ViaSat-3 satellites are presented on Viasat’s satellite roadmap as the company’s highest-capacity and most flexible assets for global coverage and utilization.

Viasat Inc. is prioritizing cash generation, debt reduction, and putting the two final ViaSat-3 satellites safely into operation.

ViaSat-3 F2 is partnered with Boeing and has an anticipated service entry of May 2026.

Inmarsat-8 is partnered with Swissto12 and has an anticipated service entry in 2028.

Mengzhou is mounted atop a CZ-10A low-altitude test stage.

The CZ-10A test stage has grid fins and recovery hooks at its top.

A low-altitude test flight and an abort test at maxQ for the CZ-10A/Mengzhou stack are scheduled for February 11, 2026.

Personnel are present on the CZ-10A test stage, providing visual perspective of the vehicle's scale.

The CZ-10A test stage displays the national flag of the People's Republic of China.

A launch lifted off from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

The launch may have carried as many as five payloads to a roughly 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

Object 2026-023E is in an orbit of approximately 487 x 512 kilometers with an inclination of 96.6 degrees.

Object 2026-023E occupies a sun-synchronous orbit with a local time of descending node (LTDN) near 10:30.

One object from the launch has the international designator 2026-023E.

Only one object from the launch had published TLEs at the time of the report.

Artemis II has a preliminary target for a second Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) during the week following Feb 6, 2026.

A March 3 NET launch for Artemis II could result in a daylight T‑0 given a sunset time of 6:23 pm EST.

A not-earlier-than (NET) launch date of March 3, 2026 is being considered for Artemis II.

LaunchPhoto listed a March 3 launch window of 5:30–7:30 pm EST (22:30–00:30 UTC) with sunset at 6:23 pm EST.

CZ-10 test vehicle includes an inter-stage above the static fire stage.

CZ-10 test vehicle includes a stage with gridfins and hooks above the inter-stage.

CZ-10 test vehicle includes a Mengzhou section at the top.

A human is visible in the upper maintenance arm of the CZ-10 test vehicle for scale.

CZ-10 test vehicle includes a static fire stage at the bottom.

The Russian Ministry of Defense conducted a successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on February 6, 2026 at 21:59 Moscow Time (18:59 UTC).

The Soyuz-2.1b launched from Plesetsk was carrying spacecraft for the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The footage dated February 6, 2026 shows a large rocket stage mounted on a rail transporter inside an enclosed hangar.

MoD Video produced official rollout footage dated February 6, 2026.

The rocket stage visible in the footage is covered in protective foil-like thermal insulation.

A Proton-M rocket is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on February 12.

Geoscan shared views captured by the Lobachevsky cubesat.

The Lobachevsky cubesat was launched in late December.

Galactic Energy released video footage of the Ceres-2 launch on Bilibili.

There is a rumor that the Ceres-2 flight termination system (FTS) activated late during the launch.

Qianyi Aerospace secured tens of millions of yuan in seed funding in January 2024 and completed a new round of financing in January 2025.

Li Rui is the legal representative and ultimate beneficiary of Qianyi Aerospace (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

Qianyi Aerospace (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. was established in November 2020 with a paid-in capital of 0 yuan and 0 employees covered by social insurance.

Qianyi Aerospace signed an engine procurement agreement with Aerospace Propulsion in 2024.

Nayuta Space secured an angel investment round that was presented on January 29, 2026.

Qianyi Aerospace (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. has been in arrears with employee salaries since October 2025.

Qianyi Aerospace signed a main structure procurement agreement with Lightyear Exploration in 2024.

Data collected during the Nyx drop tests are being used to refine hydrodynamic coefficients and structural margins to support successful capsule recovery.

The Exploration Company completed a controlled splashdown test campaign of a subscale Nyx prototype on 5 February at the National Research Council’s Institute of Marine Engineering (CNR-INM) in Rome.

The splashdown tests were conducted in the CNR-INM facility’s Umberto Pugliese towing tank, which is 470 metres long, 13.5 metres across, and 6.5 metres deep.

The full-scale Nyx capsule will be 4 metres wide and 7 metres tall.

The subscale Nyx model’s exterior was fitted with pressure sensors, accelerometers, and a gyroscope.

Planned variants of the Nyx vehicle will be capable of delivering cargo to lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon.

Between 13 and 28 January, a total of 20 drops of the Nyx subscale model were conducted at varying heights and speeds in calm water to maximize repeatability.

The Exploration Company was founded in 2021.

A 1:4-scale mockup of Nyx with a mass of around 135 kilograms was built for the splashdown test campaign by Poli Model, a Turin-based model builder.