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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope transits the Sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, August 30, 2026

Special report

Roman is on the way to L2

Hubble's mirror size and two hundred times its infrared field of view. Why survey telescopes matter, why Roman left Earth orbit behind, and how it compares with Hubble, Webb and Rubin.

L2 orbit insertion day 25 of a cruise of about 90; about 65 days to go, by NASA's estimate.

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Photograph: NASA/John Kraus

The Monday brief, Sep 21, 2026

The week of Sep 21, 2026

Twelve orbital launches flew, no new awards appear in the week's totals, and Open Cosmos and EnduroSat raises show up in the news feed.

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Closing soon

All 648 open solicitations

Next launches

The launch scorecard, 239 flights scored this year

Claims held against the record

All 83 claims: 12 achieved, 19 missed, 7 at risk, 34 pending
United Launch Alliance Between 20 and 25 ULA launches during calendar 2026 During 2026 At risk Blue Origin A double-digit New Glenn launch count, around 12 flights, during 2026 During 2026 At risk SSC (Swedish Space Corporation) Perigee's Blue Whale 1 begins launching satellites from Esrange in 2025 Starting 2025 Missed Blue Origin A New Glenn flight occurs on or before 31 December 2026 End of 2026 At risk AST SpaceMobile A first New Glenn launch of Block 2 BlueBirds in March 2026, then a launch every one to two… March 2026 Missed

NewSpace RFP Analysis

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The change record

What moved

1,990 changes across the record in seven days, with job-board churn collapsed to one line per employer per…

Happening today

9 items, Sep 23, 2026
Campus Wi-Fi for Dorms (Misawa AB)Dept of Defense, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 00:00 UTC SATELLITE SHORELINE PROCESSING SYS.Interior, Department of the, Solicitation 00:00 UTC Campus Wi-Fi for Dorms (Misawa AB)Dept of Defense, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 00:00 UTC Long March 8A | Unknown PayloadChina Aerospace Science and Technology… 13:30 UTC FA460026Q0118 - Unaccompanied Housing Wireless InternetDept of Defense, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 14:00 UTC Project HALO: Hybrid All-domain LEO OperationsDept of Defense, Sources Sought 15:00 UTC Notice of Intent: MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (MILSATCOM)…Dept of Defense, Sources Sought 17:00 UTC Wideband Remote Monitoring Sensor (WRMS) Enhancement and…Dept of Defense, Sources Sought 19:00 UTC LAUNCHER CONTROLDept of Defense, Solicitation 21:00 UTC
Thu MINERVA Initiative – Arctic Uncrewed… Thu 59--FUSE,INDICATOR ALARM Thu Maintenance of Digital CATV System Thu Long March 6A | Unknown Payload Thu ight-qualified imaging subsystem for… Thu SAP Material Transportation Services Thu Notice of Intent to Sole Source -… Thu BQM-34S Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT)… Thu Joint Modernized Handheld (JMHH)… Fri 20--ADAPTER,DRIVE SHAFT Fri 14--MIRROR-DAMPER-SUNSHADE Fri 14--RADOME FEED ASSEMBL Fri Receive Only Antennas for Antarctic… Fri Dual Purpose Weather Forecasting… Fri SR-1 Freedom Reactor Radiation… Fri Trimble R980 GPS-enabled system Fri Request for Information (RFI) USNIC… Fri Request for Information (RFI) USNIC… Fri Request for Information (RFI) USNIC… Fri 1440-010639703, RAIL ASSEMBLY/ 21F,… Fri Adapter, Hellfire Missile (Upper) and… Fri Adapter, Hellfire Missile (Upper) and… Fri SVC Cable TV & Internet Services… Fri SVC Cable TV & Internet Services…
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Contract Awards

Who won what, and for how much.

Ethereal Space Awarded NOAA SBEM Task Order 1
SpaceNews

Ethereal Space Awarded NOAA SBEM Task Order 1

DENVER, Colorado – September 2026 – Ethereal Space, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded Task Order 1 under NOAA’s ProTech 2.0 Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) program, following NOAA’s […] The post Ethereal Space Awarded NOAA SBEM Task…

Military & National Security Space

Space Force, intelligence, and defense programs.

Policy & Regulation

Congress, regulators, and budgets.

Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir
NASA

Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir

Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir.…

Launch Beat

Liftoffs, landings, and pad activity.

Science & Exploration

Missions, discoveries, and deep space.

International

Programs beyond the US.

Boom Year for Desert Blooms
NASA

Boom Year for Desert Blooms

Carpets of wildflowers burst from arid, ochre-colored land in Western Australia following winter rains.

Industry & Business

Funding rounds, factories, and the space economy.

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Research Flights Over Colorado
NASA

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Research Flights Over Colorado

Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy more than a dozen sensors to measure ozone, methane, ammonia, particulates, and other pollutants rising from…