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ULA says Northrop Grumman ran a successful GEM 63XL solid rocket booster static fire on April 15, but the Vulcan rocket remains grounded for national security launches three months after a nozzle anomaly on USSF-87, with Amazon expected to anchor a return-to-flight by year-end.

Astranis raised $300M Series E plus $155M Trinity Capital credit facility at a $2.8B valuation, scaling micro-GEO satellite output for U.S. defense Programs of Record and sovereign telecom customers in Taiwan and Oman.