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Kreios Space Advances VLEO Technology to Enable Long-Duration Satellite Missions
Kreios Space is developing a new generation of satellite technology designed to enable sustained operations in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), approximately 200 km above Earth. The company’s platform combines an aerodynamically optimized satellite with a proprietary Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) system, allowing satellites to operate for more than seven years in an orbital region traditionally…
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Discarded Falcon 9 Upper Stage Strikes the Moon at 5,400mph
The object, roughly the size of a school bus and the height of a five-storey building, was the second stage of the Falcon 9 that launched two commercial lunar landers, one American and one Japanese, in January 2025. Such rocket stages typically fall back into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up or plunge into the ocean,…
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Telesat Expands Lightspeed Constellation for Arctic Military Satcom Program
Telesat signed a $1.9 billion (U.S. dollar) contract with the government of Canada for Arctic military satcom connectivity and will expand the Lightspeed constellation by 69 satellites to fulfill the contract. Telesat announced the expansion on Tuesday, ordering the additional satellites from prime contractor MDA Space. This is the largest contract in Telesat’s history. Telesat…
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Starfighters Space Endorses Space Ready 2.0 Act to Modernize Shared NASA Facilities
Starfighters Space, the commercial space company operating the world’s only commercial fleet of flight-ready Mach 2+ supersonic aircraft, announced its support for the Space Ready 2.0 Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives as H.R. 9651 by Congressman Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8) and in the U.S. Senate as S. 4905 by Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL). The…
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L3Harris Confirms Successful Deployment for First Perimeter Truss Reflector on ViaSat-3
L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. SpaceX launched the satellite in late April, the third deployment in Viasat’s trio of high-capacity Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites. The satellite will be positioned over the Asia-Pacific region. L3Harris builds large, deployable mesh reflector apertures and antenna…
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Crew-13 pilot reflects on career, training, and upcoming science ahead of flight to ISS
After a previously targeted launch date in November, NASA has moved up the next International Space Station (ISS) crew launch, Crew-13, from November to no earlier than Sept. 12, 2026. Despite losing two months of training time, the Crew-13 astronauts remain ready for the mission. Crew-13’s pilot, Luke Delaney, discussed this and more with NSF’s…
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Endeavor Optical Networks Emerges From Stealth to Build Optical MEO Data Transfer
A new startup Endeavor Optical Networks emerged from stealth on Tuesday, with a plan to build an optical satellite network in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) for space-based data transfer. The company was founded by CEO Charlie Horowitz, an early employee of Apex Space and CTO Tyler Presser, formerly of Advanced Space. They hired former Google network…
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Impulse Space Advances Electra Electric Propulsion System
Electra has complemented Impulse’s chemical propulsion lineup, enabling customers to choose the appropriate in-space mobility technologies for their mission. The first chapter of human space activity has largely been defined by launch. Rockets are launched, payloads have reached orbit, and missions have officially begun. The next chapter in space has been characterized by what happens…
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While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14
Ship 40 performed a controlled flip and landing burn: it ignited its engines, flipped vertically, swung into position, down-selected to two engines, and soft-landed in the water. In previous flights, the toppling after splashdown destroyed the vehicle. This time Ship 40 remained intact, giving SpaceX drone cameras clear, close-up views of the thermal protection system…
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MDA Space to Supply Additional Satellites for Expanded Telesat Lightspeed Constellation
MDA Space, a space technology company, will be supplying Telesat LEO ULC, a division of Telesat Corporation, with additional MDA AURORA next-generation broadband satellites, coinciding with the operator’s announcement that it has been expanding the Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit constellation. Telesat has announced that it has been expanding its LEO constellation by 69 satellites,…