Countering Starlink: Strategies for Disruption
Starlink counterspace is easier to disrupt locally than to destroy globally. That difference shapes the risks of electronic warfare, cyber…
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July 2026 in Space: Hardware Meets Operational Reality
July 2026 space news moved beyond first-flight headlines. Starship, Vikram-1, satellite servicing, FireSat, nuclear power, and reusable launch showed what…
Vikram-1 Launch Puts India’s Private Sector in Orbit
The Vikram-1 launch reached orbit on its first attempt. The milestone validates India’s public-private launch model—but repeatability and economics come…
June 2026 in Space
June was the month space started looking less like a sequence of missions and more like infrastructure under load. The…
SpaceX Starfall Makes Space Manufacturing a Return Problem
SpaceX's first Starfall test flight turns in-space manufacturing from a launch story into a return-logistics story: can small capsules make…
SpaceX’s IPO and Stoke’s Nova Reveal Launch’s New Test
SpaceX entered the public markets while Stoke Space moved Nova through first-stage proto-qualification. Together, they show the new test for…
Relativity’s Mars Orbiter Tests NASA’s Commercial Science Model
NASA's Aeolus partnership with Relativity Space is not just another Mars orbiter announcement. It is a test of whether commercial…
New Glenn’s Explosion Tests NASA’s Moon-Base Architecture
New Glenn's test explosion is not just a Blue Origin setback. It is a stress test for NASA's increasingly commercial…
May 2026 in Space
May 2026 was the month space architecture had to behave like operations. NASA pushed Moon Base surface systems forward, Starship…
Starship’s Artemis Role Is Bigger Than One Test Flight
Starship's latest V3 flight is a major SpaceX test milestone, but its Artemis meaning is narrower and more important: NASA…