NASA already has Artemis 2 mission tracking in place through the Deep Space Network and the Near Space Network.

The Artemis program aims for a more permanent human presence on the Moon in the 2030s.

Jeremy Hansen’s Artemis 2 seat was paid for principally using Canadarm3, a robotic arm being built by MDA Space that will serve on the Gateway lunar space station later in the decade.

The radio antennas of NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex are located near Australia’s capital city.

A network of groups and individuals passively tracked radio waves from Artemis 1’s uncrewed round-the-moon mission in 2022.

A wet dress rehearsal is one of the key milestones required for launch approval.

Artemis 2 is scheduled to last 10 days and will be tracked on a volunteer basis by 47 ground assets spanning 14 different countries.

The main Deep Space Network antennas at Goldstone Observatory (California), Madrid (Spain), and Canberra (Australia) were completed between 1958 and 1965.

Managers of the James Webb Space Telescope issued a notice warning of potential moderate impacts to scheduling depending on the launch of Artemis 2.

NASA is aiming to increase its future commercial options under the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program.

Artemis 2 pad testing includes a wet dress rehearsal of fueling operations that is expected to conclude no later than Feb. 1 if the schedule holds.

Canada is a participant in James Webb Space Telescope science.

As a crewed mission, Artemis 2 takes priority over other deep-space missions tracked by the Deep Space Network.

Design and operations changes were made for Artemis 2 based on lessons learned from Artemis 1.

Several Canadians are among the 34 global organizations and individuals selected to help NASA track Artemis 2.

Thirty-four global organizations and individuals will officially help NASA track Artemis 2 by passively examining radio waves from the Orion spacecraft.

Goldstone is offline until May 2026 due to an over-rotation issue that occurred in September of the previous year.

Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch no earlier than Feb. 6 and will carry Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA crewmates Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch.

NASA selected the Canadian Space Agency, the University of New Brunswick, and individual Scott Tilley as participants in the Artemis 2 passive radio-tracking effort announced on Jan. 23.

Artemis 2 reached the launch pad on Jan. 17 at Kennedy Space Center.

Vertical integration and other manufacturing workarounds created persistent competitive advantages for operators that control their manufacturing and widened the gap with operators dependent on fragile global supply chains.

The Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 satellite constellation was delayed by supply chain issues.

Planet Labs maintained its satellite refresh cadence by rotating aging satellites out of orbit while bringing replacements online.

A parallel manufacturing economy based on vertical integration, strategic stockpiling, and design simplification emerged and became the new baseline for constellation economics.

SpaceX began building satellites in-house at its Redmond, Washington facility in 2015.

Constellation operators hit 94% of their planned launch targets through 2024.

In late 2022 satellite manufacturers faced 18-month lead times for optical inter-satellite links and radiation-hardened processors.

Mynaric, the German manufacturer of optical communication terminals, teetered on the edge of insolvency before being acquired by Rocket Lab in 2024.

Component lead times stretched from weeks to quarters during the supply chain crisis.

OneWeb completed its 648-satellite first-generation constellation by 2023 on schedule.

Commercial satellite operators did not experience the expected cascade of launch delays, widespread half-built satellites awaiting components, or investor panic during the supply chain crisis.

SpaceX launched 96 missions in 2023, more than the rest of the world combined.

Government procurement regulations constrained the Space Development Agency from adopting the manufacturing flexibility used by commercial operators.

Andrius Kubilius is the European Defense and Space Commissioner.

Space Intel Report published an item titled "EU Commissioner: National European military space investment is ‘a challenge’ and must be interoperable with EU capacity."

Andrius Kubilius views rising national European military and dual-use space investment as a challenge and advocates that such investment be interoperable with EU capacity.

The 10th GPS Block III satellite arrived in Florida in January 2026.

The 10th and final GPS Block III satellite is scheduled to launch aboard United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan in March 2026.

SpaceX launched GPS III SV09 (GPS III-9) to orbit on January 28, 2026 using a Falcon 9.

The GPS III SV09 launch was SpaceX’s third accelerated GPS launch following GPS III SV07/RRT-1 and GPS III SV08.

The Tianlong-3 payload fairing can accommodate 36 internet satellites.

The Tianlong-3 two-stage rocket has a height of 72 meters and a diameter of 3.8 meters.

The Tianlong-3 uses liquid oxygen and kerosene rocket engines at its tail.

The Tianlong-3 Y1 rocket has completed preparations and is ready to be launched at JSLC.

Tianlong-3 satellites are stored in drawer-style boxes neatly arranged inside the rocket’s payload fairing.

A journalist visited Space Pioneer’s assembly base on January 26, 2026.

The Tianlong-3 Y2 rocket is being assembled.

iSpace conducted a TE rehearsal with Pad-2 of Wencheng commercial on January 28, 2026.

The maiden launch of the Hyperbola-3 may be postponed to the second half of 2026.

A reentry/impact area is defined for the third stage of the vehicle, which indicates a Fregat upper stage will be used on the mission.