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Kreios Space to Demo Air-breathing Electric Propulsion in VLEO With NanoAvionics
Spanish satellite startup Kreios Space is set to demonstrate an air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) system in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), tapping Kongsberg NanoAvionics to provide the spacecraft bus. Kreios Space selected the 200 kg NanoAvionics’ MP42 microsatellite bus for the mission. The satellite will also have an optical payload from a vendor that has…
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SpaceX Reports Q2 Earnings
The numbers are in. After SpaceX’s record-breaking June IPO, the company released its first quarterly results on Tuesday, and the headline figures beat expectations: $7.8B in revenue—up 92% year-over-year—and a net loss of $541M. However, the stock fell ~7% after hours, as investors weighed the company’s heavy spending and a share lockup set to expire…
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SpaceX Sets IFT-14 for Late August With First Operational Starlinks and Ship Catch Attempt
The announcement came from CEO and CTO Elon Musk, President and COO Gwynne Shotwell, and CFO Bret Johnsen, who described a positive outlook across the company’s space, connectivity, and AI segments. Shotwell said SpaceX flew 78 Falcon launches in the first half of the year, mostly carrying its own Starlink satellites but also serving commercial…
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Kreios Space Selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics for VLEO Demonstration Mission
Kreios Space, the VLEO satellite specialist, will be the first company in history to launch a satellite with an air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) into orbit. To test its technology, the company is using a microsatellite bus by Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a leading small satellite manufacturer and mission integrator. Kreios Space’s ABEP aims to pave the way…
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SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report
SpaceX shares dropped on Wednesday after Elon Musk’s plans for blockbuster spending to position his AI and rocket company as a data center developer spooked investors. SpaceX surpassed analysts’ expectations in Tuesday’s debut earnings report, posting quarterly revenues of $7.8 billion, well above analysts’ estimates of $6.82 billion and up 92 percent from a year…
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Carries Water With Heavy-Hydrogen Ratio 40 Times Earth’s
On 1 July 2025, the ATLAS robotic sky survey in Rio Hurtado, Chile, flagged a faint point of light moving in a way nothing native to our solar system moves. Archived images later traced it back to 14 June 2025. Follow-up observations confirmed the object, named 3I/ATLAS, as the third comet ever confirmed to have…
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SpaceX Recovers Intact Ship 40 From Indian Ocean as Ship 41 Readies for Engine Testing
Ship 40 performed a controlled flip and landing burn, igniting its engines, flipping vertically, swinging into position, down-selecting to two engines, and soft-landing in the water. In previous flights the toppling after splashdown destroyed the vehicle. This time Ship 40 remained intact, allowing SpaceX drone cameras to capture clear, close-up views of the thermal protection…
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NASA’s PUNCH Nails Solar Storm Arrival to Within 30 Minutes in Proof-of-Concept Test
Solar storms are caused by coronal mass ejections, huge explosions of material off the Sun. Forecasting when these ejections reach Earth is central to mitigating their impacts on power grids, satellites, and astronauts. Until recently, coronal mass ejections could not be tracked continuously for much of their journey, and could only be observed as they…
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Intuitive Machines Wins L3Harris Selection for 18 Missile Tracking Spacecraft
The Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3, or AMDT3, supports the Golden Dome for America’s space-based capabilities. The mission is aimed at advancing homeland defense, deterrence, and ensuring U.S. space operations remain resilient and responsive. Intuitive Machines, which trades on Nasdaq under the ticker LUNR, will supply the spacecraft platforms that enable L3Harris’ missile defense solutions…
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AST SpaceMobile Activates Direct-to-Cell Service in Japan With Rakuten
The operational milestone fulfills international regulatory conditions under AST SpaceMobile’s operating license. The service uses the company’s phased-array BlueBird satellite constellation in Low Earth Orbit, engineered to connect directly to unmodified 4G and 5G smartphones through large deployable aperture arrays that communicate across commercial cellular spectrum without requiring specialized hardware or external antenna adapters on…