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Blue Origin Targets April 12 for New Glenn's First Booster Reuse, Carrying the Largest Commercial Satellite Ever to Orbit
New Glenn-3 will refly the booster that landed after delivering NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes, deploying AST SpaceMobile's 2,400-square-foot BlueBird 7 direct-to-device satellite.
Pulsar Fusion Achieves First Plasma in Nuclear Fusion Rocket Engine, Demonstrated Live at Bezos-Hosted MARS Conference
UK startup Pulsar Fusion demonstrated the first-ever plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket exhaust system, streaming the test live from Bletchley to Amazon's MARS Conference in California.
CAS Space Targets Late March for Kinetica-2 Maiden Flight, China's Latest Bid for a Reusable Medium-Lift Rocket
Chinese Academy of Sciences spinoff CAS Space will attempt the first launch of its Kinetica-2 kerosene-LOX rocket from Jiuquan, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft for the Tiangong space station.
SpaceX Targets Mid-March for Starship Flight 12, Debut of Block 3 Hardware and Raptor 3 Engines
SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship Flight 12 in mid-March 2026, the first test of upgraded Block 3 vehicles powered by 33 Raptor 3 engines and the debut of Orbital Launch Pad 2.
Ariane 64 Debuts as Europe's Most Powerful Rocket, Lofting 20 Tonnes of Amazon Leo Satellites on Maiden Flight
Europe's Ariane 6 flew its four-booster configuration for the first time, delivering 32 Amazon Leo satellites in the heaviest payload ever launched by a European rocket.