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Exploring an asteroid using a microprobe swarm comprising a a lidar-equipped mothership and many inflatable spheres, retroreflectors and smallsats.
February 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
spacenewsinc.bsky.social
H3 successfully returns to flight

Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit....
H3 successfully returns to flight
Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit.
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June 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
philplait.bsky.social
TIL NASA is launching 3 small sats to study storms from space. The mission is called INCUS — Investigation of Convective Updrafts. That made me smile. Why?

Because I'm a weather nerd, and I know that thunderstorm anvil clouds are called cumulonimbus incus clouds!

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-i...
NASA’s INCUS Mission on Road to Launch, Study Storms From Space
The mission’s three SmallSats will provide insights to improve storm forecasting, potentially mitigating loss of life and property damage in affected communities.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
June 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
emdwarf.bsky.social
FWIW, most of the smallsats are not zeroed out
May 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
toughsf.bsky.social
Combine smallsats with existing solar sails and you can get cheap planetary exploration that reaches Jupiter in 2 yrs, Saturn in 3 yrs:
arxiv.org/pdf/2303.14917
They can be thrown out of Earth's gravity well on a GTO rideshare, then use a Sundiver maneuver to achieve 5-10 AU/yr.
October 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
hemeria.bsky.social
👀 Do you know how many smallsats for KINEIS HEMERIA has provided ?

🧐 HEMERIA provided the 25 smallsats for the Kineis constellation.

#Smallsat #SatelliteIoT #SpaceTech #InternetOfThings #NewSpace
April 28, 2026 at 6:47 AM
spacenewsinc.bsky.social
Canadian Space Agency cancels Spire satellite contract

The Canadian Space Agency has canceled a contract it awarded last year to Spire Global to construct a fleet of wildfire-monitoring smallsats.
Canadian Space Agency cancels Spire satellite contract
The Canadian Space Agency has canceled a contract it awarded last year to Spire Global to construct a fleet of wildfire-monitoring smallsats.
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April 30, 2026 at 12:43 AM
press.aas.org
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: SunRISE SmallSats Ace Tests, Moving Closer to Launch www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
NASA’s SunRISE SmallSats Ace Tests, Moving Closer to Launch
The small satellites passed a crucible of tests, ending with a simulation of the intense vibrations of launch.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
spacenewsinc.bsky.social
Scientists urge NASA to act on Apophis mission concept

Scientists are urging NASA to act quickly on concepts for repurposing a pair of NASA smallsats to visit the asteroid Apophis ahead of an Earth flyby.
Scientists urge NASA to act on Apophis mission concept
Scientists are urging NASA to act quickly on concepts for repurposing a pair of NASA smallsats to visit the asteroid Apophis ahead of an Earth flyby.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
jfoust.bsky.social
In a talk at #AGU24, Rob Lillis says the ESCAPADE mission is now exploring launch opportunities in 2025 and 2026 for the twin smallsats, which were to launch in October on the first New Glenn. Those opportunities would set up arrival at Mars in 2027.
December 11, 2024 at 5:16 PM
emdwarf.bsky.social
The Pioneers and some of the other smallsats that have already been selected are not being cancelled!
May 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
nonbinary.computer
oh that one's been going in different forms for a while, some more realistic than others. for polar launches of smallsats it's not objectively insane, if you assume the rocket would be arriving by ship in the first place.
September 14, 2026 at 1:32 PM
pedroleon.info
Documento. Smallsats by the Numbers. BryceTech. 2025
Documento. Smallsats by the Numbers. BryceTech. 2025
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April 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
revesdespace.eurosky.social
🔥 Premier test du moteur Navier "made in France" de Latitude
youtu.be/jd7H3tTX8_c...
Navier flight version combustion chamber hot firing test
A significant milestone has been reached in the development of Zephyr, our dedicated launcher for SmallSats. In-house developed rocket engine Navier completed a successful high-pressure hot fire test of its combustion chamber in its flight-ready configuration. The test took place on our new, full-
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April 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Useful propulsion upgrade via MIT, allowing both chemical & electric thrusters in the same package. Should add major capabilities to smallsats as miniaturization shrinks payload size & weight wherever possible. Demonstrator mission upcoming in November. www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/17/n...
New Propulsion Systems for Deep Space Smallsats | Centauri Dreams
www.centauri-dreams.org
July 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
akhilrao.bsky.social
many are saying etc etc

starburst.aero/news/launch-...

h/t @mentges.bsky.social
SpaceX’s market dominance is reshaping launch pricing… up! Between 2022 and 2026, rideshare customers faced steadily rising costs, with median prices increasing by 14% for smallsats and 18% for cubesats based on data collected by Starburst through its portfolio companies. Rather than passing reusability-driven cost improvements through to customers, SpaceX has pursued the opposite pricing strategy, increasing its smallsat rideshare rate by $2,000 per kg between 2021 and 2026, representing a 40% total increase over the period.
August 19, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsats Group 6-78 on Thursday from the Cape SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Comple...

#Booster #Booster #Recovery #Cape #Canaveral #SFS […]

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November 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsats Group 6-78 on Thursday from the Cape SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Comple...

#Booster #Booster #Recovery #Cape #Canaveral #SFS […]

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November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Starlink smallsats Group 6-94 launches on Tuesday from the Cape Another group of SpaceX smallsats were launched Tuesday, November 18th at 7:12 p.m. ET, to meet up with the Starlink constellation. S...

#Cape #Canaveral #SFS #Low #Earth #Orbit #(LEO) […]

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November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Starlink Group 6-81 successful launching 29 smallsats on Wednesday from the Cape On Wednesday, November 5th at 8:31 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the S...

#Booster #Booster #Recovery #Cape #Canaveral #SFS […]

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November 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Starlink Group 6-85 to launch 29 smallsats on Friday from the Cape SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink smallsats Group 6-85 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellat...

#Booster #Booster #Recovery #Cape #Canaveral #SFS […]

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November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM