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SpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy Space Debris

SpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy

The Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 satellite deploys from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 2, 2026. Image: SpaceX via livestream SpaceX rang in the new year with a Falcon 9 rocket launch Friday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Aboard was a 1,700-kg (3,748 lb) Earth…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026 Space Debris

SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026

SpaceX launched the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation mission for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence from California on Jan. 2, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) About 4.5 minutes later, the Falcon 9's second stage…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
OpenSpace Acquires Disperse, as PCL Partners With Syntax Space Debris

OpenSpace Acquires Disperse, as PCL Partners With Syntax

OpenSpace recently acquired Disperse, a construction progress tracking platform that was previously the partner behind the software platform buyer's own progress tracking tool that the two firms launched in June to help construction teams identify productivity issues earlier in projects.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition brings together…
bubmag
January 2, 2026
A planet just vanished. NASA’s Hubble reveals a violent cosmic secret Space Debris

A planet just vanished. NASA’s Hubble reveals a violent cosmic secret

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have witnessed the surprising aftermath of massive space rocks smashing into each other in a nearby planetary system. What initially looked like a reflective exoplanet turned out to be something far more dramatic. Researchers first noticed a bright point of light and assumed…
bubmag
January 1, 2026
A microwave-sized factory is now running in space and can hit 1,000°C Space Debris

A microwave-sized factory is now running in space and can hit 1,000°C

The company's prototype, launched aboard a SpaceX rocket in the summer, is designed to test how the space environment can enhance material performance. In microgravity, semiconductor atoms can form into a near-perfect crystalline structure, while the vacuum above Earth virtually eliminates contamination from airborne particles. The combination promises to yield...Read…
bubmag
January 1, 2026
SPECIAL: Inside Abuja, Nigeria’s capital overshadowed by ‘smelling’ heaps of garbage Space Debris

SPECIAL: Inside Abuja, Nigeria’s capital overshadowed by ‘smelling’ heaps of garbage

In the Jabi, Wuse, Utako, and Mabushi districts of Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power—long praised for its serenity and beauty as the nation’s capital—heaps of refuse now dot the streets, exposing residents to health risks linked to improper waste disposal. Presidential aide Tope Fasua described the refuse dumps sharing space…
bubmag
December 31, 2025