"Two companies, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and China's LandSpace, could join SpaceX's exclusive club as soon as next month. (Bezos might claim he's already part of the club, but there's a distinction to be made.) Each company is in the final stages of launch preparations-Blue Origin for its second New Glenn rocket, and LandSpace for the debut flight of its Zhuque-3 rocket."
"The Trump administration's announcement of the Golden Dome missile defense shield has set off a race among US companies to develop and test space weapons, some of them on their own dime, Ars reports. One of these companies is a 3-year-old startup named Apex, which announced plans to test a space-based interceptor as soon as next year. Apex's concept will utilize one of the company's low-cost satellite platforms outfitted with an "Orbital Magazine" containing multiple interceptors, which will be supplied by an undisclosed third-party partner"
A South Korean rocket startup will soon attempt its first flight to low-Earth orbit. The tenth anniversary of SpaceX's first Falcon 9 rocket landing approaches. Blue Origin and China's LandSpace could become the next companies to recover an orbital-class booster with propulsive landings. Blue Origin is preparing its second New Glenn launch, and LandSpace is preparing the debut flight of Zhuque-3. Both companies plan downrange first-stage recovery attempts. U.S. companies are accelerating development of space-based interceptors after the Golden Dome missile defense announcement. Apex plans to test an interceptor using a low-cost satellite platform outfitted with an "Orbital Magazine" of interceptors supplied by a third-party partner.
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