German launch services provider Exolaunch is expanding to the U.S. in search of a greater share of the rapidly growing market, stepping up competition against Seattle-based rideshare broker Spaceflight.

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Germany’s Exolaunch expands overseas for larger share of U.S. launch market

Senate appropriators want NASA to select a second company for its program to develop crewed lunar landers, but gave the agency only a small increase.

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Senate appropriators direct NASA to select second Artemis lunar lander

The classified Chinese satellite Shiyan-10 is now active, nearly three weeks after suffering an anomaly during launch that appeared to result in the loss of the spacecraft.

A Chinese satellite is now active weeks after an anomaly during launch

Under the recently launched Polish Imaging Satellites (PIAST) project, a consortium formed by local space industry players will develop three nanosatellites to be operated by the country’s armed forces and placed into orbit in 2024.SpaceNews

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Polish Armed Forces enlist industry consortium for imaging nanosatellites

NASA will develop a gamma-ray telescope intended to study the formation of chemical elements in the galaxy as its next small astrophysics mission.SpaceNews

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NASA selects gamma-ray telescope mission for development

A lack of accessible financing options is holding European space startups back as supply shortages and price rises risk derailing the industry’s post-pandemic recovery, warns a white paper from the Access Space Alliance (ASA) small satellite industry group.SpaceNews

Fledgling European space businesses still lacking the funds to fly

The Government Accountability Office and the Defense Department’s inspector general are still months away from completing their investigations of the decision to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. SpaceNews

Investigations of U.S. Space Command’s basing decision to continue into 2022

Chief of U.S. Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond called for the U.S. Space Force to increase its partnership on space with South Korea on Monday.

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