SpaceX secured permission March 7 to provide direct-to-smartphone satellite services at higher power levels to improve connectivity beyond the reach of cell towers across the United States.

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Star Catcher Industries, a startup designing spacecraft to beam solar energy to other LEO satellites, has secured funding from Florida’s economic development agency to demonstrate the technology at a former Space Shuttle landing site.

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Intuitive Machines says its second lunar landing mission is over after concluding the toppled lander cannot generate sufficient power.

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HELSINKI — China’s latest government work report emphasizes the commercial space sector as a key driver of high-tech development, highlighting its potential to transform the nation’s space capabilities. China will […]

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SpaceX’s Starship vehicle suffered its second consecutive test flight failure March 6, tumbling in space before breaking up and reentering over the Caribbean.

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The technology allows users to search satellite imagery and other geospatial data using natural language queries.

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York Space Systems plans to launch five missions in 2025 for commercial customers conducting classified experiments for the U.S. military

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The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines reached the surface of the moon March 6, but its status after landing was not clear.

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Bruno said ULA has six Vulcan rockets currently in production

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In a March 2024 flight test, Stratolaunch’s Roc aircraft took off from California’s Mojave Spaceport and, after reaching its designated position off the California coast, released its payload, the Talon-A […]

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AST SpaceMobile’s plan to create a jointly owned European satellite operator for direct-to-smartphone services comes at a pivotal moment in the region’s push for greater space autonomy.

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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said that for commercial firms to gain substantial ground, ‘the processes have to be transparent and open and fair.’

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The UK Space Agency has awarded SatixFy funds to develop software to speed up how quickly reprogrammable satellites can adapt to changing needs in orbit, the Israeli chipmaker announced March 5.

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Whether you’re NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman, Virgin Galactic Founder Richard Branson, Artemis mission specialist Christina Koch, or even fictional astronaut and self-proclaimed “space pirate” Mark Watney, setting out on […]

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The first spacecraft built by satellite manufacturing startup Apex continues to work well after a year in orbit as the company leverages that experience for future spacecraft.

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NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a trio of Earth science smallsats that will study the formation of storms.

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Raven Space Systems has secured a NASA Space Act Agreement and an Air Force Research Laboratory Commercial Research and Development Agreement.

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Industry leaders from Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA call for modernization of launch facilities to increase capacity

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Japanese microgravity services startup ElevationSpace has become the first customer in Asia for Germany’s Isar Aerospace, which now only needs a launch license to debut its two-stage Spectrum rocket after clearing tests.

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The company is a contender in the Space Force’s Resilient GPS program, an initiative aimed at augmenting the existing GPS constellation with smaller and lower-cost satellites

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Spire Global established two-way optical communications for the first time between two six-unit cubesats.

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VP Matt Magaña: There's a clear signal from the government that they want to tap into commercial innovations for Golden Dome

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Maxar Space Systems announced an order March 3 for a commercial geostationary communications satellite without disclosing its customer’s identity, a rare move for the industry.

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This time last year, United States government officials released details indicating Russia may be developing a space-based nuclear weapon system to target Western satellites. While a flagrant violation of international norms, ambitions […]

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