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Vega C launches SMILE to study Earth’s magnetosphere
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) latest science mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), launched on a four-stage Vega C rocket from French Guiana on Tuesday morning. SMILE, a collaboration between ESA, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and multiple academic and commercial organizations, will capture the first global soft X-ray images of Earth’s…
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SpaceX Dragon Delivers 6,500 Pounds of Cargo to Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering 6,500 pounds of science experiments and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. The mission marks another routine resupply run under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program — a cadence that reflects how thoroughly space logistics has been industrialized over the past decade. Ten…
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U.S. Wireless Giants Form First-Ever Alliance to Counter Starlink Satellite Service
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile announced this week that they will jointly develop a coordinated response to SpaceX’s direct-to-device satellite connectivity service. The unprecedented alliance marks the first time the three largest U.S. wireless carriers have formally partnered, signaling the depth of concern over Starlink’s ability to deliver cellular service from space without ground infrastructure. The…
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The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver?
These days, one would be forgiven for forgetting that SpaceX is, at its core, a rocket company. Consider the company’s mega deals over the last year. SpaceX paid $17 billion—more than it has spent developing every one of its rockets—to EchoStar for wireless spectrum to boost its Starlink network. It revealed plans to launch 1…
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Mission Space Develops Zohar Detector for Real-Time Orbital Radiation Monitoring
Mission Space, a Luxembourg-based space technology company focused on space weather intelligence and orbital radiation monitoring, is advancing in-space environmental sensing through its Zohar Space Weather Detector platform. The compact sensor system is designed to provide real-time monitoring of radiation conditions in orbit, supporting satellite operators, spacecraft manufacturers and mission planners requiring continuous awareness of…
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Planet Labs Secures 7-Figure Czech Government Contract for AI-Based Agriculture Monitoring
Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced Planet’s subsidiary Sinergise Solutions d.o.o. has signed a 2-year, 7-figure contract to provide satellite imagery and AI-powered analytics to the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) of the Czech Republic. This deal will support the country-wide agricultural payments and monitoring…
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Satellite Megaconstellations Are Conducting Unregulated Atmospheric Experiment, Scientists Warn
Atmospheric scientists have issued a stark warning that satellite megaconstellations represent an “unregulated geoengineering experiment,” introducing unprecedented quantities of metallic pollution into Earth’s upper atmosphere without any regulatory framework to assess the consequences. The concern centers on the planned deployment of millions of satellites over the next decade — and the inevitable release of aluminum…
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China prepares to launch Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship
The Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Saturday. The combination of the spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area, according to the CMSA. All facilities and equipment at the launch site are…
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China launches new batch of satellite for Spacesail Constellation
China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on Sunday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new satellite group into space. The rocket lifted off at 10:42 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. The satellite group, which is the ninth batch that will constitute the Spacesail Constellation, entered into…
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AST SpaceMobile Commends Proposed D2D Joint Venture by U.S Mobile Network Operators
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, commends the announcement by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to form a joint venture to extend mobile connectivity for wireless customers by using satellite-based, direct-to-service technologies. The proposed collaboration by the…