Launch orders:
Courtesy: Farah Ghouri using ChatGPT
NASA gives SpaceX US$257 million contract for Falcon Heavy launch of its nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter drone to Titan
SEOPS buys SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for dedicated rideshare mission to GEO while also signing with Axient for in-orbit delivery
Two unmanned lunar rovers for Eagle and Toyota to get ride to Moon on Starship HLS as is a Lunar Outpost human carrying rover
NASA confirms that it will award lunar surface cargo delivery contracts to SpaceX and Blue Origin
Impulse buys three SpaceX Falcon 9 rides for its Helios transfer tug
Rocket Lab signs undisclosed customer for its larger Neutron rocket
Space Van to be launched by Ariane 64
Lockheed Martin books Firefly Alpha launch for test flight of its new LM 400 bus after ABL Space withdraws from launch market
Atmos Space Cargo signs multi-launch contract for Latitude’s Zephr rocket
Construction Orders
Netherlands to build its first satellite PAMI-1 for Earth Observation via Raytheon subsidiary
Spectrum AMT will build satellites and components for D-Orbit
Three cubesat ESA NanoMagSat mission has construction contract signed with OpenCosmos
SEOPS buys Falcon 9 launch for GTO rideshare mission / SEOPS Enters EU Market with Axient Systems Partnership – the partnership’s first launch will be an ISR satellite for the Dutch military, which is expected to lift off as early as 2027
After Tyche, a second UK reconnaissance satellite called Juno has been ordered from SSTL
Sony orders two Corvus-bus small satellites from Astro Digital to test laser comms
Cancellations
Australia backs away from GEO as it cancels US$5 billion plan for military comsats with Lockheed Martin
Sources include Cision, BBC, CNBC, msn.com, NASA, Orbitaltoday, Payload, phys.org, Politico, scmp.com and SpaceNews with links provided to each story.
