Applications for GPS electronic dog devices include pet tracking, pet training, and pet safety.

In April 2025, UK-based Pawfit Ltd. released the Pawfit Lite GPS Pet Tracker tailored for everyday use.

The Exploration Company is analyzing correlations between models and the Nyx splashdown test results to inform design improvements and to incorporate findings into future recovery acceptance criteria as part of Nyx certification preparations.

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) won a $5.3 million contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to support mapping and intelligence activities for global terrain-change detection as part of NGA’s Luno program Phase B.

JAL Engineering Co., Ltd. (JALEC) is based in Ota-ku, Tokyo and is led by President Takashi Hamamoto.

The Exploration Company conducted splashdown tests of its reusable capsule Nyx with CNR-INM between January 13 and January 28, 2026 using a 135-kilogram, one-quarter-scale fiberglass mockup.

Vantor will integrate its own satellite data with data from multiple other satellite constellations using an AI-based analytics platform to rapidly identify physical terrain changes on the Earth's surface.

JAXA ISAS’s new Scientific Satellite Data Processing System has been in production operation since April 2025.

The deployment of Dell PowerScale for JAXA ISAS’s Scientific Satellite Data Processing System doubled storage capacity while reducing data volume by approximately 30 percent.

Future Space Transport System Co., Ltd. (ISC) is based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo and is led by CEO Kojiro Hatada.

ISC will integrate JALEC’s aircraft maintenance and operations expertise with ISC’s reusable rocket development efforts to pursue realization of its space transport system.

Future Space Transport System Co., Ltd. (ISC) and JAL Engineering Co., Ltd. (JALEC) signed a capital and business alliance on February 9, 2026.

Vantor’s geospatial insights are intended to support NGA missions including responses to natural disasters, man-made disasters, regional conflicts, and humanitarian assistance.

ISC and JALEC began consultations in August 2023 aimed at realizing safe space transportation.

Dell Technologies’ deployment of PowerScale for JAXA ISAS establishes an IT foundation intended to support further advancement of space science research.

Vantor’s analysis products will be used to update NGA’s Land Use Land Cover (LULC) classification system to capture changes such as buildings, roads, and vegetation worldwide.

The Nyx test data were time-synchronized on an onboard computer for subsequent correlation with models.

A joint analysis comparing the new and old systems found that the new system maintained prior performance while expanding storage capacity to more than twice the previous level and reducing data volume by about 30 percent through compression and deduplication.

The Nyx mockup used in the January 13–28, 2026 splashdown tests was instrumented with external pressure sensors, accelerometers, and gyroscopes that recorded three-axis acceleration and attitude data.

ISC and JALEC will accelerate the study and construction of operational mechanisms to ensure the safety, reliability, and efficient operation of reusable rockets through their partnership.

Dell Technologies’ PowerScale was adopted as the IT foundation for JAXA ISAS’s Scientific Satellite Data Processing System on February 9, 2026.

Oklahoma announced plans to base Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora Mark 2 suborbital spaceplane at the state’s spaceport in Burns Flat with flights expected to begin the year after the announcement.

Spaceport America encompasses 18,000 acres and is surrounded by additional land owned by the state of New Mexico, the Bureau of Land Management, and nearby White Sands Missile Range.

In fall 2024 the Department of the Air Force approved SpaceX plans to convert Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral into a Starship launch facility with two pads.

In 2025 the Eastern and Western Ranges accounted for all but one orbital launch from the United States, with the exception being a Rocket Lab Electron launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.

Northrop Grumman has used the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island for Antares launches.

Space Launch Delta 45 leadership expects launch activity from the Eastern Range to continue growing toward hundreds of launches per year.

Atlas V, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan accounted for the non-SpaceX orbital launches from the Eastern Range in 2025.

Many inland U.S. spaceport facilities are currently unsuitable for orbital launches under existing U.S. regulations.

At the end of January 2025 the FAA approved Starship launches from a pad under construction at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A allowing up to 44 launches and 44 landings per year for Super Heavy and Starship.

Col. Brian Chatman is the commander of Space Launch Delta 45.

In 2025 there were 109 launches from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station combined.

Methane is currently transported to U.S. launch sites by truck, resulting in thousands of truck movements through vehicle inspection stations at Cape Canaveral.

The only orbital launch attempt from Vandenberg in 2025 not performed by SpaceX was a Firefly Alpha launch that failed to reach orbit.

Space Launch Delta 45 is the Space Force successor organization to the Air Force’s 45th Space Wing.

SpaceX accounted for 101 of the 109 launches from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in 2025 using Falcon 9.

Most launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in 2025 were conducted by SpaceX.

The Drive for 48 initiative aimed to support 48 launches per year from the Eastern Range: one per week with two two-week maintenance periods.

In December 2024 Vandenberg issued a request for information about potential uses of Space Launch Complex 14 for heavy-lift or superheavy-lift launch vehicles such as Starship or New Glenn.

Dozens of spaceports from the United States, Australia, Europe, Japan, and Latin America attended the Global Spaceport Alliance’s Spaceport Summit, and most of those spaceports had not yet hosted a launch.

Nearly $1 billion is being invested in spaceport infrastructure development at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station through the Spaceport of the Future initiative.

Seagate Space is developing ships intended to serve as mobile offshore launch platforms for smaller launch vehicles.

Northrop Grumman’s partnership with Firefly Aerospace enables Antares-compatible Alpha and Eclipse launches from Wallops Island.

The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing launched the Drive for 48 initiative around 2018 to support an increased launch rate at the Eastern Range, including Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Methane propellant is increasingly used by launch vehicles serving U.S. ranges, with New Glenn and Vulcan already using methane and Starship planned to follow.

SpaceX plans to use Kennedy Space Center LC-39A almost exclusively for Falcon Heavy and Starship launches while flying Falcon 9 launches, including crewed missions, from SLC-40.

The Eastern Range is considering redeveloping Space Launch Complex 46 for large launch vehicles.

The Port of Miami covers about 500 acres and handles roughly 25,000 tons of cargo per day according to industry comparisons referenced at the Spaceport Summit.

Space Florida is involved in efforts to help fund infrastructure upgrades at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, including potential methane pipeline projects.

Vandenberg’s harbor currently has roughly 30% availability and the base is prioritizing investments to raise harbor availability toward 90%.