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TX_527311· Engineering
India's first private rocket reaches orbit on debut launch
Agnikul Cosmos' Agnibaan placed a 150‑kg Earth‑observation satellite into a 500‑km Sun‑synchronous orbit on July 19, 2026, marking India's inaugural private orbital launch.
TX_289715· Engineering
SpaceX aborts Starship launch after three Raptor engines fail to ignite
Telemetry showed three of Starship’s 33 Raptor engines failed to start during the July 17 countdown, prompting an automatic scrub and a propellant offload. SpaceX will reassess the launch window within the next 48‑72 hours.
TX_494829· Policy & Regulation
Four Russian satellites close to ICEYE's Ukraine-supporting radar satellite
Four Russian satellites are now within close proximity of an ICEYE radar satellite providing support to Ukraine, raising concerns about space-based threats in the ongoing conflict [ars-technica].