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ESA Expands IRIS² Low-LEO Component and Introduces Industrialization Cost Reimbursements
	In a move to accelerate the deployment of Europe’s third flagship space program, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Monday, January 26, 2026, a significant expansion of the IRIS² [&hel [...]

Kratos Expands Hypersonic Infrastructure as VisionWave Unveils Space-Based Counter-UAS Architecture
	The defense landscape is undergoing a structural pivot toward integrated Radio Frequency (RF) and autonomous sensing systems, moving away from isolated point-defense toward wide-area, theater-scale [...]

Efficient Probabilistic Framework Accelerates Satellite Trace Gas Retrieval and Uncertainty Quantification
	To address the computational bottleneck in analyzing massive Earth observation datasets, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a lightweight machine learning framework that [...]

JAXA Trace H3 Flight 8 Failure to Payload Fairing Separation Anomaly
	On January 20, 2026, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released a progress report identifying a payload fairing separation anomaly as the root cause of the December 22, 2025, failure [& [...]

Oman Secures Dedicated Orbital Asset in Nine-Figure Deal with Astranis
	On Monday, January 26, 2026, Oman’s MB Group and San Francisco-based Astranis Space Technologies Corp. announced a nine-figure agreement for the procurement of a dedicated, sovereign communicatio [...]