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January 27, 2026
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Stratoship alliance charts staged path for smallsat payloads



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Stratoship has signed a memorandum of understanding with Queensland based companies Orbit2Orbit and Sunburnt Space Co to build a staged lab to space pathway for small satellite payloads. The agreement establishes a commercial framework that links laboratory development, stratospheric testing, very low Earth orbit and orbital missions into a coherent progression for customers. Under the MoU, Orbit2Orbit will act as the payload integration layer across multiple spaceflight platforms, providing ... read more

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Aalyria has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development program to advance software solutions for managing complex military space communications networks ... more
ENERGY TECH
Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion rates
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
A new theoretical study shows that intense laser fields could greatly enhance nuclear fusion reactions by reshaping the collision energies of interacting nuclei before they tunnel through the Coulom ... more
ENERGY TECH
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is joining with Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop a world class high heat flux facility to test fusion en ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Retired EVA workhorse to guide China's next-gen spacesuit and lunar gear
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Chinese engineers are turning a long-serving spacewalk suit into a real-world testbed to extend the life and performance of China's next-generation EVA and lunar spacesuits. The retired "extra ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA astronaut stuck in space for nine months retires
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 21, 2026
A NASA astronaut who was stuck in space for nine months because of problems with her spacecraft has retired after 27 years of service, the space agency said Tuesday. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architecture
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
AST SpaceMobile has been selected for a prime contract position on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, program, placing its space-base ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Teledyne detector arrays power NASAs BlackCAT CubeSat X-ray mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Teledyne Technologies has confirmed that its Space Imaging division has successfully deployed Speedster HyViSI Hybrid Visible Silicon Imager focal plane arrays ... more
UAV NEWS
Energy learning algorithm boosts complex UAV swarm tasking
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
With unmanned aerial vehicles now common across modern military and security operations, planners face increasing pressure to assign heterogeneous drone swarms to complex mission sets without wastin ... more

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Perovskite betavoltaic cell sets record efficiency using carbon 14 source
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
A research team at DGIST has developed a perovskite based self powered betavoltaic battery that achieves what they report as the worlds highest conversion efficiency for this class of device while m ... more
ROBO SPACE
Inside China's buzzing AI scene year after DeepSeek shock
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026
Before DeepSeek shook up the tech world and put Chinese artificial intelligence on the map, Wu Chenglin's own startup had nearly folded three times - but in the past year it has raised $30 million. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
SunRISE small satellites clear vibration tests ahead of launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
When NASA's Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) launches later this year, six toaster-oven-size spacecraft will work together in orbit to form a single powerful radio observatory foc ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Interstellar raises major Series F funding to expand launch and satellite business
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Interstellar Technologies, a privately held Japanese space infrastructure company, has completed a Series F funding round totaling 20.1 billion JPY (approximately 129.7 million USD) through a third- ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad ahead of Artemis 2 mission
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Jan 17, 2026
NASA on Saturday rolled out its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as it began preparations for its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russian strikes kill 4, wound two dozen in Ukraine
Odesa, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 27, 2026
Russian forces killed four people and wounded nearly two dozen others - including two children and a pregnant woman - in separate attacks, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. ... more
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Starfighters completes key wind tunnel campaign for STARLAUNCH 1 air launch vehicle
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Starfighters Space Inc has completed a dedicated wind tunnel campaign for its STARLAUNCH 1 air launched rocket, marking a key technical milestone in the development of the sub orbital vehicle. The p ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China prepares offshore test base for reusable liquid rocket launches
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
China is preparing to bring into operation its first offshore platform purpose built for testing, launching and recovering reusable liquid propellant rockets, with the goal of lowering access costs ... more
AEROSPACE
Indonesia receives first batch of French-made Rafale jets
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 26, 2026
Indonesia has received its first three French-made Rafale fighter jets as part of a multibillion-dollar deal between the two countries, a defence ministry spokesman said Monday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China tests Long March 12B reusable first stage at Jiuquan
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp has carried out a static firing test of the first stage of its new Long March 12B reusable carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northw ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026
GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have completed a series of engine tests that demonstrate the viability of a liquid fueled rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missile applications. The work ma ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Galactic Energy conducts sixth offshore Ceres 1 mission from Yellow Sea platform
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 19, 2026
Galactic Energy has carried out its sixth sea based mission of the Ceres 1 solid fuel launcher, adding four more spacecraft to the Tianqi commercial internet of things constellation. The lates ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Major equity deal backs Gilmour Space expansion of sovereign launch capability
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Gilmour Space Technologies has raised 217 million Australian dollars in private equity funding to accelerate the next phase of its sovereign space operations in Australia. The Series E round w ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Stratolaunch secures major funding to scale hypersonic flight services
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Stratolaunch has completed a significant capital raise to accelerate the growth of its hypersonic test and flight services business, adding Elliott Investment Management L.P. as a new investor along ... more
GPS NEWS
Bats use sound flow to steer through cluttered habitats
London, UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
A new study has resolved how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness by showing they regulate their flight using a form of acoustic flow, offering fresh insight into biosonar an ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Rescue operations end with 6 missing in New Zealand landslide
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Efforts to rescue at least six people buried alive by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended Saturday, with police shifting their focus to recovering human remains. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 21, 2026
Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path? ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region
Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 18, 2026
South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster after widespread flooding that destroyed homes and killed dozens, while thousands sought shelter in neighbouring Mozambique. ... more
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Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms; Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for all
Vatican City (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisation ... more
TRADE WARS
Not allies, not enemies: Britain's ties with China; China's Anta Sports to become top Puma shareholder
Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2026
Britain's Keir Starmer is in China this week, marking the first visit by a UK prime minister in eight years and hailed by Beijing as a potential "new chapter" in relations. ... more
TRADE WARS
Europe and India seek closer ties with 'mother of all deals'
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
India and Europe hope to strike the "mother of all deals" when EU chiefs meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi next week, as the two economic behemoths seek to forge closer ties. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Elon Musk hints at buying Ryanair amid Starlink spat
Dublin (AFP) Jan 20, 2026
US tech boss Elon Musk has polled followers on his social network X about buying Ryanair, stoking a clash with the airline's boss Michael O'Leary over using the Starlink system onboard to use the internet. ... more
TRADE WARS
US to slap full tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal: Treasury secretary
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
The United States will impose 100-percent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalize a new trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, amplifying a similar threat from President Donald Trump a day earlier. ... more
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