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AST SpaceMobile Pushes Commercial Satellite-to-Phone Service to Early 2027
The schedule change follows a series of launch vehicle disruptions affecting the Texas-based operator’s commercial providers. AST SpaceMobile originally partnered with Blue Origin to launch 45 BlueBird satellites aboard the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, a deployment intended to establish initial continuous commercial coverage. A late-June 2026 ground test anomaly that caused an upper-stage explosion sidelined…
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BQP Secures SpaceWERX Funding for Quantum-Assisted AI for Space Domain Awareness
BosonQ Psi Federal LLC (BQP) has secured SpaceWERX funding to advance the company’s quantum-assisted AI platform to improve space domain awareness (SDA). This is the company’s first federal contract. The award is part of the SpaceWERX Open Topic Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Under the award announced Friday, BQP will develop and validate a…
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Rocket Lab Clears Full-Duration Archimedes Burn, Advancing Neutron Toward First Flight
Neutron development has progressed in the background while Rocket Lab continues regular launches of its small-lift Electron rocket. The vehicle is now advancing toward a possible debut later this year. The recent second-stage engine test paves the way for integration with Neutron in the coming months. The burn took place at Rocket Lab’s Archimedes Test…
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NASA Cancels $73M Draper CLPS Lunar Lander CP-12
NASA Cancels Draper’s $73M CLPS Mission — What Happened to CP-12? NASA has terminated a $73 million Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order with Draper after successive lander redesigns pushed the projected lunar landing to 2030 or 2031 — six years behind the original 2025 schedule. Of that $73 million, NASA confirmed it paid…
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Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
A dried-out felt-tip marker and a snapped-off piece of molded black plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday. What otherwise might have been worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids due to where the two items were 57 years ago—lifting off aboard NASA’s Apollo 11 spacecraft on humanity’s first mission to…
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Viasat Demonstrates Automotive Voice Call in BMW Platform
In a recent demonstration during a 5G Automotive Association event, Viasat demonstrated a satellite voice call fully integrated into the infotainment system of a BMW Group vehicle. The demonstration in Munich, Germany, used Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2 solution, and the Fraunhofer IIS NESC AI voice codec to compress the data in…
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Integration and Sovereignty: How Defense is Reshaping the Earth Observation Market
As defense and security needs drive demand for Earth Observation (EO) data, experts from Europe’s leading space and security organizations say challenges remain with integrating EO data into larger systems and finding the right balance with sovereignty. At the recent EO Summit in London, Marta Krywanis, senior research officer for Frontex, hailed the importance of…
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Russia Extends ISS Commitment to 2030 in Isaacman Deal
Will Russia Stay on ISS Until 2030? Bakanov Says Yes After Baikonur Talks Russia has formally committed to International Space Station operations through 2030 — closing a two-year gap in partner alignment that had persisted since other ISS partners locked in that date years ago. Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov made the commitment directly to…
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Flexell Space Develops Advanced Satellite Solar Products for Space Applications
Flexell Space is developing a portfolio of advanced CIGS/Perovskite tandem space solar technologies to deliver high-efficiency and cost-effective power solutions for satellites and future space infrastructure. Designed to overcome the limitations of conventional III-V space solar cells, the company’s solutions focus on reducing launch mass, shortening production lead times, lowering manufacturing costs and providing greater…
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SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the Space Development Agency
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to send 21 satellites from York Space Systems to orbit on behalf of the Space Development Agency. Image: SpaceXUpdate July 16, 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC): The Space Development Agency confirms a successful deployment. The Space Development…