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Mission-Loss incidents

13 documented mission-loss incidents across 11 companies.

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Sev	Date	Company	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S4	08/19 2026	Katalyst Space Technologies	mission-loss	Earth orbit	NASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure · 1 spacecraft (Link)	Bloomberg
S4	08/13 2026	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems	mission-loss	—	US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war · 25% of US Reaper fleet (~45 aircraft) …	The Washington Post / Je
S4	08/03 2026	Tekever	mission-loss	Russia-Ukraine border	Tekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces · 1 UAV (AR3 StormShroud)	Euronews
S4	12/22 2025	JAXA	mission-loss	Japan	Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite	Space.com / Asahi
S4	06/05 2025 · ~19:17 UTC	ispace	mission-loss	Mare Frigoris, Moon	HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (Resilience) lander crashes on second lunar landing attempt · 1 lander, total loss	NASA
S4	03/06 2025 · 12:31 ET	Intuitive Machines	mission-loss	Mons Mouton, Moon	IM-2 Athena lander topples over in shadowed crater, mission ends early · 1 lander, total mission loss	SpaceNews
S4	03/01 2024	Maxar Space	mission-loss	—	NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance · 1 program, ~$2B mission cancelled	CNBC
S4	02/22 2024 · 18:23 ET	Intuitive Machines	mission-loss	lunar south pole, Moon	IM-1 Odysseus lander tips over on lunar touchdown · 1 lander	Space.com
S4	01/09 2024	Astrobotic	mission-loss	—	Peregrine lunar lander propellant leak forces abandonment of Moon landing · 1 lander, total mission loss	Spaceflight Now
S4	06/12 2023	Starfish Space	mission-loss	—	Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space's docking test mission · 1 spacecraft (Otter Pup / LEO Pathfind…	GeekWire
S4	04/25 2023 · 16:40 UTC	ispace	mission-loss	Atlas crater, Moon	HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashes into Moon · 1 lander, total loss	ispace
S4	09/02 2022 · ~14:00	Saildrone	mission-loss	Red Sea	Iran temporarily seizes two Saildrone Explorer USVs in Red Sea · 2 USVs	USNI News
S4		Space Machines Company	mission-loss	—	Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure · Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite	psnews.com.au

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