The U.S. Department of Defense estimates that Golden Dome will cost $185 billion.

Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon said the Northrop Grumman partnership will enable operational, constellation-scale space-based missile defense.

Apex announced a $15 million self-funded demonstration mission called Project Shadow in October.

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated key capabilities through ground tests this year and is on track to deliver on-orbit missile-defense capabilities with Apex in 2027.

Golden Dome could consist of at least 7,000 satellites at full capacity.

Anduril partnered with Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National Laboratories, and Voyager Technologies in May to support Golden Dome-related work.

Apex was founded to support proliferated constellations like Golden Dome.

ParaZero Technologies' DefendAir system provides a kinetic, non-explosive layer of defense against hostile unmanned aerial systems.

ParaZero Technologies integrates DefendAir Net Pods into autonomous, unmanned, and other defense platforms for physical drone interception in complex operational environments.

The DefendAir product family includes autonomous vehicle-mounted configurations, airborne configurations, and man-operated portable applications for personal protection.

ParaZero Technologies received its initial order from a major United States-based Tier-1 defense corporation for DefendAir Net Pods.

ParaZero Technologies' patented technology physically captures hostile attack drones without using conventional explosive countermeasures.

Blue Origin plans to fly again before the end of 2026.

The oxygen, liquid hydrogen, and LNG tanks at LC-36 are in good shape.

Blue Origin will continue 7x2 rate manufacturing at pace as planned and store the stages for later use.

Blue Origin’s booster Never Tell Me The Odds and three GS-2 vehicles in the integration facility appear to be in good condition.

Blue Origin will not move directly to a 9x4 configuration.

The big support tower at LC-36 is damaged but can be repaired in place.

Blue Origin is planning to rebuild LC-36 to a vertical-operations configuration that does not require a transporter-erector.

Blue Origin is pursuing an alternative vertical operations concept instead of building a new transporter-erector.

Roscosmos delivered a Soyuz-2.1b rocket to Baikonur for the launch of Progress MS-36, scheduled for November.

The Jiuquan entities aim to encourage commercial space enterprises to operate at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

The Lieyan-2 engine burns rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen to generate 10 tons of thrust.

Jinhua-1’s second stage will be powered by a single vacuum-optimized Lieyan-2 engine.

The nearly 10-ton-thrust Lieyan-2 firings exceeded the previous electric-pump-fed engine thrust record held by Rocket Lab’s Rutherford.

Jinhua-1 will be 27.5 meters tall and have two stages with a 2.25-meter diameter.

Spark Space’s manufacturing facility in Hefei National High-Tech Industry Development Zone has 10,000 square meters of space.

Spark Space used Deep Blue Aerospace’s test stands for Lieyan-2 engine firings.

Spark Space’s delegation visit included support for the company to make necessary breakthroughs in flying its electric-pump-fed engines.

Yunze Capital and Orbital Chenguang invested in Spark Space’s Pre-A funding round.

Spark Space markets Jinhua-1 for low-cost, high-reliability, rapid-response launches, smaller constellation satellites, and hypersonic testing.

Spark Space’s financing will support iterative development of the electric-pump-fed Lieyan-2 engine.

Jinhua-1 will weigh 72,500 kilograms at liftoff.

Lieyan-2 engine firings at Deep Blue Aerospace’s test stands reached nearly 10 tons of thrust.

Orbital Chenguang is affiliated with the Beijing Astro-Future Institute of Space Technology.

Jinhua-1’s first stage will use nine Lieyan-2 engines producing a combined 90 tons of thrust.

Spark Space’s financing will also support production of the Jinhua-1 launch vehicle.

Jinhua-1 is expected to make its first launch-pad appearance in 2027.

Spark Space plans to expand into neighboring buildings in Hefei during the year and add 20,000 square meters of space.

Spark Space has raised around 200 million Yuan in total capital.

Jiuquan Commercial Aerospace Development Co Ltd is among the organizations represented in the Jiuquan delegation that visited Spark Space.

Spark Space completed a Pre-A funding round on June 1 and raised almost 100 million Yuan.

Jinhua-1 customers will be able to choose a 2.25-meter or 3.35-meter diameter fairing.

Jinhua-1 will carry up to 1,500 kilograms to low Earth orbit or 1,000 kilograms to sun-synchronous orbit.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is being prepared for shipment to Cape Canaveral via NASA's Pegasus barge and is expected to arrive later in June 2026.

The next Falcon Heavy launch carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled for no earlier than August 30, 2026.

Commercial LEO Destinations suppliers with executed Funded Space Act Agreements for Phase 2 scope have a documented NASA obligation.

NASA’s March 2026 Ignition restructuring of Commercial LEO Destinations shifted the program from certifying full commercial station operators to a government-owned core module model.

Vast, Axiom Space, Starlab, and Orbital Reef are the four active Commercial LEO Destinations developers affected by NASA’s Ignition framework.

Vast, Axiom Space, Starlab, and Orbital Reef are the four active Commercial LEO Destinations developers.