Blue Origin remains a vendor under consideration to fly Artemis III no earlier than 2027.

Blue Origin plans to ramp up New Glenn flights quickly with a new pad design.

Blue Origin plans to join rocket stages in a facility, ferry an already integrated New Glenn to the launch pad, crane it to a vertical position, and then mate payloads.

NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace a Blue Ghost mission worth $144.2 million in new CLPS contracts.

NASA is considering a proposed PROMISE mission to send a Mars Perseverance rover prototype to the Moon to prospect for resources.

Nayuta Space completed a full-scale model of Xuanniao-R about a year after development began.

Nayuta Space has been working with the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport in Shandong province to use its existing facilities for pre-flight tests and operational missions.

Xuanniao-R’s reusable first stage allows up to 17,000 kilograms of modifications to the second stage.

The Xuanniao-R orbital computing spacecraft concept includes 100 square meters of radiators.

The Xuanniao-R orbital computing spacecraft concept has a cumulative solar array area of 400 square meters and is designed to generate 80 kilowatts of electrical power.

Nayuta Space says its computing spacecraft constellation could include up to 12,500 spacecraft.

Nayuta Space hopes to have at least one second-stage converted computing spacecraft in orbit and performing customer tasks the year after the technology demonstration satellites.

Ālaya Beijing Space Technology Co Ltd was founded in early June and had about 5 million yuan in current capital.

Xuanniao-R’s reusable first stage will be powered by thirteen engines, each generating 70 tons of thrust.

Xuanniao-R will burn liquid methane and liquid oxygen in two stages.

Nayuta Space has not filed regulatory applications for the thousands of planned computing spacecraft.

Nayuta Space established Ālaya Beijing Space Technology Co Ltd to manage hardware research and development and related risks.

Ālaya Beijing Space Technology Co Ltd has attracted top talent from state-owned enterprises under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Xuanniao-R will be 70 meters tall, 3.8 meters in diameter, and use a 5.2-meter-diameter fairing.

The Xuanniao-R orbital computing spacecraft concept includes four solar arrays that are 3.5 meters wide and 30 meters long each.

Ālaya is the name Nayuta Space uses for the overall constellation of its computing spacecraft.

The two Nayuta Space technology demonstration satellites will be launched on the company’s first orbital Xuanniao-R launch vehicle.

Xuanniao-R’s second stage will have one vacuum-optimized engine generating around 80 tons of thrust.

Xuanniao-R’s first stage will remain reusable while deploying the orbital computing spacecraft.

Nayuta Space wants its computing spacecraft to operate in sun-synchronous orbit between 600 and 700 kilometers in altitude.

Nayuta Space is exploring the use of Xuanniao-R second stages as a platform for orbital computing.

Nayuta Space has produced propellant tanks and structures for Xuanniao-R tests such as static fires.

Nayuta Space wants two technology demonstration satellites in orbit by the first half of 2027.

Nayuta Space believes hundreds of computing spacecraft can be deployed each year starting in the 2030s.

Nayuta Space began development of Xuanniao-R in May 2025.

In her role at the Satellite Industry Association, Georgia Reynolds will support legislative advocacy and regulatory work on spectrum, broadband connectivity, trade, cybersecurity, and other policy areas.

At Harvard University, Georgia Reynolds focused on space policy and international and global affairs.

Before joining the Satellite Industry Association, Georgia Reynolds worked on the Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise Policy and Programs team in the office of the Department of War Chief Information Officer.

Georgia Reynolds holds a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Canterbury.

Tom Stroup is the president of the Satellite Industry Association.

The Satellite Industry Association appointed Georgia Reynolds as its new Director of Policy.

Georgia Reynolds holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Before her graduate study, Georgia Reynolds was a Policy Advisor in New Zealand’s Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment.

At New Zealand’s Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, Georgia Reynolds worked in Radio Spectrum Policy and Planning.

Turkey and Qatar will jointly develop and expand the Es’hail-3/Turksat-Biruni satellite project.

The satellite will provide high-speed broadband connectivity in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

State-backed Turksat and Qatar-based Es’hailSat will collaborate on capacity sharing and long-term commercial growth for the satellite project.

Turkey plans to reach the Moon in 2027 using its own hybrid rocket engine.

Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between France’s Thales and Italy’s Leonardo.

Turksat and Es’hailSat will jointly evaluate their satellite assets, ground infrastructure, distribution networks, and customer portfolios.

The satellite will provide aviation and maritime mobility services.

Thales Alenia Space will build the Es’hail-3/Turksat-Biruni satellite.

Qatar will fund the Es’hail-3/Turksat-Biruni satellite project.

The Es’hail-3/Turksat-Biruni satellite project is intended to improve broadband and mobility coverage across the Middle East and North Africa.

Waymaker-1 is a dedicated low Earth orbit rideshare mission scheduled for late 2028.