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Boeing Targets 26 Satellite Deliveries in 2026 With New Resolute Platform

Boeing Targets 26 Satellite Deliveries in 2026 With New Resolute Platform

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 16, 2026, 09:36 PDT. Boeing, together with its Millennium Space Systems subsidiary, on Thursday announced bigger satellite output and rolled out a new mid-sized platform dubbed Resolute. The move comes as Boeing targets delivery of 26 satellites in 2026. The company says Resolute is designed for government and commercial customers who need more capability than a small satellite, but want to avoid the lengthy timelines tied to bigger, custom-built systems.
16 April 2026
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QuantumScape Stock Price Falls 4% as Oil Shock, Rising Rates Hit EV Battery Plays

QuantumScape Stock Price Falls 4% as Oil Shock, Rising Rates Hit EV Battery Plays

QuantumScape Corp dropped 4.35% to close at $6.59 on Friday, sliding alongside a broader Wall Street retreat as traders eyed rising energy costs. U.S. markets remain shut Sunday, but renewed risks to Middle East energy assets are raising the odds that selling might pick right back up when trading starts Monday. That’s a key point for QuantumScape, which is still working its way out of the development stage and hasn’t yet hit commercial production. Shares get hit harder in this stretch—any risk-off day lands with extra weight. Friday proved it: the Nasdaq slid 2.01%, while the Russell 2000, the small-cap barometer, dropped 2.26%.
22 March 2026
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SpaceX Starlink Satellite 35956 Is Tumbling Toward Earth: New WorldView-3 Imagery Shows Craft Largely Intact After In‑Orbit Anomaly

SpaceX Starlink Satellite 35956 Is Tumbling Toward Earth: New WorldView-3 Imagery Shows Craft Largely Intact After In‑Orbit Anomaly

On December 21, 2025, new details emerged about Starlink satellite 35956, the SpaceX internet satellite that recently suffered an on‑orbit anomaly and began tumbling as it slowly loses altitude. A fresh non‑Earth image collected by commercial space-surveillance firm Vantor using WorldView‑3 suggests the satellite is “largely intact,” even after an event that produced a small debris field and cut off communications with ground controllers. LinkedIn+2India Today+2 The update adds an important visual datapoint to a story that has quickly become a flashpoint in the ongoing debate over space traffic management and orbital debris—especially as Starlink remains the world’s largest satellite constellation operating in an increasingly crowded low Earth orbit. The Verge+2Space+2
21 December 2025
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Rocket Launches Today, Dec. 17, 2025: Ariane 6 Delivers Galileo Satellites as SpaceX Targets Two Starlink Missions

Rocket Launches Today, Dec. 17, 2025: Ariane 6 Delivers Galileo Satellites as SpaceX Targets Two Starlink Missions

Europe’s newest heavy-lift rocket notched another high-profile success in the early hours of December 17, 2025, sending two Galileo navigation satellites toward medium Earth orbit—while the global launch calendar stays packed with two SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink flights still on the schedule for later today. In the Asia-Pacific region, Japan’s H3 rocket launch was canceled after an issue was found in ground facilities. And in South America, a highly watched debut attempt from Brazil’s Alcântara spaceport was pushed back, as South Korean startup INNOSPACE rescheduled its first commercial orbital mission. 이노스페이스+4Newsroom Arianespace+4European Space Agency+4 Taken together, the day’s launch news shows a space sector moving in two directions at once: established systems like Galileo and Starlink expanding at scale, while newer launch providers and spaceports try to break through with firsts—and sometimes run into the real-world friction of hardware, ground systems, and last-minute inspections. global.jaxa.jp+3European Space Agency+3Spaceflight Now+3
17 December 2025
Tsunami Seen From Space: NASA’s SWOT Satellite Captures 2025 Kamchatka Megaquake in Unprecedented Detail

Tsunami Seen From Space: NASA’s SWOT Satellite Captures 2025 Kamchatka Megaquake in Unprecedented Detail

When a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, it sent a tsunami racing across almost the entire Pacific. Now, scientists have revealed something just as extraordinary as the quake itself: for the first time, a satellite has captured a giant Pacific tsunami in high-resolution detail from space, forcing a rethink of how these waves behave and how we forecast them. Wikipedia+1 New analyses of data from NASA and CNES’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite – published in The Seismic Record at the end of November – show a surprisingly intricate tsunami wavefield that challenges long‑held assumptions in tsunami science. ResearchGate+1 On December 3, 2025, that breakthrough is rippling through Google News and Discover, with fresh coverage from ScienceAlert, SURFER/Yahoo News and others helping bring the story to a global audience. ScienceAlert+2surfer.com+2
3 December 2025
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SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX Starlink update for Nov. 7, 2025: 29‑satellite Falcon 9 lined up at Kennedy as FAA imposes overnight launch window; California mission lofts 28 satellites

SpaceX is targeting a pre‑dawn Starlink launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Saturday, days after a West Coast Falcon 9 carried 28 satellites to orbit—and as a new FAA order confines U.S. commercial launches to overnight hours starting Nov. 10. SpaceX is preparing the Starlink Group 10‑51 mission from Launch Complex 39A at KSC. The company is aiming for 7:10 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 8, flying a Falcon 9 on a northeasterly trajectory. The first stage is planned to land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas positioned in the Atlantic, off the South Carolina coast, about 8½ minutes after liftoff. If successful, this would mark ASOG’s 131st booster landing and SpaceX’s 531st landing overall. The payload consists of 29 Starlink V2 Mini “Optimized” satellites, to be deployed a little over an hour after liftoff. The booster assigned is B1069, set for its 28th flight. Spaceflight Now
8 November 2025
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

On Sept. 28, SpaceX executed a textbook launch from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E. The Falcon 9 booster B1063, standing vertically on the pad, ignited and soared away at 7:04 p.m. PDT spaceflightnow.com. After clearing the pad, it flew on a south-easterly trajectory toward orbit. About 8½ minutes later the first stage used its grid fins and engines to steer back to Earth, touching down cleanly on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean spaceflightnow.com thenews.com.pk. The second stage continued upwards and deployed the 28 Starlink satellites roughly an hour after liftoff, inserting them into low Earth orbit as planned spaceflightnow.com economictimes.indiatimes.com. This mission, called Starlink 11-20, used a booster that has now flown 28 times. Spaceflight Now notes that B1063 previously supported key missions like NASA’s DART and the Sentinel-6 oceanography satellite, and that its 28th flight ties the record for any single Falcon 9 booster thenews.com.pk. SpaceX publicly “celebrated the successful completion of the mission,” pointing out the booster's record use thenews.com.pk. Such reuse underscores SpaceX’s focus on reusability: the company routinely refurbishes and reflies Falcon 9 first stages, dramatically cutting launch costs. In this case, the veteran booster executed a “flawless
29 September 2025
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Skywatch Alert: Aurora, Meteor Showers & Satellite Sights – What to See Sept 29–30, 2025

Skywatch Alert: Aurora, Meteor Showers & Satellite Sights – What to See Sept 29–30, 2025

Space weather experts agree: late September will be mostly uneventful. NOAA’s SWPC issued a 3-day forecast on Sept 29 predicting only quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions services.swpc.noaa.gov. In its rationale NOAA explicitly notes “No G1 or greater geomagnetic storms are expected” on Sept 29–30 services.swpc.noaa.gov. EarthSky’s “Sun News” bulletin echoed this outlook, describing Sept 29–30 as “Quiet to unsettled” as the effects of a coronal-hole high-speed stream wane earthsky.org. Space.com’s aurora live-blog had warned that a small solar wind boost over the weekend might briefly push conditions toward a G1 storm, possibly extending auroras “farther south than usual” into northern Scotland and high-latitude North America space.com. However, forecasters still expect any enhancements to fizzle out by Sept 29–30. In practice, this means any aurora displays will be faint and confined to polar regions. As Space.com notes, aurora activity is expected to “stay mainly confined to locations above the Arctic Circle, according to NOAA’s SWPC” space.com.
29 September 2025
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Spectacular Space News Blitz: SpaceX Soars 28 Satellites, NASA Unleashes Solar Probes, China’s New Weather Satellite & More (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Spectacular Space News Blitz: SpaceX Soars 28 Satellites, NASA Unleashes Solar Probes, China’s New Weather Satellite & More (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Sources: Authoritative space news outlets, agency releases and expert commentary from Sept. 28–29, 2025, including Space.com space.com, Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com, ESA and company press releases esa.int northstar-data.com, and industry reports grandviewresearch.com. All statistics and quotes above are cited to linked original reports.
29 September 2025
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Space News Bonanza: NASA’s Artemis, SpaceX Starlink Launch & China’s New Weather Satellite (Sept 27–28, 2025)

Space News Bonanza: NASA’s Artemis, SpaceX Starlink Launch & China’s New Weather Satellite (Sept 27–28, 2025)

NASA: In late September, NASA’s focus was on its upcoming Artemis II Moon mission. The four astronauts held a media briefing on Sept. 24 to announce the name of their Orion spacecraft: “Orion Integrity” nasa.gov. They explained “Integrity” symbolizes the trust and collaboration needed for the mission. This 10-day crewed lunar test flight is slated for no later than April 2026. Meanwhile, NASA science made headlines with a major Mars discovery: analyses of a Perseverance rover sample from Jezero Crater suggest it “could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life” nasa.gov. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy called it “the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” calling the potential biosignature finding “groundbreaking” nasa.gov. These NASA findings underscore a busy month: Artemis II preparations, Mars science, and continued deep-space probes. Also from NASA/NOAA: on Sept. 26 NOAA announced a partnership with Raytheon to study a new weather satellite design under its NEON program nesdis.noaa.gov. Irene Parker of NOAA said she was “excited for this new opportunity to use NOAA’s OTA [Other Transaction Authority] to advance weather imagery” with commercial partners nesdis.noaa.gov. The Stratus concept will field a small LEO satellite with an optical imager to test rapid-refresh cloud and
28 September 2025
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Global Space News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

Global Space News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

Summary: SpaceX’s launch blitz: SpaceX achieved an unprecedented launch cadence, flying three Falcon 9 missions in under 41 hours through Sept. 25–26 spaceflightnow.com. These included two Starlink batches and NASA’s solar observatory mission to deep space. The Sept. 26 Vandenberg launch marked SpaceX’s 123rd Falcon 9 flight of 2025 and the 15th just in September, putting the company on pace to smash its previous annual launch record space.com. With these missions, SpaceX surpassed 8,400 Starlink satellites in orbit, with about 8,500 active Starlink craft now in the network according to satellite trackers space.com. Both Falcon 9 boosters used were reused multiple times – one flying its 22nd mission and another on its 16th – and both first stages landed safely on drone ships spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com. SpaceX’s launch director joked that “the rocket fleet’s working overtime,” underscoring how routine rapid reusability has become in support of the Starlink megaconstellation.
27 September 2025
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Amazon Launches 27 Satellites in High-Stakes Race Against SpaceX’s Starlink

Amazon Launches 27 Satellites in High-Stakes Race Against SpaceX’s Starlink

Bottom Line: Amazon’s latest launch of 27 Kuiper satellites is a significant milestone in the space internet showdownwith SpaceX. It dramatically scales up Amazon’s in-orbit assets and demonstrates the company’s commitment to catching up in this critical new industry. Project Kuiper is still in early days – 129 satellites versus Starlink’s 8,000+ – but Amazon’s vast resources, massive launch contracts, and integrations with its tech ecosystem position it as a formidable challenger. If Amazon can execute its blistering launch schedule and hit service milestones, 2025–2026 will see global broadband competition move to low Earth orbit. Consumers in remote and connected areas alike stand to benefit from new choices in satellite internet, as Amazon and SpaceX push each other to expand coverage, increase speeds, and lower costs. The race is on to connect the world from space, and with this latest launch, Amazon just hit the accelerator. Sources: Amazon/ULA mission updatesspace.comfox35orlando.com; Spaceflight Now & Space.com reportsspaceflightnow.comspace.com; FCC and company filingsen.wikipedia.orgreuters.com; Reuters and SpaceNews analysisreuters.comreuters.com; expert commentary from industry officialsspaceflightnow.comreuters.com; and official statements from Amazon, ULA, and partnersfox35orlando.comspace.com.
25 September 2025
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Spy Satellite Launch, New Astronauts & a Lunar Lander Deal – Space News Roundup (Sept 22–23, 2025)

Spy Satellite Launch, New Astronauts & a Lunar Lander Deal – Space News Roundup (Sept 22–23, 2025)

Spy sats on the West Coast: SpaceX lofted another batch of classified U.S. spy satellites on Sept. 22, with a Falcon 9 roaring off Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:38 p.m. EDT space.com. The NROL-48 mission – SpaceX’s 11th dedicated launch for the National Reconnaissance Office’s new “proliferated architecture” – carried a cluster of undisclosed reconnaissance payloads. The NRO is pivoting to large numbers of smaller satellites instead of a few big ones, aiming to deliver “an order of magnitude more signals and images” with faster revisit times and resilience space.com. SpaceX’s webcast cut off early at the NRO’s request, but the Falcon 9’s first stage landed safely back at Vandenberg space.com. “To stay ahead… the NRO is modernizing its architecture… delivering more capability faster with increased resilience,” officials said of the shift to many mini-satellites space.com. Starlink surge continues: Barely a day later, SpaceX notched yet another Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. In an early-morning liftoff, a Falcon 9 deployed 28 new Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, marking SpaceX’s 119th mission of the year keeptrack.space. This flight took off at 6:53 a.m. EDT and further grew the Starlink constellation, which now numbers well over 5,000
23 September 2025
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Argentina’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: Inside the Satellite Boom and What’s Next

Argentina’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: Inside the Satellite Boom and What’s Next

Argentina’s journey into space began remarkably early. In the 1940s, visionary engineer Teófilo Tabanera formed the Sociedad Argentina Interplanetaria, making Argentina the first Latin American country with a spaceflight organization en.wikipedia.org. By 1960 – nearly a year before humans reached space – Argentina established the National Commission for Space Research with Tabanera at the helm en.wikipedia.org. Throughout the 1960s, CNIE and the Air Force’s research institute launched a series of indigenous multistage high-altitude rockets, successfully sending scientific payloads to the upper atmosphere en.wikipedia.org. In fact, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to send an object into space on a homegrown rocket, a point of immense national pride en.wikipedia.org. However, the early space efforts intersected with military ambitions. In the 1980s, Argentina developed the Condor medium-range ballistic missile program. Under international pressure, the Condor missile was canceled in 1991 en.wikipedia.org. That same year proved a turning point: President Carlos Menem’s administration dissolved CNIE and created a new civil National Space Activities Commission to refocus all space activities on peaceful, scientific, and commercial goals en.wikipedia.org. CONAE inherited the infrastructure and some personnel from the Condor program, repurposing rocket labs for civilian use and marking a clear demilitarization of Argentina’s space
22 September 2025
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Norway’s Space Industry Is Skyrocketing – Inside the High North’s Satellite Boom

Norway’s Space Industry Is Skyrocketing – Inside the High North’s Satellite Boom

In conclusion, Norway’s space and satellite industry has quietly grown into a dynamic, multi-faceted sector that touches many aspects of modern life – from the TV we stream, to the ships monitored off the coast, to scientific discoveries in the aurora. Long overshadowed by bigger spacefaring nations, Norway is now stepping into the limelight with new infrastructure and bold projects. “Our commercial space activities will put Norway on the map as a strategic, European asset in the space sector,” says NOSA Director Christian Hauglie-Hanssen businessnorway.com. The recent flurry of activity – a new spaceport, new satellites, new partnerships – suggests this once “best-kept secret” is out. As Norway harnesses its geographic advantages and high-tech expertise, it is carving out a crucial niche in the burgeoning global space economy. In the next 5–10 years, when rockets are launching from Arctic Norway and twice as many Norwegian satellites orbit above, no one will be surprised to hear that this Nordic nation has become a key space powerhouse in its own right. Sources: Norwegian Space Agency spaceagency.no spaceagency.no; Business Norway/Innovation Norway businessnorway.com businessnorway.com; High North News highnorthnews.com; Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com; Broadband TV News broadbandtvnews.com; Regjeringen.no regjeringen.no highnorthnews.com; Space Norway AS spacenorway.com; ESA esa.int;
21 September 2025
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The Netherlands’ Space Industry Is Booming: Inside the Dutch Satellite Sector and 2030 Outlook

The Netherlands’ Space Industry Is Booming: Inside the Dutch Satellite Sector and 2030 Outlook

The Netherlands has a rich space heritage dating back to the dawn of the space age. It was an early participant in European space efforts – by 1968, ESA’s ESTEC technical center was established in Noordwijk, inaugurated by Dutch royalty to spearhead Europe’s space research esa.int. The country joined the newly formed European Space Agency in 1975 as a founding member, embedding itself in collaborative programs from the start. The Netherlands launched its first satellite in 1974: the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite was built in partnership with NASA and marked the country’s first independent satellite mission heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. This was followed by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite in 1983 – the world’s first infrared space telescope, a joint venture with the US and UK nlr.org. Dutch engineers and scientists contributed key instruments, laying groundwork for expertise in satellite technology.
20 September 2025
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SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites at Dawn – Boosts World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Toward Global Internet

SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites at Dawn – Boosts World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Toward Global Internet

SpaceX notched another predawn launch on Florida’s Space Coast, sending 28 fresh Starlink satellites into orbit as part of its ongoing mission to blanket the globe in internet coverage. The Falcon 9 rocket lit up the early morning sky at approximately 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 18, 2025, lifting off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 pad space.com. The mission – designated Starlink Group 10-61 – marked yet another routine flight for SpaceX but one that continues to build an unprecedented satellite network overhead. According to SpaceX, the launch window opened at 5:20 a.m. EDT and extended to 9:20 a.m. that morning clickorlando.com, giving the team flexibility to find an optimal launch moment amid weather considerations. In the end, liftoff occurred near the opening of the window, with mostly favorable conditions spaceflightnow.com. The Falcon 9 ascended on a southeasterly trajectory, targeting a low Earth orbit for deployment of the Starlink batch roughly one hour after launch space.com space.com.
19 September 2025
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Skywatch Alert: Auroras, “Smiling” Conjunction & Satellite Trains Dazzle on Sept 18–19, 2025

Skywatch Alert: Auroras, “Smiling” Conjunction & Satellite Trains Dazzle on Sept 18–19, 2025

Skywatchers in mid-latitudes, keep your eyes north! This week brings an elevated aurora borealis potential, thanks to both increased solar activity and a seasonal phenomenon. The Sun is near the peak of its 11-year cycle, “with activity at its highest level in 23 years” timesofindia.indiatimes.com. In mid-September, a gigantic “butterfly-shaped” coronal hole in the Sun’s atmosphere unleashed a gale of solar wind, sparking a surprise G3 geomagnetic storm on Sept. 14 timesofindia.indiatimes.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. That storm produced auroral displays down to Colorado and Missouri in the U.S., far below the usual polar regions timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Importantly, late September is aurora season: around the equinox, Earth’s and the Sun’s magnetic fields line up just right to let more solar particles hit our atmosphere timesofindia.indiatimes.com. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center notes that this equinox alignment “increases the chance of geomagnetic storms” timesofindia.indiatimes.com. In other words, even minor solar eruptions can translate into vivid auroras at lower latitudes than normal. The current geomagnetic conditions suggest continued unsettled skies on Sept. 18–19. If another burst of fast solar wind arrives, Northern Lights could be visible not only across Canada and Northern Europe, but possibly dipping into the northern continental US and Central Europe as well. In
18 September 2025
Belgium’s Space Boom: From Small Nation to Satellite Powerhouse

Belgium’s Space Boom: From Small Nation to Satellite Powerhouse

Belgium’s journey in space began in the 1960s, making it one of the earliest European nations involved in space endeavors Belgium. In 1962 the government formed Belgospace, an industry-academia forum to coordinate Belgium’s participation in Europe’s first space organizations Switchtospace. Belgium became a founding member of ESA in 1975 and embraced a multilateral approach – recognizing that pooling resources was the way for a small country to achieve big goals in space Belgium. Over decades, Belgium honed specific strengths rather than trying to do everything. Early on, Belgian firms contributed equipment to ESA’s first satellites and launchers. By the 1980s and 90s, Belgium was a key player in Ariane rocket development and in European science missions. A proud moment came in 1992 when Dirk Frimout became the first Belgian in space as a NASA Shuttle payload specialist. He was followed by Frank De Winne, who flew to the International Space Station twice and even commanded the ISS in 2009 – a testament to Belgium’s growing role Discoveringbelgium Discoveringbelgium. These human spaceflight milestones boosted public interest and underscored the nation’s capabilities. Belgium also invested in national micro-satellites: the PROBA series were innovative small satellites built by Verhaert in Flanders. Proba-1 tested
17 September 2025
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Australia’s Final Frontier: Inside the Rapid Rise of its Space & Satellite Industry

Australia’s Final Frontier: Inside the Rapid Rise of its Space & Satellite Industry

Just over a decade ago, Australia’s space efforts were scattered across academia, defense, and niche industries. Unlike other nations, Australia had no central space agency until recently. In the 2010s, momentum built to coordinate and grow this sector. A 2017 expert review recommended forming a national agency to capitalize on booming global opportunities newspaceeconomy.ca. Consequently, the Australian Space Agency was established on 1 July 2018, marking the nation’s return to space leadership after decades on the sidelines wa.gov.au. This followed high-profile moments like hosting the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide in 2017, which showcased Australia’s potential. Throughout the 2010s, groundwork was laid in policy and infrastructure. The civil Australian Civil Space Strategy 2019–2028 set out priority areas, with a vision to triple the sector’s size by 2030 lukegosling.com.au. Pre-agency, Australia’s space industry was valued around A$3–5 billion and relied heavily on foreign satellites and international partnerships for missions. Milestones in this period included the growth of commercial satellite operators like Optus, the first Australian-built satellites deployed in orbit, and early startup formations.
15 September 2025
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  • Cedar Woods Properties (ASX:CWP) chair buys AU$113k in shares as insider trades mixed
    July 1, 2026, 4:39 PM EDT. Cedar Woods Properties (ASX:CWP) founder and chairman William Hames bought AU$113,000 in shares at AU$7.08 each. That comes as insiders sold around AU$1.0 million over the past year and bought about AU$359,000. Managing Director Nathan Blackburne sold 112,320 shares at about AU$8.91 per share, higher than where the stock trades now. Insiders own roughly 13% of the company, or AU$78 million. The chairman buy follows some selling but keeps insiders aligned with shareholders.
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