Space Intelligence Briefing: March 20, 2026

Daily briefing for March 20, 2026.

Top 5 Space News

Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash

Kīlauea is currently experiencing a major eruption with high lava fountains and significant ash dispersal.

Source: NASA

NASA Convening Artemis International Partners Next Week

Next week, NASA will gather its international partners to discuss updates to the Artemis program's architecture.

Source: SpacePolicyOnline.com

Blue Origin joins the orbital data center race

Blue Origin has proposed a new orbital data center with plans for a constellation of up to 51,600 satellites.

Source: SpaceNews

Live coverage: NASA to roll its SLS rocket back to the launch pad ahead of planned April flight of Artemis 2

NASA is set to roll out its SLS rocket back to the launch pad in preparation for the Artemis 2 crewed test flight.

Source: Spaceflight Now

Register now: The energy imperative driving the push toward orbital data centers

A virtual event on March 31 will discuss the energy needs that are pushing development of orbital data centers.

Source: SpaceNews

Cosmic Curiosity

Spring Equinox at Teide Observatory

The spring equinox occurs today at 14:46 UTC, marking the start of spring in the northern hemisphere. A collection of over 1,000 images captures the celestial events at Teide Observatory.

Source: NASA APOD

Why These Sources

This briefing uses public source data from space news feeds, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, and NASA's near-Earth object feed.