All 4 Space updates published in February 2026, grouped into 3 subtopics. Each one carries the exam-relevant facts and its GK Bytes; open an update for the complete note with static GK.
ISRO and DRDO conducted the final qualification-level load test for the Gaganyaan crew module at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, evaluating high-speed aerodynamic loads and re-entry trajectory changes.
Arianespace launched 32 Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) satellites on the first-ever flight of the Ariane 64 heavy-lift configuration - the most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6.
NASA rolled the SLS rocket back into the Vehicle Assembly Building on 25 February after an upper-stage anomaly, to preserve an April launch date; Artemis II eventually launched on 1 April 2026.
The European Space Agency's PROBA-3 coronagraph/heliophysics mission suffered an anomaly causing loss of contact with one of its two formation-flying spacecraft (contact was re-established in March).