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Every SpaceNexus brief in one place: the weekly State of the Space Economy, Who's Hiring in Space and Regulatory Radar data briefs, each computed from our trackers. Filterable, newest first.
Weekly briefs were paused March–July 2026 and resumed in August 2026 on an automated weekly cadence. Historic editions from before the pause are preserved below.
Space economy week of 2026-08-24: 589 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 689 new job postings, and 6 launches on the two-week horizon.
A weekly data brief generated from SpaceNexus tracking over the seven days ending 2026-08-24 (2026-08-17 → 2026-08-24): 589 news items, 0 funding rounds, 6 upcoming launches, and 7,540 open industry positions.
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| News stories tracked | 589 |
| Funding rounds recorded | 0 |
| New job postings | 689 |
| Launches in the next 14 days | 6 |
| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Unknown Payload | Long March 6C | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-08-27 | MTG-I2 | Ariane 62 | Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana |
| 2026-08-30 | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | Falcon Heavy | Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA |
| 2026-08-31 | Onward and Upward | Spectrum | Andøya Spaceport |
| 2026-08-31 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload) | Angara 1.2 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation |
| 2026-08-31 | Demo Flight | Mir | Sea Launch |
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6,655 active job listings: 3,776 of them at private, pre-IPO companies across the space industry right now.
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