Browse the latest facts and intelligence extracted from space industry sources.
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Browse the latest facts and intelligence extracted from space industry sources.
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An FCC filing for Amazon Leo included information about anomalies that occurred during prototype missions. | Amazon Leo asks FCC for 2-year deadline extension, buys 10 SpaceX Falcon 9s, evokes prototype mission anomalies | Feb 2, 2026 |
Amazon Leo had a regulatory milestone with a July 30 deadline. | Amazon Leo asks FCC for 2-year deadline extension, buys 10 SpaceX Falcon 9s, evokes prototype mission anomalies | Feb 2, 2026 |
There have been no publicly reported missions of the Chinese reusable space plane since September 2024. | We haven't heard from the Chinese reusable space plane for a good while (last mission ended in September 2024). Probably time soon for it to stretch its wings again. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The Chinese reusable space plane’s last mission ended in September 2024. | We haven't heard from the Chinese reusable space plane for a good while (last mission ended in September 2024). Probably time soon for it to stretch its wings again. | Feb 2, 2026 |
SpaceX has acquired xAI. | *decides to push this out of my mind and refrain from commenting* | Feb 2, 2026 |
Hypersonix’s hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing. | Last week, Hypersonix announced that their hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing! The vehicle will soon be shipped from Australia to the US, where it'll be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The DART-AE vehicle will be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter. | Last week, Hypersonix announced that their hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing! The vehicle will soon be shipped from Australia to the US, where it'll be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter. | Feb 2, 2026 |
DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator developed by Hypersonix. | Last week, Hypersonix announced that their hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing! The vehicle will soon be shipped from Australia to the US, where it'll be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The DART-AE vehicle will be shipped from Australia to the United States. | Last week, Hypersonix announced that their hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing! The vehicle will soon be shipped from Australia to the US, where it'll be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The Wenchang Municipal People’s Government issued a notice prohibiting small unmanned aerial vehicles and model aircraft activities in specified airspace. | Drone no-fly notice has been published by the Wenchang official. Likely be the Mengzhou Max-Q abort test. Window starts from 03 Feb to 11 Feb 2400. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The notice was issued by the Wenchang municipal government on January 31, 2026. | Drone no-fly notice has been published by the Wenchang official. Likely be the Mengzhou Max-Q abort test. Window starts from 03 Feb to 11 Feb 2400. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The restricted area's boundary coordinates in the notice are listed as (E110.833°, N19.496°), (E111.153°, N19.247°), (E111.392°, N19.523°), and (E111.072°, N19.772°). | Drone no-fly notice has been published by the Wenchang official. Likely be the Mengzhou Max-Q abort test. Window starts from 03 Feb to 11 Feb 2400. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The notice imposes temporary flight restrictions over Wenchang’s administrative region and certain adjacent sea areas. | Drone no-fly notice has been published by the Wenchang official. Likely be the Mengzhou Max-Q abort test. Window starts from 03 Feb to 11 Feb 2400. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The temporary prohibition period runs from February 3, 2026 at 08:00 to February 11, 2026 at 24:00. | Drone no-fly notice has been published by the Wenchang official. Likely be the Mengzhou Max-Q abort test. Window starts from 03 Feb to 11 Feb 2400. | Feb 2, 2026 |
A stage recovery barge for the CZ-10 test campaign has left the shipyard with its destination unknown. | Upper cover has been removed of the CZ-10 test stage. Showing the grid-fins & hooks. And we have movements of the stage recovery barge. It has left the shipyard,destination unknown. There is a chance may be they would do the Max-Q abort & VTVL tests in one launch. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The CZ-10 test stage upper cover has been removed. | Upper cover has been removed of the CZ-10 test stage. Showing the grid-fins & hooks. And we have movements of the stage recovery barge. It has left the shipyard,destination unknown. There is a chance may be they would do the Max-Q abort & VTVL tests in one launch. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The CZ-10 test stage is showing grid-fins and hooks. | Upper cover has been removed of the CZ-10 test stage. Showing the grid-fins & hooks. And we have movements of the stage recovery barge. It has left the shipyard,destination unknown. There is a chance may be they would do the Max-Q abort & VTVL tests in one launch. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The CZ-10 test campaign may combine a Max‑Q abort test and a VTVL test in a single launch. | Upper cover has been removed of the CZ-10 test stage. Showing the grid-fins & hooks. And we have movements of the stage recovery barge. It has left the shipyard,destination unknown. There is a chance may be they would do the Max-Q abort & VTVL tests in one launch. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The CZ-10 stage recovery barge named 领航者 (Ling Hang Zhe) has left the shipyard and its destination is unknown. | CZ-10A first stage cable recovery barge:领航者/Ling Hang Zhe | Feb 2, 2026 |
The upper cover has been removed from the CZ-10 test stage, exposing grid fins and hooks. | CZ-10A first stage cable recovery barge:领航者/Ling Hang Zhe | Feb 2, 2026 |
A CZ-10 launch may include both a Max-Q abort test and a vertical takeoff/vertical landing (VTVL) test in a single flight. | CZ-10A first stage cable recovery barge:领航者/Ling Hang Zhe | Feb 2, 2026 |
The social post compares the proposed test scenario to SpaceX Starship flight 4’s soft splashdown with a simulated barge catch. | Possible patch of the coming test. Max-Q abort & VT splashdown with the stage recovery barge doing the catch action nearby. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The social post proposes a Max-Q abort test with a VT splashdown and a stage recovery barge performing a catch action nearby. | Possible patch of the coming test. Max-Q abort & VT splashdown with the stage recovery barge doing the catch action nearby. | Feb 2, 2026 |
An attached mission patch image depicts a rocket with the number 10 and Chinese characters alongside a recovery barge, a parachute, and sea waves. | Possible patch of the coming test. Max-Q abort & VT splashdown with the stage recovery barge doing the catch action nearby. | Feb 2, 2026 |
The attached mission patch image includes Chinese-language text that appears to reference China’s aerospace program. | Possible patch of the coming test. Max-Q abort & VT splashdown with the stage recovery barge doing the catch action nearby. | Feb 2, 2026 |
SpaceX’s filing cites projections that by 2027 global AI could consume as much electricity as the nation of Argentina. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
Elon Musk posted on X on January 31, 2026 addressing concerns over Kessler Syndrome and orbital congestion and saying the satellites will be so far apart that it will be hard to see one from another. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
SpaceX submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission on January 30, 2026 seeking authority to launch and operate up to one million satellites designed to function as an Orbital Data Center network. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
The filing appears to justify a rumored merger between SpaceX and xAI ahead of a potential initial public offering later in 2026. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
SpaceX frames the proposed satellite network as the world’s first large-scale Orbital Data Center network. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
SpaceX argues that moving computation to space provides an 'unlimited' solar energy source and radiative cooling that eliminates the environmental footprint and grid bottlenecks of ground-based data centers. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
The proposed Orbital Data Center satellites are designed to handle the heaviest AI inference and training workloads in layered orbits between 500 km and 2,000 km. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
China filed paperwork with the International Telecommunication Union for two constellations totaling approximately 200,000 satellites for a gigawatt-class space digital infrastructure. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
The Federal Communications Commission previously granted only 7,500 of a prior 22,488 Starlink satellite request. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
The proposed IPO could seek to raise in excess of $30 billion to fund the one-million-satellite fleet and could potentially value SpaceX at $1.5 trillion. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
SpaceX’s filing frames the initiative as a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization. | Musk’s Orbital Gambit: SpaceX Files for Mega Satellite Data Centers | Feb 1, 2026 |
Kyivstar was the first Ukrainian company to list on a U.S. stock exchange. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
The 12,500,000 shares in the secondary offering are being sold entirely by existing shareholders led by VEON Amsterdam B.V. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
Kyivstar’s partnership with Starlink reached 3.0 million Direct to Cell users on January 15, 2026. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
Starlink satellite-based Direct to Cell connectivity supports regional resilience in southern and eastern Ukraine where terrestrial infrastructure is frequently compromised. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared the secondary offering effective on January 29, 2026. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
Kyivstar is not issuing new shares in the secondary offering and will receive none of the proceeds. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
The secondary transaction will significantly increase Kyivstar’s public float on Nasdaq following the expected close and potentially enhance daily trading liquidity. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
Kyivstar Group Ltd. priced a secondary public offering of 12,500,000 common shares at $10.50 per share on January 29, 2026. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
The secondary offering is expected to close on February 2, 2026. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
Oleksandr Komarov is CEO of Kyivstar and Kaan Terzioğlu is CEO of VEON Group, and their leadership guided Kyivstar’s transition into a digital ecosystem provider. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
VEON and Kyivstar committed $1 billion in investment for the 2023–2027 period to rebuild Ukraine’s digital infrastructure. | Kyivstar Prices $131 Million Secondary Offering of Shares Held by VEON | Feb 1, 2026 |
The Shenzhou-21 crew performed maintenance on the motor mechanism of an experiment rack and cleaned window cover lenses. | Shenzhou-21 Taikonauts Conduct Health Related Experiments and Tests | Feb 1, 2026 |
Wu Fei was born in 1993, is from Baotou in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and was selected as part of China’s third taikonaut group in October 2020. | Shenzhou-21 Taikonauts Conduct Health Related Experiments and Tests | Feb 1, 2026 |
During the week, the Shenzhou-21 crew conducted aerospace medicine experiments including biological sample collection for return to Earth and data collection to inform in-orbit medication guidance. | Shenzhou-21 Taikonauts Conduct Health Related Experiments and Tests | Feb 1, 2026 |
An FCC filing for Amazon Leo included information about anomalies that occurred during prototype missions.
There have been no publicly reported missions of the Chinese reusable space plane since September 2024.
The Chinese reusable space plane’s last mission ended in September 2024.
SpaceX has acquired xAI.
Hypersonix’s hydrogen-fueled DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator has completed vibration testing.
The DART-AE vehicle will be prepared for launch aboard a Rocket Lab HASTE rocket later this quarter.
DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator developed by Hypersonix.
The DART-AE vehicle will be shipped from Australia to the United States.
The Wenchang Municipal People’s Government issued a notice prohibiting small unmanned aerial vehicles and model aircraft activities in specified airspace.
The notice was issued by the Wenchang municipal government on January 31, 2026.
The restricted area's boundary coordinates in the notice are listed as (E110.833°, N19.496°), (E111.153°, N19.247°), (E111.392°, N19.523°), and (E111.072°, N19.772°).
The notice imposes temporary flight restrictions over Wenchang’s administrative region and certain adjacent sea areas.
The temporary prohibition period runs from February 3, 2026 at 08:00 to February 11, 2026 at 24:00.
A stage recovery barge for the CZ-10 test campaign has left the shipyard with its destination unknown.
The CZ-10 test stage upper cover has been removed.
The CZ-10 test stage is showing grid-fins and hooks.
The CZ-10 test campaign may combine a Max‑Q abort test and a VTVL test in a single launch.
The CZ-10 stage recovery barge named 领航者 (Ling Hang Zhe) has left the shipyard and its destination is unknown.
The upper cover has been removed from the CZ-10 test stage, exposing grid fins and hooks.
A CZ-10 launch may include both a Max-Q abort test and a vertical takeoff/vertical landing (VTVL) test in a single flight.
The social post compares the proposed test scenario to SpaceX Starship flight 4’s soft splashdown with a simulated barge catch.
The social post proposes a Max-Q abort test with a VT splashdown and a stage recovery barge performing a catch action nearby.
An attached mission patch image depicts a rocket with the number 10 and Chinese characters alongside a recovery barge, a parachute, and sea waves.
The attached mission patch image includes Chinese-language text that appears to reference China’s aerospace program.
SpaceX’s filing cites projections that by 2027 global AI could consume as much electricity as the nation of Argentina.
Elon Musk posted on X on January 31, 2026 addressing concerns over Kessler Syndrome and orbital congestion and saying the satellites will be so far apart that it will be hard to see one from another.
SpaceX submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission on January 30, 2026 seeking authority to launch and operate up to one million satellites designed to function as an Orbital Data Center network.
The filing appears to justify a rumored merger between SpaceX and xAI ahead of a potential initial public offering later in 2026.
SpaceX frames the proposed satellite network as the world’s first large-scale Orbital Data Center network.
SpaceX argues that moving computation to space provides an 'unlimited' solar energy source and radiative cooling that eliminates the environmental footprint and grid bottlenecks of ground-based data centers.
The proposed Orbital Data Center satellites are designed to handle the heaviest AI inference and training workloads in layered orbits between 500 km and 2,000 km.
China filed paperwork with the International Telecommunication Union for two constellations totaling approximately 200,000 satellites for a gigawatt-class space digital infrastructure.
The Federal Communications Commission previously granted only 7,500 of a prior 22,488 Starlink satellite request.
The proposed IPO could seek to raise in excess of $30 billion to fund the one-million-satellite fleet and could potentially value SpaceX at $1.5 trillion.
SpaceX’s filing frames the initiative as a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization.
Kyivstar was the first Ukrainian company to list on a U.S. stock exchange.
The 12,500,000 shares in the secondary offering are being sold entirely by existing shareholders led by VEON Amsterdam B.V.
Kyivstar’s partnership with Starlink reached 3.0 million Direct to Cell users on January 15, 2026.
Starlink satellite-based Direct to Cell connectivity supports regional resilience in southern and eastern Ukraine where terrestrial infrastructure is frequently compromised.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared the secondary offering effective on January 29, 2026.
Kyivstar is not issuing new shares in the secondary offering and will receive none of the proceeds.
The secondary transaction will significantly increase Kyivstar’s public float on Nasdaq following the expected close and potentially enhance daily trading liquidity.
Kyivstar Group Ltd. priced a secondary public offering of 12,500,000 common shares at $10.50 per share on January 29, 2026.
The secondary offering is expected to close on February 2, 2026.
Oleksandr Komarov is CEO of Kyivstar and Kaan Terzioğlu is CEO of VEON Group, and their leadership guided Kyivstar’s transition into a digital ecosystem provider.
VEON and Kyivstar committed $1 billion in investment for the 2023–2027 period to rebuild Ukraine’s digital infrastructure.
The Shenzhou-21 crew performed maintenance on the motor mechanism of an experiment rack and cleaned window cover lenses.
Wu Fei was born in 1993, is from Baotou in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and was selected as part of China’s third taikonaut group in October 2020.
During the week, the Shenzhou-21 crew conducted aerospace medicine experiments including biological sample collection for return to Earth and data collection to inform in-orbit medication guidance.