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SpaceX is eyeing Sept. 28 for Starship's first full orbital mission. IFT-14 will carry 26 Starlink V3 satellites, complete six Earth orbits, and splash down in the Pacific. A major step toward fully reusable heavy-lift operations.

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New details emerge as SpaceX targets Starship’s first orbital flight on Sept. 28 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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NASA awarded SpaceX a Falcon 9 rideshare launch for StarBurst, a gamma-ray detector launching in 2028+. It'll monitor short gamma-ray bursts from neutron-star mergers with 5x the sensitivity of previous instruments.

#NASA #SpaceX

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NASA awards SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for StarBurst gamma‑ray detector, scheduled not before 2028 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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SpaceX is lining up Starship's first orbital flight for late September. The mission will orbit Earth six times, deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites, and test critical systems. Regulatory sign-off still needed.
#Starship #SpaceX

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New details on Starship Flight 14: orbital objectives, Starlink deployment and schedule updates Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Terran Orbital taps Margherita Cardi as VP of European Operations. After a decade with the company—starting as the third employee—she's now leading Italy operations and key ESA programs like the Milani CubeSat mission.
#TerranOrbital #ESA

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Terran Orbital Promotes Margherita Cardi to Lead European Operations and Strategic Programs Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Roman is heading to L2 with a mission: probe dark energy, map dark matter, and expand exoplanet catalogs. During its three-month cruise, teams are testing a coronagraph demonstrator that could influence how we design future planet-imaging obser…

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Roman reaches orbit transfer phase: what’s next after launch Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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🚀 Kinetica 1 is GO for launch! CAS Space's rocket sits ready at Jiuquan with a mystery payload. Liftoff in ~22 hours. The countdown begins. #SpaceLaunch
September 19, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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🚀 T-minus ~20 hours! Falcon 9 Block 5 is fueled and ready to launch Starlink Group 15-27 from Vandenberg SFB. Witness the next chapter in global connectivity unfold tomorrow! #SpaceLaunch
September 19, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Astronomers just spotted Elias 2-24 b—a candidate exoplanet roughly 1 million years old and about Jupiter's mass. It's still embedded in the gas and dust where it formed. If confirmed, it would be the youngest known world beyond our solar syste…

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The Planetary Society and Astronomers Report Elias 2-24 b as the Youngest Known Exoplanet Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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The space launch market is resetting. Industry execs from Blue Origin, Firefly, and Arianespace say the low price-per-kilo model SpaceX drove can't last. Expect a shift toward sustainable pricing and orbital logistics over the next 1-2 years.…

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Launch providers say price-per-kilo model is over as Falcon 9 winds down Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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JWST/NIRSpec is revealing hidden gas flows in the early universe. Researchers detected extreme neutral-gas outflows from 11–13 billion-year-old galaxies, with neutral outflows 10–100× more massive than ionized ones. A key piece of the galaxy qu…

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JWST/NIRSpec Detects Extreme Neutral Gas Outflows in 11–13 Billion-Year-Old Quiescent Galaxies Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Big shift in the launch market: SpaceX stopped accepting new commercial Falcon 9 orders, and now satellite operators are knocking on Avio's door. CEO Giulio Ranzo says the low-cost rideshare era is ending, opening opportunities for European alt…

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Avio Sees Influx of Customers After SpaceX Suspends New Falcon 9 Commercial Orders Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 18, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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🚀 T-minus 29 hours! Long March 2D primed for launch from Taiyuan with a mysterious payload aboard. CASC's next mission is almost here. #SpaceLaunch
September 18, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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🚀 T-minus ~21 hours until Electron launches Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12) from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula. The countdown begins! #SpaceLaunch
September 18, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Kepler Communications is the first named rideshare customer on Portal's Motus Via Sol Falcon 9 mission launching mid-2028. The dedicated flight will carry 10 Kepler Tranche-2 satellites alongside Portal's Supernova spacecraft, which will test F…

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Maverick Books 10 Kepler Tranche‑2 Satellites on Portal’s Motus Via Sol Falcon 9 Mission Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 18, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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Webb's infrared eyes are catching the smallest objects in star-forming regions. New data from IC 348 reveals brown dwarfs as light as 2 Jupiter masses—expanding what we can detect in these cosmic nurseries. #JWST #StarFormation

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NASA/ESA/CSA JWST finds brown dwarfs as light as 2 Jupiter masses in IC 348 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Three things converging for Starship Flight 14 on Sept. 22: ice-clog repairs completed, 26 Starlink V3 satellites ready as the first revenue payload, and Starbase hardware moving to the pad. SpaceX targeting its first orbital flight with commer…

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What’s New for Starship Flight 14: Ice-Clog Fixes, Infrastructure Moves, and a Revenue Payload Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 17, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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SpaceX just wrapped static fire tests on the hardware for Starship Flight 14. Ship 41 validated its re-entry and hot-staging sequences, while Booster 21 fired all 33 engines successfully. The real milestone: this flight will attempt to put Star…

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SpaceX prepares Starship Flight 14 with Ship 41, Booster 21 and Starlink payloads Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's first orbital flight on Sept. 22. The mission will deploy 26 next-gen Starlink V3 satellites across six orbits, marking a major step for both the rocket and broadband constellation. #Starship #Starlink

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New Details on Starship’s First Orbital Attempt: Mission Profile, Payload and Global Recovery Plan Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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NASA's hosting International Observe the Moon Night on Sept. 19, 2026 with in-person events and livestreams at centers worldwide. Explore lunar science, telescope views, and Artemis mission updates. Resources for educators, families, and amateu…

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NASA Announces Events for International Observe the Moon Night on Sept. 19, 2026 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Space Cargo Unlimited is scaling up. Their 2028 Starfall mission will carry 10x more payload than before—~1 tonne for shared microgravity experiments. Biotech and pharma companies are already lining up to study protein crystallization and cell…

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Space Cargo Unlimited books a 2028 flight on SpaceX Starfall to carry ~1 tonne of microgravity payloads Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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The State Department just announced the Space Catalyst Partnership, pairing Artemis Accords signatories with U.S. space companies. First up: $6.5M to bring satellite internet to rural southern Peru over two years. A fresh model for space diplom…

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U.S. State Department Launches Space Catalyst Partnership with $6.5M Peru Connectivity Project Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 16, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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🚀 T-minus ~20 hours: ExPace's Kuaizhou 11 is fueled and ready at Jiuquan. Unknown payload incoming. The countdown begins! #SpaceLaunch #Space
September 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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🚀 T-minus ~18 hours: Long March 12 preparing for launch from Wenchang with mystery payload aboard. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation mission incoming. Stay tuned! #SpaceLaunch #Space
September 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched two Earth-observation satellites today. FLEX will map vegetation fluorescence while Sentinel-3C joins the Copernicus constellation to track ocean temperatures, sea level, and atmospheric data. Both e…

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Avio launches Vega-C carrying ESA’s FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C to Sun-synchronous orbit Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Two Earth-observation satellites are ready for launch: ESA's Vega-C VV30 will carry Sentinel-3C and FLEX on 15 September 2026 from French Guiana. Sentinel-3C extends a decade of Copernicus climate monitoring for oceans and weather forecasting.…

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ESA launched Vega-C mission VV30 to carry Sentinel-3C and FLEX (15 September 2026 scheduled) Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
September 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM