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Ukraine’s Space Industry and its Allies Integrate Lessons from 3 Years of Vicious War
Home-assembled made-in-China $300 Mavic drones laden with grenades have become the symbol of Ukraine’s ingenious fight to maintain independence from its eastern neighbor. The bloody war, which has to-date killed over 12,000 Ukrainian civilians and at least 43,000 soldiers, has produced impressive advances in drone warfare and spawned a home-grown innovation ecosystem that has positioned…
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Next-Generation Satellites and Sensors Look to Speed Up Wildfire Response
The Los Angeles fires of early 2025, which left 29 people dead and destroyed more than 18,000 structures, have raised a lot of questions: What could have been done to prevent these fires from escalating? Were there inefficiencies in fire management response? To what extent did climate change play a role? These are the questions…
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Starlink vs OneWeb: Battle of Go-to-Market Strategies in Business Aviation
As OneWeb prepares to launch commercial service in the business aviation market, more than two years after Starlink, we examine how its high-speed, low latency low-earth orbit (LEO) Ku-band solution will be deployed on aircraft. Especially in contrast to Starlink’s vertically integrated but still markedly hands-off approach. This article looks at the ways in which…
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Viasat and Telespazio to Design Lunar Orbiting Satellite System
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, joined the European Space Agency’s Moonlight project alongside program lead Telespazio. Moonlight is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) program to develop a lunar orbiting Navigation and Communication system that will greatly enhance combined navigation and communications services for European and international missions both on the surface of the…
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Protecting Intergenerational Equity in Space
The choices we make in the next decades will determine how we use space in the future and how countries, and future generations, will access it. It is time to rethink our general approach to space – and address space not as an “it” but as an ecosystem requiring our respect and care as an…
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Continuity and Change in Trump’s Playbook for Space National Security Issues
When it comes to space as a national security issue, the Trump 2.0 administration is expected to lean forward on offensive capabilities and integrating commercial service providers into Department of Defense networks, according to industry analysts and former officials. But it will have to spend as yet unknown billions of dollars to realize its vision…
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Gravitics Secures $60M Space Force STRATFI Contract to Advance Orbital Carriers
Gravitics, a leading innovator in space infrastructure, announced it has been selected for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) by SpaceWERX of the United States Space Force with potential funding of up to $60 million between government funds, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds, and private funds to demonstrate and fly the Orbital Carrier, a groundbreaking…
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Rocket Lab, Stoke Space Nab Spots On National Security Space Launch Program
Space Systems Command (SSC) on Thursday announced a potential $5.6 billion multiple award contract for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL), with Rocket Lab and Stoke Space Technologies being added to the nation’s portfolio of launch providers for assured access to space. The NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 on-ramp in fiscal year 2025 is the first time Rocket…
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SuperSharp Attains Two Critical Milestones Towards Launch In 2026
SuperSharp Space Systems, a University of Cambridge spinout, has received a £5 million award from the UK Space Agency. The funds will enable an in-orbit demonstration of SuperSharp’s unfolding thermal infrared (TIR) space telescope for climate change mitigation applications. In addition, the company has delivered the first prototype of its ultra-high resolution telescope, Hibiscus, which…
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As NASA faces cuts, China reveals ambitious plans for planetary exploration
China created a new entity called the “Deep Space Exploration Laboratory” three years ago to strengthen the country’s approach to exploring the Solar System. Located in eastern China, not far from Shanghai, the new laboratory represented a partnership between China’s national space agency and a local public college, the University of Science and Technology of…