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Latest Space Robotics news and analysis — 48 articles tagged Space Robotics on The Robotics Media.
- Rocket Lab Marks 96th Electron Flight With 'Owl By The Dozen' Launch — — Rocket Lab lofts Synspective's 12th StriX satellite from Mahia in New Zealand, chalking up its 17th Electron launch of 2026 and reinforcing a partners...
- Icarus Robotics Flies ISS-Bound JOY In Weightlessness, Locks In May 2027 Launch — — Brooklyn startup Icarus Robotics flew its JOY free-flying robot through 66 parabolas of microgravity, clearing the last major hurdle before handing ha...
- HyImpulse Bags €50M Series A Extension To Fly Europe's Hybrid-Propulsion Rockets — — JOIN Capital and Ace Capital Partners co-lead a €50M+ extension into HyImpulse, pushing the German launcher's total funding past €125M ahead of a seco...
- Kepler Aerospace Raises $8M Seed To Build India's Integrated Satellite Intelligence Stack — — Blue Ashva-led seed capitalizes Kepler Aerospace's build-out of satellites, avionics and mission software after seven years of bootstrapping.
- Rocket Lab Preps 'Owl Around The World' Electron Launch For Synspective StriX-11 — — Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight will loft Synspective's 11th StriX SAR satellite to 575 km LEO from Mahia Peninsula this week.
- ArcSpace Raises Over €2M To Weld And Repair Satellites In Orbit — — Paris-based ArcSpace has raised over €2 million led by DEPO Ventures to scale its electron-beam tools that can cut, weld and repair satellites — inclu...
- Tropical Depression Narra Grounds China's Chang'e-7 Moon Launch, CNSA Warns Slip Could Reach 2027 — — China's ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission was postponed after Tropical Depression Narra closed the Wenchang launch window, with Xinhua warn...
- NASA Sets August 30 Falcon Heavy Launch For Roman Space Telescope — — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, with a Hubble-sized mirror and a view 100x wider, is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy on...
- Rocket Lab Books Three More Electron Launches for Japan's iQPS SAR Constellation — — Rocket Lab has signed its third multi-launch deal with Japanese SAR operator iQPS in under a year, bringing total booked Electron missions to 18 and c...
- SpaceX Launches NROL-95 Spy Satellite For NRO On Falcon 9 — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted a classified NRO payload from Cape Canaveral at 3:10 a.m. EDT on July 30, marking the third NSSL Phase 2 mission delivered fo...
- SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 Deploys First V3 Starlink Batch, Splashes Down — — Starship lifted off from Starbase on July 24, deployed 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites and made controlled splashdowns of both the Super Hea...
- SpaceX Launches Northrop's Robotic Servicing Vehicle On Decade-Long Mission — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lofted Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods on July 21, kicking off a decade-long DARPA-backe...
- Northrop Grumman Lifts 2026 Outlook On Record $105B Backlog — — Northrop Grumman raised its 2026 sales and EPS guidance after a Q2 with $20B in awards, a record $105B backlog and revenue growth across all four segm...
- Skyroot Set To Launch Vikram-1, India's First Private Orbital Rocket — — Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace attempts India's first private orbital launch on July 18, sending its four-stage Vikram-1 rocket up on Mission Aagam...
- Rocket Lab Set to Launch NASA and Eta Space's LOXSAT Cryogenic Depot Demo — — Rocket Lab is targeting July 17 to launch LOXSAT, an on-orbit cryogenic fluid management demo built by Eta Space for NASA that will validate the plumb...
- Starship Flight 13 Aborts On The Pad After Four Engines Fail To Ignite — — SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 triggered a last-second launch abort on July 16 after four of Booster 20's Super Heavy engines failed to ignite, delaying...
- Space Force Adds Impulse Space and Relativity Federal to $5.6B NSSL Lane 1 — — The U.S. Space Force added Impulse Space and Relativity Federal to its $5.6 billion NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launch programme on July 7, opening the door t...
- China's Long March 10B Attempts Maiden Launch and Sea-Based Recovery — — CASC has opened the maiden launch window for the reusable Long March 10B heavy-lift rocket on July 10, targeting China's first at-sea first-stage reco...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster B1067 Flies Record 36th Time on Starlink 10-42 — — SpaceX flew Falcon 9 booster B1067 for a company-record 36th time, deploying 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral and closing on the space shutt...
- SES Space & Defense Wins 5-Year Space Force Ku-Band BPA — — The five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement lets every U.S. military branch quickly buy secure, global Ku-band satellite services through SES's FlexMove,...