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China is entering the room of reusable rockets in late 2025/2026. It's just matter of time till they get their Falcon 9 copy operational.

Per [1] it's $106.00 million per Ariane 64 launch for Kuiper/LEO constellation. Even if each launch is subsidized, having full launch manifest is good while they work on upgrades and next gen rockets. Wish them good launch cadence in 2026-2028 to deliver for Amazon. 1...

Tory understands what is the best time to leave the ship.

Ariane 64 assembly for Kuiper sat launch scheduled NET February 12th.

Just different target audience. This speech is directed at Hegseth.

Iteration cycle reduction from 25 years to 3-4 years is massive acceleration! Once lifetime long projects can be finished within college study time. Nano and pico cube satellites open up space for projects on small universities and even high schools. I witnessed two years ago that ESA sponsors...

https://www.exolaunch.com/news_127.html https://www.exolaunch.com/news_143 There will be more Twilight flights. Exolaunch reserved SpaceX launch capacity for ride share launches till 2028 for all 3 inclination types. Exolaunch customer demand opened the new mission type.

Different orbit types. Transporter payloads go to Sun-synchronous orbit, Bandwagon targets middle inclination. Twilight targets dawn-dusk.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/spains-new-communications-satellite-suffers-space-particle-strike/ SpainSat NG II communications satellite was struck by a “space particle” as it was en route to its operational orbit. According to the company, it is currently assessing the extent of the damage...

SpaceX CSG-3 launch moved one day, to Dec 28, 6:08 p.m. PT.

I'm glad that Tory joined 'doers' party :) Wish him many more productive years here!

Some extraordinary footage in this launch, thanks for bringing the attention to it.

Well, nobody said that yet, but certainly that thing in flame trench looks like a trampoline.

Let's see how fast is "soon". Rumors started almost immediately that repair will take up to two years. Wonder if this might be plan to stop manned flights for some time without losing face... or somebody needs steady income of money originally provided to fix this problem.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/blue-upgrades-new-glenn-flight-3/ Upgrades for New Glenn announced, with heavier version 9x4 as well.

Viasat 3-2 launch on Atlas V 551 success

Well, you can give different spins to the story, if you connect it to Musk or elsewhere. Consider Gilmour/Eris in Australia, which is much nearer to Kiwis...

While I understand the sentiment, I wouldn't paint it so black and white. The best way to avoid war is to be prepared for it. Show weakness and vultures will flock around you. It's law of the jungle that bigger and stronger are devouring smaller and weaker. (See Ukraine today.) Engineering...

Russians started WWII together with Nazis - both of them attacked Poland. When Russians got their butt kicked seriously in Finnish Winter War, Nazis sniffed an opportunity to attack their previous allies when they were weak... So yeah, Russians were fighting Nazis. With funding and convoys from...

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