Amazon wins OK to add 4,500 satellites to Leo network
Amazon has won the Federal Communications Commission’s approval to go ahead with its plan to launch thousands of second-generation Amazon Leo satellites for its broadband internet network, even though the first-generation constellation is far from complete.

The approval would add
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/amazon-wins-ok-to-add-4500-satellites-to-leo-network/
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Stoke Space raises $350M to get set for rocket debut
Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies says it has added another $350 million to its previously announced Series D financing round, bringing the amount raised in the round to $860 million.

The fresh funding will go toward completing activation of the company’s Florida launch complex and expanding production capacity
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/10/stoke-space-raises-350m-to-get-set-for-rocket-debut/
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Business is looking up for space station designers
How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how to lay out their orbital outposts.

Mike
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/09/business-is-looking-up-for-space-station-designers/
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Starfish doubles down on Space Force satellite servicing
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has been awarded a $54.5 million contract to produce another Otter satellite servicing spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.

The deal, announced this week, builds on a $37.5 million Space Systems Command contract tha
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/07/starfish-doubles-down-on-space-force-satellite-servicing/
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Interlune digs into opportunities for lunar construction
Interlune is leveraging a $150,000 NASA contract to develop develop lunar trenching and excavation technology — and although the primary goal is to extract valuable helium-3 from moon dirt, the project also signals the company’s broader play for lunar infrastructure.

Interlune’s work
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/04/interlune-digs-into-opportunities-for-lunar-construction/
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Elon Musk lays out a new vision as SpaceX acquires xAI
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he's making space-based artificial intelligence the "immediate focus" of a newly expanded company that not only builds rockets and satellites, but also controls xAI's generative-AI software and the X social-media platform.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/02/elon-musk-lays-out-a-new-vision-as-spacex-acquires-xai/
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SpaceX wants to launch a million data center satellites
SpaceX founder Elon Musk wasn’t kidding about his plans to go big with orbital data centers: The company is asking the Federal Communications Commission to approve a plan to put up to a million satellites in orbit to process data for artificial intelligence applications.

“Launc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/31/spacex-wants-to-launch-a-million-data-center-satellites/
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Amazon asks FCC for more time to launch Leo satellites
Amazon says it’s been harder than expected to secure rides for its Amazon Leo broadband internet satellites, and now it’s asking the Federal Communications Commission for more time.

The request for an extension, filed today, asks the FCC to give Amazon until July 30, 2028,
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/amazon-asks-fcc-for-more-time-to-launch-leo-satellites/
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Interlune brings in more cash to get set for moon mining
Seattle-based Interlune is raising additional investment to support its campaign to identify and extract resources on the moon that can be brought back to Earth, starting with helium-3.

The fundraising effort came to light in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/29/interlune-brings-in-more-cash-to-get-set-for-moon-mining/
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Flight log: Blue Origin team leader flies standby to space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent six more people on a brief suborbital space trip today — including the director of Blue Origin's New Shepard launch operations and training team.

The flight, known as NS-38, was Blue Origin’s 38th New Shepard missi
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/22/flight-log-blue-origin-team-leader-flies-standby-to-space/
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Blue Origin plans ultra-fast satellite data network
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’ll be ramping up an ultra-high-speed satellite data network called TeraWave, which will compete with SpaceX’s Starlink network for business from data centers, large-scale enterprises and government customers.

The service appears to dovetail wi
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/21/blue-origin-plans-ultra-fast-satellite-data-network/
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Starfish will set up disposal service for military satellites
Starfish Space has secured a $52.5 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency to dispose of military satellites at the end of their operational lives.

The Tukwila, Wash.-based startup says it’s the first commercial deal ever struc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/21/starfish-will-set-up-disposal-service-for-military-satellites/
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NASA’s moon rocket makes the slow trip to its launch pad
NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket crept toward its Florida launch pad today at a top speed of about 1 mph, marking the first step in a journey that will eventually send astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The 4-mile trek to Launch Complex 39B at NAS
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/17/nasas-moon-rocket-makes-the-slow-trip-to-its-launch-pad/
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Decades-old rocket factory is in for a Rocketdyne rebrand
A decades-old rocket factory in Redmond, Wash., is due to be rebranded with a time-honored name: Rocketdyne.

If all goes according to plan, the facility will become part of a joint venture created under the terms of an $845 million deal involving L3Harris Tec
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/16/decades-old-rocket-factory-is-in-for-a-rocketdyne-rebrand/
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Startup has big plans for robotic arms powered by AI
A space startup founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is recruiting partners in its quest to build robotic arms powered by artificial intelligence.

Founded in late 2024, Puyallup, Wash.-based Orbital Robotics is still in its
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/14/startup-has-big-plans-for-robotic-arms-powered-by-ai/
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This asteroid is spinning fast enough to set a record
Astronomers say they’ve found an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

The asteroid, known as 2025 MN45, is nearly half a mile (710 meters) in diameter and makes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes, based on an analysis of data from the Vera C. Rub
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/07/this-asteroid-is-spinning-fast-enough-to-set-a-record/
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Year in Space: Get ready for magnificent moon missions
Lunar missions once felt like the domain of history books rather than current events, but an upcoming trip around the moon is poised to generate headlines at a level not seen since the Apollo era.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, which is due to launch four astronauts on a round-the-moon
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/31/year-in-space-get-ready-for-magnificent-moon-missions/
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United Launch Alliance’s former CEO joins Blue Origin
Eleven years after United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno partnered with Blue Origin to create a new rocket engine, he’s joining Jeff Bezos’ space venture as the president of Blue Origin’s newly created National Security Group.

The move could signal a major shift in the commercial spa
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/27/united-launch-alliances-former-ceo-joins-blue-origin/
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Starcloud plans its next power moves for AI in space
After taking one small but historic step for space-based AI, a Seattle-area startup called Starcloud is gearing up for a giant leap into what could be a multibillion-dollar business.

The business model doesn’t require Starcloud to manage how the data for artificial intelligen
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/22/starcloud-plans-its-next-power-moves-for-ai-in-space/
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Blue Origin launches first wheelchair user into space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture added a page to the space history books today by sending the first wheelchair user into space.

“It was the coolest experience,” said Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a German-born aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the Europe
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/12/20/blue-origin-launches-first-wheelchair-user-into-space/
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