The SpaceX Gen2 V3 Upgrade Order granted SpaceX a waiver of the processing round rules for more than a dozen frequency bands on the condition that SpaceX participate in future processing rounds.

SN Space Systems LLC has a pending application from the second V-band processing round that also requested Ku- and Ka-band authorization.

The FCC is folding SN Space Systems LLC’s Ku- and Ka-band frequency requests into the third Ku-/Ka-band processing round.

SpaceX’s V-band operations are included in the third V-band processing round.

The FCC has not set a deadline for acting on applications filed in the third processing rounds.

The FCC authorized SpaceX on Jan. 9, 2026 to launch and operate an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites under the SpaceX Gen2 V3 Upgrade Order.

Amazon Leo received waivers covering Ku-, Ka-, and V-band frequencies.

Logos Space Services, Inc. received authorization on Jan. 30, 2026 to launch and operate a constellation of 4,178 satellites in S-, Ka-, V-, and E-band frequencies.

Amazon Leo received conditional authorization on Feb. 10, 2026 to launch and operate an additional 4,504 satellites across its Gen2 and Polar constellations.

SpaceX’s Ku- and Ka-band operations are included in the third Ku-/Ka-band processing round.

Amazon Leo’s Ku- and Ka-band operations are included in the third Ku-/Ka-band processing round.

SN Space Systems LLC’s application is under national security review by the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector.

The FCC’s Space Bureau set July 6, 2026 as the deadline for new applicants to file for the third processing rounds.

Friedrich Merz opened the ILA Berlin trade fair officially.

The ESA's exhibit includes a simulator of the Martian surface.

Dietmar Woidke says the goal is to surpass Bavaria in aerospace.

Anne-Sophie Bradelle is the European Space Agency's communications lead.

Dorothee Bär opened the ILA Berlin Space Pavilion.

INNOSPACE has signed a memorandum of understanding with KAIROSPACE Co., Ltd. to cooperate in launch services and satellite separation systems.

INNOSPACE and KAIROSPACE plan to develop an integrated launch services model linking launch vehicles, payload integration, and separation systems.

INNOSPACE and KAIROSPACE will consider work on interface standards for customer missions and joint marketing activities.

INNOSPACE and KAIROSPACE plan to pursue joint business opportunities in Korea and international markets.

Under the memorandum of understanding, INNOSPACE and KAIROSPACE plan to explore cooperation in satellite separation systems, deployers, payload integration testing, and mission support.

INNOSPACE and KAIROSPACE will consider technical reviews based on launch environments and verification data to support reliability.

The International Space Station’s Japanese robotic arm will position the CubeSat deployment device at a safe distance before release.

Sergei Mikaev worked on artificial intelligence systems intended to improve crew operational efficiency and onboard communications in spacecraft.

NASA’s Artemis program includes Artemis III.

Hokushin-1 is designed to test radio-frequency systems, space propulsion, and new solar panels.

Artemis III will be the first crewed mission to return humans to the lunar surface after Apollo 17 in 1972.

Sophie Adenot is a French helicopter test pilot and is currently aboard the International Space Station on her first mission to space.

The all-male Artemis III crew includes three NASA astronauts and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano of Italy.

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announced on 27 November 2025 that the first Artemis flight opportunity would go to a German astronaut.

ESA selected Luca Parmitano for the first Artemis crew slot because of his test pilot experience under the mission’s revised architecture.

Luca Parmitano serves as the pilot for Artemis III.

ESA and NASA signed an agreement in October 2020 that provides three flight opportunities for European astronauts aboard Artemis missions in exchange for ESA contributions to the Orion crew capsule and the Gateway space station.

Marcus Wandt of Sweden and Andrea Patassa of Italy are ESA astronaut reserve members with comparable test pilot credentials.

NASA retooled Artemis III to test systems and operational capabilities in low Earth orbit ahead of the first Artemis lunar landing.

NASA announced the Artemis III crew during a 9 June event at the Johnson Space Center.

The first Artemis lunar landing under the Artemis programme is now planned for Artemis IV in 2028.

Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas, and Randy Bresnik are the other crew members on Artemis III, with Rubio and Douglas as mission specialists and Bresnik as commander.

NASA paused development of the Gateway space station on 24 March 2026 and shifted toward building a base on the Moon’s surface.

Long March 5 Y11 was at Wenchang at 07:30 UTC on June 11, 2026.

Long March 5 Y11 was associated with TJSW-25.

NASA selected Frank Rubio as an Artemis III mission specialist.

Artemis III follows the success of Artemis II in April and is part of NASA’s effort to establish a permanent base on the Moon and prepare future Mars missions.

Frank Rubio was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 2017.

Frank Rubio grew up in Miami, Florida, and spent part of his childhood in El Salvador with his maternal grandmother to learn Spanish.

NASA included astronaut Frank Rubio in the Artemis III crew.

Randy Bresnik will command Artemis III.

Frank Rubio graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.