ExPace has added a wider fairing option and optimized costs for Kuaizhou-11.

ExPace and Jiuquan confirmed the completion of a launch mission to deploy Future Navigation’s CentiSpace Group-05 satellite cluster.

ExPace resumed Kuaizhou-11 launches in May 2024 after the December 2022 flight.

Tracking data from the U.S. Space Force suggests that Kuaizhou-11 reached orbit, deployed eight satellites, and performed a deorbit burn.

Kuaizhou-11 consists of three 2.2-meter-diameter solid-fueled stages and a liquid-fueled fourth stage for orbital insertion.

The Kuaizhou-11 launch on June 17 likely deployed satellites for Future Navigation’s positioning service.

Kuaizhou-11 can carry 1,500 kilograms to low Earth orbit and 1,000 kilograms to sun-synchronous orbit.

ExPace’s Kuaizhou-11 has had one failure, which occurred during its July 2020 debut flight.

The June 17 mission was Future Navigation’s third CentiSpace Group-05 deployment.

Kuaizhou-11 has flown only from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Kuaizhou-11 was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and manufactured by ExPace.

Emposat provided communications and tracking support for the June 17 Kuaizhou-11 deployment.

Kuaizhou-11 offers a 2.2-meter inline fairing and a wider 2.65-meter-diameter fairing option.

Kuaizhou-11 is 25 meters tall and weighs around 78,000 kilograms when prepared for launch.

The Ariane 64 launch was briefly delayed by an undisclosed issue with the launch range.

The payload on the Ariane 64 mission was 22 tonnes.

Arianespace delivered 36 Amazon satellites to orbit on the third Ariane 6 flight of 2026.

The upgraded P160C boosters increase Ariane 6 payload performance by 10% to 15%.

The P160C boosters used on the Ariane 64 are one metre longer than the P120C boosters used on previous Ariane 6 flights.

Arianespace completed its third Ariane 6 flight of 2026.

The next Ariane 6 launch will use the two-booster variant of Ariane 6.

The Ariane 64 rocket lifted off at 12:21 UTC from ELA-4 at the Guiana Space Centre.

The European Space Agency is examining whether Ariane 6 launch cadence can be increased from its nominal nine launches per year to 12, 15, or 20 launches per year.

The third Ariane 6 flight of 2026 used an Ariane 64 rocket with upgraded P160C solid-fuel boosters.

The Ariane 64 rocket has four solid-fuel boosters.

The first satellite from the Ariane 64 mission was deployed into low Earth orbit 1 hour and 26 minutes after liftoff.

All 36 Amazon satellites were deployed less than half an hour after the first satellite deployment.

The next Ariane 6 launch is expected on 28 August with the MTG-I2 weather satellite for EUMETSAT.

The P160C boosters feature more than 14 tonnes of additional solid propellant compared with the P120C boosters.

The payload launched on the Ariane 64 mission was the heaviest ever launched by an Ariane rocket.

AST SpaceMobile expects the next three satellites to launch on another Falcon 9 as early as July.

AST SpaceMobile expects the three satellites to be fully unfolded over the coming weeks.

AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBirds 8, 9, and 10 completed a successful orbital launch.

AST SpaceMobile is preparing the next three satellites for shipment.

AST SpaceMobile confirmed acquisition of signal for all three satellites after launch.

CENTAURE includes a firm commitment of €138 million over four years.

The OneWeb constellation provides low-latency connectivity.

CENTAURE could increase to €350 million over eight years.

The DGA announced CENTAURE on 15 June as the first call-off contract under the €1 billion framework agreement.

Eutelsat secured a €138 million contract from France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces under a €1 billion framework agreement signed in June 2025.

The France-DGA framework agreement is intended to supplement the Syracuse IV military communications constellation.

The CENTAURE contract includes capacity for multiple areas of strategic interest to the French Armed Forces.

Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation has more than 600 satellites in low Earth orbit.

France has made a direct investment in Eutelsat.

France’s 10-year framework agreement with the DGA covers priority access to capacity on Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation.

The France-DGA framework agreement is intended to provide a bridging capability until Europe’s IRIS2 system comes online in the 2030s.

The CENTAURE contract allows enhancements to the security of the OneWeb service.

Starlink’s role in Ukraine demonstrated the value of commercial satellite connectivity and the vulnerability of relying on a network outside European control.

The acquisition strengthens Gilat’s presence in the United States aerospace and defense ecosystem.

Gilat Satellite Networks signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Comtech Telecommunications Corporation’s Satellite & Space Communications division.