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Millennium Space lands $414 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites

Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites begin service

Portal Space Systems unveils plans for highly maneuverable spacecraft

Orbital congestion reaching critical levels, warns new report

China's Shenzhou-17 crew return to Earth

Airbus outlines plans for future high-resolution imaging satellites

Military

Space Force opens bidding for classified communications satellites

Agile Space lands propulsion contract for U.S. Space Force mission

Commercial space station module developer Gravitics wins Space Force contract

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China ready to launch lunar far side sample return mission

Falcon 9 launches Galileo navigation satellites

China's Shenzhou-18 crew arrive at Tiangong space station

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Kuva Space wins ESA hyperspectral contract

SpaceX making progress on Starship in-space refueling technologies

Starliner crewed test flight passes key review

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Policy & Politics

Advisory committee recommends moving FAA commercial space office out of the agency

Nicaragua signs up to China's ILRS moon program

Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on nuclear weapons in space

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China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey

NASA seeks input on space technology shortfalls

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