Nearly a decade ago, Adam and I started Astra with a simple idea: launch shouldn’t be limited to a handful of places on Earth. Today, our next-generation rocket is sitting in the English countryside after crossing the Atlantic in standard shipping containers. The future of launch is everywhere.

Airbus Defence and Space and SkyFall have launched a strategic partnership at ILA Berlin - signed in the presence of German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. What makes this alliance unique: SkyFall operates and manufactures directly inside an active combat zone. They see LIVE every single day how their systems perform under ultimate real-world pressure. This allows for an unprecedented level of agile development: feedback from the front line is integrated into software and hardware updates within days, not years. By bridging traditional defense with this ultra-fast, battlefield-driven innovation cycle, we are developing a multi-layered air shield for European and Ukrainian skies - directly supporting the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI). Read the full joint release here ➡️ ow.ly/IWMc50Zb13v

More rockets in the hangar at LC-1 than we’ve ever had before. We’re lining up a busy few weeks of back-to-back-to-back-to-back launches from the world’s first private orbital launch site 🚀🚀🚀🚀

How do we turn #ZeroDebris ambitions into actionable mission requirements? 🛰️ GMV has completed ESA’s ZD-THRESHOLDS project, helping define key thresholds for safer, more sustainable space operations & future missions. 🔗 ow.ly/1X3650Zb1l5 #SpaceSustainability #GMVnews

.@ESA @defis_eu governments' refusal to book launches in advance means they may have to watch their sovereign missions lift off from @SLDelta30 or @NASAKennedy. #ILA2026 @ArianeGroup @isaraerospace.spaceintelreport.com/eu-gove…

German @bundeswehrInfo wants its industrial base to ramp up capacity immediately. That's a problem. New Space may help. #ILA2026. @DLR_SpaceAgency @OHB_SE @Rheinmetall @AirbusSpace.spaceintelreport.com/germany…

K2 Space has been confirmed as a satellite bus provider for the @USSpaceForce Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) initiative, which will launch to GEO in 2028. This announcement is a milestone for K2 as our first participation in a Pentagon program of record. Under the award announced by @USSF_SSC earlier this week, K2 will supply a satellite to our partners at @SESSpaceDefense, one of two primes on the contract. K2’s large, resilient satellites are built with the power and mass to deploy the anti-jam capabilities and consistent communications that the PTS-G constellation requires. Read more here: spacenews.com/k2-space-rocke…

Core values of European space sovereignty in action! 🌌🛰️ On June 9, 2026 at #EUSAR2026 in Baden-Baden, #Eycore's co-founder and CEO Maciej Klemm presented “SAR Mission & Payload for the Polish Camila Programme” - showcasing our latest advanced radar innovations for #Newspace .🚀

次世代地球観測衛星GRUS-3の射場作業（Launch Campain)は無事に完了し、7機の打ち上げ準備は整いました！ 2026年7月以降の打ち上げ成功を、ぜひ応援してください🚀 #GRUS3 #LaunchCampaign #Axelspace

#DassaultAviation est fier d’exposer la maquette de son avion spatial Vortex-S sur le stand de son partenaire OHB à lors du salon ILA à Berlin. (hall B n°200). #OHBSystem #MTAerospace #APCO #SENER #SpaceCargoUnlimited #NewSpace #VORTEX #ILABerlin

HANBIT-Nano Launch Campaign Update | Mission Logistics Underway 🌊 HANBIT-Nano’s journey to the Alcântara Space Center in Brazil has officially begun. INNOSPACE has begun the overseas shipment of key launch vehicle components in preparation for HANBIT-Nano’s second commercial launch mission. 📦 After packaging and dispatch from the Cheongju Campus, the components will be transported via the Port of Busan to the Port of Santos, Brazil, before being transferred to the Alcântara Space Center for final launch preparations. 🚢 🇰🇷➡️🇧🇷 The shipment campaign will be carried out in two phases. The first shipment includes core HANBIT-Nano hardware such as the first-stage section, second stage and Payload Adapter (PLA), fairing, nozzle, combustion chamber, and vehicle skins. These critical components—including the fairing, nozzle, and combustion chamber—play essential roles in launch vehicle performance and mission execution. INNOSPACE continues to work closely with the Mission Management Team and relevant departments to ensure safe transportation and successful delivery to the launch site. Having successfully completed extensive testing and verification, HANBIT-Nano is now advancing to the next phase of launch preparations. 🚀 #LaunchVehicle #SpaceLaunch #RocketEngineering #SpaceTech #LaunchPreparation

All abord for German ISR: @Rheinmetall @Iceye announces its team at #ILA26, so does @AirbusSpace w/ @RohdeSchwarz. German @bundeswehrInfo has a milspace checkbook today. @defis_eu won't have its budget until 2028. @reflexaerospace @OroraTech #constellR.spaceintelreport.com/rheinme…

Following today’s launch, the team is taking time to review and analyze flight data gathered during the mission. With only a few days remaining in the current launch window and weather conditions not expected to be as favourable as those we experienced today, we have decided to stand down our planned second launch. Today’s mission provided valuable operational experience and data for both Maritime Launch and our launch partner, T-Minus Engineering. The lessons learned strengthen our teams, enhance our technology, and further advance our operational readiness 🇨🇦.

INNOSPACE and KAIROSPACE Launch Strategic Collaboration in Launch Services! 🤝 INNOSPACE has signed an MOU with KAIROSPACE, a Korean space company, to collaborate in the fields of launch services and satellite separation systems. 📑 Satellite separation systems are critical components that directly connect a launch vehicle and a satellite, requiring a high level of technical compatibility and reliability to ensure successful satellite deployment and mission execution. As customer requirements continue to diversify in terms of orbit, separation sequence, and payload specifications, flexible interface integration between launch vehicles and satellite separation systems has become increasingly important. 🛰️ Through this agreement, the two companies will strengthen launch vehicle-satellite interface capabilities and expand customer-oriented integrated launch service offerings to support a wide range of mission requirements, including multi-satellite and constellation deployments. Key Areas of Collaboration 🔹 Satellite separation systems and interface technologies 🔹 Expansion of integrated launch services through integration testing and payload support 🔹 Joint business development and global market expansion initiatives Through this partnership, INNOSPACE aims to further strengthen its integrated launch service capabilities covering the entire mission process—from payload integration to satellite deployment—and continue advancing as a competitive launch service partner in the global space market. 🌎✨ 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4efilUZ #LaunchServices #SatelliteSeparationSystem #SpaceLaunch #NewSpace #SmallSat #SatelliteConstellation #SpaceIndustry

A huge statement to the work & preparation the $ASTS team has put into stacking is that from BB8&10 arrival to launch is 26 days & from BB9 it’s 21 days. For a 1st time that’s impressive & tells me they have been preparing for success.

News 🚀: Maritime Launch Completes Suborbital Launch from Spaceport Nova Scotia in Partnership with T-Minus Engineering The launch of T-Minus Engineering B.V.’s Barracuda vehicle demonstrates growing operational capability and marks another milestone on Canada’s path to orbital launch. $MAXQ $MAXQF maritimelaunch.com/news/mari…

Just happened at #ILA26: Airbus Defence and Space has signed an agreement to collaborate on a satellite-based Earth observation and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) solution with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and High Performance Space Structure Systems (HPS). Led by Airbus as prime contractor and system integrator, the consortium brings together five complementary German specialists to address growing governmental demand for sovereign, end-to-end space-based surveillance capabilities. 🇩🇪 🤝 Learn more: ow.ly/3uuT50Z9PLQ

Indonesian ISP, satellite service providers want regulators' assurance that global constellations will be forced to follow the rules of entry. @Starlink @AmazonLeo @brin_indonesia #ASSI.spaceintelreport.com/indones…

A major leap forward for international spaceflight safety and #SSA coordination: @CommerceinSpace has begun onboarding international gov't accounts onto the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Learn more: space.commerce.gov/tracss-go… #TraCSS #SpaceSafety

Satellite: successfully shaken. @SpinLaunch is now one step closer to launching its first customer link satellite, carrying the payload that will power the 280-satellite Meridian Space broadband constellation:   SpinLaunch's low-power, high-throughput reflectarray antenna, paired with flight heritage derived from our MP42 microsatellite bus, is designed to deliver global Tbps capacity in far fewer launches than other SatCom systems in low Earth orbit.  For governments and enterprises, that means affordable, sovereign broadband infrastructure they can own and control independently.   Passing its shake test at our partner's V2i cleanroom facilities was step #1 of the satellite's "Test as You Fly" campaign, demonstrating nothing will come loose or break during its launch.    Afterward, the satellite entered our thermal vacuum chamber to run test scripts under simulated cold, heat, and vacuum conditions, just like in space.   Learn more about our partnership with SpinLaunch and the future of sovereign internet connectivity on our blog below. Images courtesy of V2i.