Eviden’s Avantix electronic warfare business unit will supply compact, multi-platform compatible SIGINT payloads.

A separate U.S. Space Force award provided $105 million for modernization of the GPS ground segment networks.

Regional Military Protection architecture provides a 63-fold increase in core anti-jamming capabilities.

GPS IIIF is intended to modernize the baseline positioning, navigation, and timing network that supports civilian infrastructure and military hardware.

Lockheed Martin Space has achieved the core mate milestone for three previously ordered GPS IIIF satellites.

The U.S. Space Force has committed to 14 GPS IIIF spacecraft in total.

Regional Military Protection architecture is designed to deliver secure M-Code-enabled signals to warfighters in contested areas.

The contract modification authorizes Lockheed Martin Space to begin production on Global Positioning System IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24.

The U.S. Space Force finalized a $514 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin Space.

GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24 will use advanced Regional Military Protection architecture.

The CZ-3B resume flight was successful after a previous third-stage failure.

NASA is paying $6.1 million for its use of Blue Moon Mark 1.

NASA is using less than 3% of Blue Moon Mark 1’s payload capacity.

NASA announced an all-male crew for the upcoming Artemis III mission on June 9.

NASA’s SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft are on track to be ready by mid-2027 for Artemis III.

Blue Origin and SpaceX are targeting lower-fidelity uncrewed mission demonstrations before carrying crew.

Using a structural spacer on Artemis III will save a functional upper stage for Artemis IV.

The Artemis III SLS launch vehicle will use a structural spacer instead of an upper stage.

NASA wants Blue Origin to launch its robotic Blue Moon Mark 1 lander on a rocket other than New Glenn.

SpaceX’s Lunar Starship prototype will fly without life support systems for Artemis III.

The Artemis III mission aims to dock the crew’s Orion spacecraft with prototype lunar landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX in low Earth orbit to test key systems and reduce risks ahead of Artemis IV.

The Artemis III astronauts will not enter SpaceX’s Starship from Orion after docking because the Starship prototype lacks life support systems.

NASA originally framed Artemis III as a mission to reduce risks for systems that will land astronauts on the Moon with Artemis IV.

The Artemis III SLS structural spacer is expected to be ready by the end of the year.

NASA’s Office of Inspector General issued a March report identifying shortcomings and risks in the planned development of the Artemis landers.

Blue Moon Mark 1 has a payload capacity of 3,000 kilograms.

The Office of Inspector General found that the Blue Origin and SpaceX missions would not simulate the full-scale profile of their respective crewed landing flights.

Blue Origin’s lander prototype may launch on ULA’s Vulcan rocket or SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy if New Glenn is not available in time.

Orion’s European Service Module passed launch acoustic testing in May.

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander was scheduled to launch later this year.

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 lander is not required to return to lunar orbit after its surface mission in the current plan.

SpaceX’s uncrewed Artemis lander demonstration will not include a complete life support system or the astronaut elevator.

Blue Origin’s and SpaceX’s lunar landers are not expected to be ready until late 2027 at the earliest.

Blue Origin’s Artemis III lander prototype will not fly with cryogenic fuel.

The 93 launches supported by Space Launch Delta 45 in 2024 were more than 35% higher than the previous year.

Space Launch Delta 45 supported 93 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center in 2024.

Kinetica-1 became the first launch vehicle developed by a private Chinese operator to launch 100 satellites in total.

CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 Y14 mission placed eight rideshare satellites into orbit on 15 June 2026.

CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 Y14 mission delivered eight rideshare satellites to orbit on June 15, 2026.

Kinetica-1 reached a total of 100 satellites launched on the Y14 flight.

Kinetica-1 became the first vehicle developed by a private Chinese launch provider to launch 100 satellites.

Prada contributed engineered knitting, advanced 3D modeling techniques, and specialized fibers for repeated use across long-duration missions to the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment.

NASA’s Artemis IV mission would mark the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment is the innermost layer of Axiom Space’s Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or AxEMU.

The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment circulates cold water through tubes across the body’s major muscle groups during a spacewalk.

A separate tube loop in the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment delivers fresh oxygen across the astronaut’s face and washes away exhaled carbon dioxide.

Axiom Space holds NASA’s contract to develop the AxEMU for the Artemis program.

The AxEMU’s life-support system uses a CO2 scrubber before oxygen recirculates to the crew member.

The AxEMU is slated for use on NASA’s Artemis IV mission.

The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment is designed to keep astronauts thermally regulated and able to breathe during spacewalks of up to eight hours on the lunar surface.