A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches two new SES O3b mPOWER satellites to medium earth orbit (MEO). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) postponed the SpaceX Falcon 9 TRACERS launch on Tuesday, July 22 due to a regional power outage. New Zealand has passed legislation to regulate the use of ground-based space infrastructure following concerns about foreign actors using it to harm national security, and more.

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SES’s Ninth and Tenth O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched

FAA: ‘Regional power outage’ causes last-minute scrub of NASA’s TRACERS mission

New Zealand introduces new laws to govern space infrastructure- Reuters

BlackSky Wins Contract to Deliver Gen-3 and Gen-2 Monitoring Services to Latin American Defense and Intelligence Customers

Earth Fire Alliance Releases First Wildfire Images from FireSat Protoflight

OSC Seeks Stakeholder Feedback on the EU Space Act

EU Space Act - European Commission

Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches

Poland Seeks to Get Stake in Surveillance-Satellite Maker Iceye

NASA Challenge Wraps, Student Teams Complete Space Suit Challenges - NASA

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