The GPS III series is manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

The Mission Delta 31 team is leading the pre-launch processing of SV09 alongside Lockheed Martin personnel.

The GPS III series includes M-Code capability and improved jam resistance for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing operations.

SV09 is scheduled for liftoff no earlier than January 25, 2026.

Following the January 25 launch, SV09 will transit to Medium Earth Orbit approximately 12,550 miles above Earth.

The Shenzhou-20 reentry capsule landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia, China.

Shenzhou-20 astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie are in good health.

A Shenzhou-22 emergency launch occurred on 25 November 2025 and was the first successful emergency launch in the history of China's crewed space program.

Shenzhou-20 launched on 24 April 2025 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

The Shenzhou-20 return to Earth occurred without crew on board.

The Shenzhou-20 reentry capsule spent 270 days in orbit before returning to Earth.

Shenzhou-20's planned early-November 2025 return was postponed after detection of a suspected impact by small orbital debris on the capsule hatch.

The crew of Shenzhou-20 returned safely aboard Shenzhou-21 on 14 November 2025.

The Long March 2F Y23 carrier rocket is pending transfer from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

On 9 December 2025, Shenzhou-21 crew members conducted an extravehicular activity to capture high-definition images of the affected Shenzhou-20 hatch and confirm the state of the detected crack.

Shenzhou-20 remained docked to the Tiangong space station for nine months to verify long-duration on-orbit endurance.

The modules of the Tiangong station, crewed and cargo spacecraft, and relay satellites involved in the operation were developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie held their first public press appearance in Beijing on 16 January following their return to Earth.

Shenzhou-23, designated as a rotating backup mission, is currently located at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

A specialized repair device was expedited to the launch center and installed inside the Shenzhou-20 capsule to reinforce thermal protection and sealing for reentry.

NordSpace plans to use the Tundra and Tundra+ systems as the technological baseline for the Titan medium-lift vehicle.

NordSpace is receiving advisory services and up to $335,000 in funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).

NordSpace intends for the additive manufacturing approach to reduce part count and mass of thrust chamber assemblies while increasing structural integrity for high-cadence flight profiles.

NordSpace’s current vehicle lineup includes the Tundra light-lift rocket capable of delivering 500 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

NordSpace’s Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Lab (AMA Lab) will house the additive manufacturing technologies developed under the project.

The R&D collaboration integrates specialized expertise from two German partners.

The NRC IRAP funding supports a bilateral research and development project to advance large-format, multi-material additive manufacturing for medium-lift rocket engines.

The Hadfield and Garneau series are the only commercial orbital-class liquid engines currently under active development in Canada.

NordSpace released the funding announcement on January 22, 2026.

Advancements from the R&D cycle are expected to be integrated into the flight qualification of the Tundra vehicle.

The Titan medium-lift vehicle is designed to carry over 5,000 kg to Low Earth Orbit by the early 2030s.

The Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) recently received environmental approval to support future orbital missions.

NordSpace completed an integrated test of the Taiga sub-orbital rocket on January 6, 2025.

NordSpace is based in Markham, Ontario.

The additive manufacturing project focuses on high-volume, multi-material deposition to create functionally graded materials for rocket engines.

NordSpace is developing the Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) in Newfoundland and Labrador to support future orbital missions.

NordSpace intends to utilize multi-alloy composites to optimize regeneratively cooled liquid engines for extreme cryogenic and thermal environments.

NordSpace’s current vehicle lineup includes the Tundra+ light-lift rocket capable of delivering 1,100 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

The AMA Lab is dedicated to perfecting the Hadfield and Garneau series of liquid rocket engines.

Almost none of the founders’ successes look like what the founders imagined when they started.

Having a product is not the same thing as having a company.

Living with the Stockdale Paradox requires reconciling that success does not come from constant or accelerating progress but from negotiating situations as they arise and persisting.

Most of the founders the author has worked with have been successful.

The capacity to adapt as a founder compounds quietly over time.

Almost without exception, early-stage problems are later gone and are replaced by new, larger, and more complex problems.

It takes a long time—years—for founders to feel at home in the role of owning and running a company.

Every successful founder the author has observed keeps moving forward when they encounter contingencies, failures, changes of plan, or obstacles.

Startup culture often holds a belief that success should feel like steady, visible, accelerating momentum.

Success is a state that must be maintained rather than a place a founder arrives at.

Early-stage realities are typically small and sharp while later realities become larger and more systemic.