Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: August 31–September 6, 2026: Roman Reaches Orbit Flawlessly, Continental Europe Gets Its First Orbital Launch, and Reuters Exposes the U.S.–China Hunter-Satellite Race
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Roman soars to L2, Isar's Spectrum makes European launch history from Norway, hunter satellites go mainstream, and Kyiv absorbs seven nights of bombardment.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: August 24–29, 2026: SpaceX Unveils the $100 Billion Starbase Louisiana, the White House Orders 1,000 Launches a Year, and Trump Pins the Space Medal of Honor on the Artemis II Crew
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SpaceX plans Earth's largest spaceport in Louisiana marshland, a new national policy targets 1,000 annual launches, and Artemis II gets its medals.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: August 17–21, 2026: China's LandSpace Lands a Booster and Breaks the Reusability Duopoly, SpaceX Logs Its 100th Launch by Mid-August, and Kyiv Loses 16 More as Air Defenses Run Dry
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A Chinese startup sticks its first booster landing, SpaceX hits 100 launches two months early, and Zelenskyy says allied inaction on interceptors is costing lives.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: August 10–15, 2026: Golden Dome's Chief Warns the Program Stops in October, Space Command Demands Acknowledged Kinetic Fires, and China's Long March 7A Fails on a Four-Launch Monday
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Guetlein says no FY27 funding means no Golden Dome, Whiting calls for acknowledged space fires, and China's launch surge stumbles at Wenchang.
"Everyone Owns a Piece, But No One Owns the Seam": Former NASA Technology Maturation Director Niki Werkheiser on the First 3D Printer in Space, the Infrastructure That Decides Whether We Stay on the Moon, and Why She Left NASA to Build MAVE[N]
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NASA's Niki Werkheiser flew the first 3D printer in space. Her next mission: fixing the valley where space ideas go to die. (122)
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: August 3–8, 2026: Senate Confirms Schiess as Third Chief of Space Operations, Golden Dome Sets Its First Flight-Test Dates, and Russia's Kyiv Barrage Beats Ukraine's Air Defenses Entirely
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Schiess takes the Space Force's helm, Golden Dome targets 2027 interceptor flight demos, and a Kyiv barrage that stopped zero missiles kills 17.
"Orbit Is a Global Resource, Not a Rich Man's Plaything": Black Arrow Space Technologies Founder Paul Williams on Four Decades in European Propulsion, Demisable Tanks, and the Seaborne Spacefleet Designed to Widen Access to Launch
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In 1971 Britain reached orbit and walked away. Paul Williams spent 45 years in European propulsion learning why, and what it would take to go back.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: July 27–August 1, 2026: Pentagon Awards $135 Billion in Mega-Contracts in a Single Day, USSPACECOM Codifies the 2040 Space Fight, and Washington Tears Down Launch Licensing Barriers
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A $58.6B Patriot deal and $76.6B in submarines land in one day, SWE 2040 defines the future space war, and launch regulation gets gutted.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sirotin Intelligence Releases "The Space War of 2040, in Plain English" – a Visual Briefing on U.S. Space Command's Space Warfighting Environment 2040 Report
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Independent analysis translates USSPACECOM's 44-page space warfare outlook into a 19-slide briefing for readers outside the Pentagon.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: July 20–25, 2026: Starship Nails First Starlink V3 Deployment, Golden Dome Gets Its Commander and $2 Billion in Tracking Ships, and America's First Robotic Satellite Servicer Reaches Orbit
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Starship deploys all 20 Starlink V3s on its best flight yet, Guetlein takes Golden Dome's helm, and MRV-1 begins a decade of satellite surgery in GEO.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: July 13–18, 2026: SDA Awards $1.75 Billion for Golden Dome Missile-Tracking Satellites, Pentagon's Data-Relay Constellation Reaches Half Strength, and Europe Launches Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition
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Golden Dome gets 36 new missile-tracking satellites, SDA's transport constellation hits the halfway mark, and ten nations form Europe's missile shield coalition.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: July 6 – 10, 2026: China Lands an Orbital Booster for the First Time, NATO Unveils the HALO Mega-Constellation, and Space Force Overhauls Its Acquisition Machine
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China catches a rocket booster at sea, eight NATO allies fuse their satellites into HALO, and the Space Force rewires how it buys everything.
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