European Southern Observatory finds first confirmed double debris disc around white dwarf https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/cats-tail-beta-pictoris-collision-jwst-hubble/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T18:24:23+00:00Astronomers trace ‘Cat’s Tail’ to collision in Beta Pictoris system https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/new-plasma-curtain-model-solar-spicules/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T18:04:23+00:00New plasma curtain model proposed for solar spicules https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/rubin-observatory-reveals-hidden-milky-way-companions/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T17:44:25+00:00Researchers using Rubin preview data find two hidden Milky Way companions https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/himera-gomspace-obria-nano-orbital-operations/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T17:13:38+00:00HIMERA and GomSpace begin orbital operations of OBRIA NANO https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/blue-origin-rebuilds-launch-complex-36-new-glenn/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T16:30:29+00:00Blue Origin Reassembles launch Complex 36 tower, plans New Glenn return in 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/solar-gravitational-lens-exoplanet-biospheres-arxiv/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T15:39:32+00:00Slava G. Turyshev submits covariance-aware Solar Gravitational Lens framework to arXiv https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/grb-260310a-axis-jet-bright-afterglow/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T15:19:34+00:00Earth outside jet core explains faint flash and bright afterglow https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-csa-astronauts-iss-solar-array-spacewalk/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T14:48:25+00:00Canadian Space Agency and NASA astronauts begin first of two station power spacewalks https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/pentagon-offices-tell-startups-show-working-hardware/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T13:55:05+00:00Three Pentagon offices tell startups to show working hardware https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/candidate-dwarf-planet-ed138-beyond-pluto/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T12:57:09+00:00Astronomers spot candidate dwarf planet ED138 beyond Pluto https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-starfall-cargo-recovery-pacific-splashdown/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T12:29:16+00:00Air Force recovers SpaceX Starfall cargo modules after Pacific splashdown https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-astronauts-285th-iss-spacewalk-solar-array/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T12:01:11+00:00NASA astronauts suit Up for 285th International Space Station spacewalk https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/stop-start-funding-threatens-satellite-output/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T11:41:11+00:00York Space Systems, Terran Orbital and CesiumAstro warn stop-start funding threatens satellite output https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/reid-wiseman-jpl-deputy-director-caltech-appointment/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T11:21:13+00:00Reid Wiseman to serve as Caltech associate vice president and JPL deputy director https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/sierra-space-refueling-plug-standard/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T10:02:24+00:00Sierra Space proposes 18-month refueling plug standard if Space Force orders China’s SJ-25 demo https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/canadian-space-agency-issues-rfp-three-technologies/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T04:01:45+00:00Canadian Space Agency issues RFP for three priority technologies https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-iss-kale-mustard-greens-veg-03-mno/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T03:18:29+00:00NASA astronauts grow kale and mustard greens aboard Station under VEG-03 MNO https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/putin-musk-russia-starlink-contact/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T02:58:29+00:00Putin calls Elon Musk a real genius and confirms close satellite contact https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/rice-university-wiso-sat-water-isotope-database/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T02:38:29+00:00Rice University creates open-access database of water isotopes from eight satellite missions https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/dia-publishes-china-classified-spaceplane-photo/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T02:18:31+00:00Defense Intelligence Agency publishes commercial photograph of China’s classified spaceplane https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-uvex-2031-ultraviolet-telescope-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T01:28:11+00:00NASA plans 2031 launch for ultraviolet space telescope UVEX https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/ula-vulcan-return-flight-november-13-amazon-leo/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T00:50:08+00:00ULA returns Vulcan to flight November 13 with six solid rocket boosters https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/sap-rpt-spaceborne-computer-2-iss-mission/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T00:30:08+00:00SAP plans to run SAP-RPT on HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2 aboard the ISS https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/curiosity-rover-nazca-mars-drill-preparation/Orbital Wireen2026-10-29T00:10:08+00:00NASA’s Curiosity rover team prepared to drill at Nazca on Mars https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-chapea-crew-exits-378-day-mars-habitat/Orbital Wireen2026-10-28T23:50:08+00:00NASA CHAPEA crew to exit 378-day Mars habitat simulation Oct. 31 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/ucf-engineers-build-re-rassor-digital-twin/Orbital Wireen2026-10-28T23:30:10+00:00UCF engineers build real-time digital twin of RE-RASSOR rover