The Orbital Index

The Orbital Index covers the fast-moving world of spaceflight: launch schedules, satellite constellations, the policy fights over orbital debris, plans for going back to the moon. Whoever writes it clearly reads the trade press closely, because each issue distills a week of developments into short, plain-language summaries with links back to original sources instead of a rewritten press release.

Coverage runs from NASA and ESA down to commercial launch providers most people haven't heard of yet. The writing stays technical without losing a general reader, so it works for engineers, space enthusiasts, and industry-adjacent professionals who want the actual news, not the hype cycle around it.