SpaceX engineers scavenged Raptors from Booster 20 to add to Booster 19 after the 10-engine test damaged some engines during emergency shutdown.

SpaceX removed the Raptors’ heat shield to reduce weight.

Flight 13 is expected to be SpaceX’s first serious attempt to place a V3 Starship into sustained orbit for in-space refueling tests.

Jacob McKenzie is SpaceX’s VP of Raptor.

Starship is the foundation of SpaceX’s Human Landing System for future Artemis missions to the lunar surface.

SpaceX’s Starlink network uses larger V3 satellites that Starship is intended to carry.

SpaceX is ramping up production of new engines and V3 vehicles.

Super Heavy Booster 19 completed a successful cryoproofing test.

Flight 12 is expected to be suborbital.

Starship V3 integrates propellant transfer hardware that will allow custom Starships to serve as orbital fuel depots.

SpaceX says the V3 Starship’s payload increased from 35 metric tons to 100 metric tons.

Flight 13 may be the first Starship upper-stage catch attempt using SpaceX’s chopsticks.

SpaceX released a Starship video series called "Test Like You Fly" on its website and YouTube.

Starship V3 uses new shielding tile geometry and new tile-application processes.

Super Heavy Booster 18 failed a cryoproof test last November after an unspecified nitrogen-system anomaly.

SpaceX removed external plumbing from the Raptor V3 engine and integrated it into the engine itself.

Rocket Lab’s ST-HP provides pointing accuracy better than 1 arcsecond.

Rocket Lab’s Toronto facility includes thermal chambers, vibration test stands, X-ray machines, optical inspection and calibration systems, and cleanroom environments for star tracker development and qualification.

Rocket Lab’s ST-HP has a board-level total ionizing dose tolerance greater than 50 kRad.

Rocket Lab has introduced its next-generation High-Performance Star Tracker (ST-HP).

Rocket Lab has launched more than 185 star tracker units.

Rocket Lab’s star tracker production is based in Toronto.

Rocket Lab designs and manufactures its components in the United States, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand.

Rocket Lab’s ST-HP is designed to improve key performance parameters for long-duration space missions in low Earth orbit and beyond.

The memorandum of understanding is non-binding.

Apolink, Space Compass Corporation, and JSAT International Inc. will conduct a collaborative study on interoperability between Apolink's low Earth orbit data relay network and Space Compass's geostationary orbit optical data relay service.

The memorandum of understanding reflects the three companies' intent to explore future cooperation, including possible demonstrations, subject to further evaluation and mutual agreement.

The study will evaluate potential solutions for LEO-GEO optical inter-satellite links using the complementary capabilities of the three companies.

Apolink, Space Compass Corporation, and JSAT International Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the technical and commercial feasibility of multi-orbit optical data relay services.

CSMC secured a $1.2 million federal grant to develop an advanced manufacturing cell for its microreactors in Ontario.

The federal government’s Nuclear Energy Strategy includes a $40 million feasibility study for deploying Canadian-controlled microreactors to power remote military bases in the Arctic.

Toronto-based Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation (CSMC) secured a $5 million grant from the Government of Alberta to support development of an unfuelled prototype microreactor.

The CSMC-University of Alberta project will involve construction of an unfuelled test reactor at the University of Alberta’s Edmonton campus.

CSMC is building a testing hub in Alberta alongside an in-factory manufacturing pipeline in Ontario to de-risk its dual-use technology.

CSMC and the University of Alberta are undertaking a $10 million collaborative project to establish a testing hub for small-scale nuclear technology.

CSMC and the University of Alberta have a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on advanced nuclear research.

Nordic Semiconductor, Sateliot, OQ Technology, Skylo, and Kyocera AVX are listed as technology partners in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

Dresden University of Technology is listed as a research group participant in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

Fraunhofer IIS is listed as a research group participant in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

Deutsche Telekom operates a Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program called "Learning Together".

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology is listed as LIST in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

T-Labs is listed as a research group participant in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

Airbus, Anova, BlueTraker, Bosch, Datakorum, Dräger, IFCO, Jember, Markoja, Monil, MountAIn, OA, PhySens, Sensolus, and VEGA are listed as main participants in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

FFI, the Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, is listed as a research group participant in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.

Indra Group’s acquisition of Hispasat and Hisdesat swelled its Q1 results.

Indra Group acquired satellite fleet operator Hispasat and military satellite service Hisdesat.

Europe’s Iris2 satellite program is real.

Startical’s air traffic constellation remains uncertain.

The launch on April 30, 2026 was Amazon Leo's second launch with Ariane 6.

Arianespace successfully launched and deployed Amazon Leo on Ariane 6 on April 30, 2026.