Space News Digest 12 October 2026

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Artist's impression of ESA's Hera gliding past the asteroid Didymos towards its moonlet Dimorphos.

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1. ESA's Hera performs its second braking burn (BRM-2)
The roughly 31-minute burn matches speed with the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid pair ahead of arrival. Hera's Milani CubeSat carries VTT's ASPECT spectral imager.
https://lnkd.in/eAEhiqjX

2. Cosmos 2612 fallout moves to policy
An Estonian MP calls the shadowing of ICEYE-X36 a deliberate provocation and urges a NATO response.
https://dub.sh/j1c2yID

3. SINTEF traces GPS-interference signals to Russia's Kosmos 2546
The finding uses timing measurements from Trondheim and Amsterdam.
https://dub.sh/lGO9sls

4. EU publishes Norway's GOVSATCOM/IRIS² agreement
The Storting vote is provisionally set for 24 November.
https://lnkd.in/eWzS4XZS

5. ESA's Space Rider test model is lost in a drop test
The first flight is now planned for Q2 2028.
https://dub.sh/5rVGmZu

6. SpaceX will try to catch both Starship stages on Flight 15
The attempt is planned for next month.
https://dub.sh/nGYMPwN

Header image:
Artist's impression of ESA's Hera gliding past the asteroid Didymos towards its moonlet Dimorphos. Image: ESA