Early in President Donald Trump’s first term, he turned to an executive order to accelerate deregulation. For each new mandate enacted, he called for the repeal of two regulations. This […]

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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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Earth-observation startup Albedo won a U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract with a potential value of $12 million.

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

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Magdrive plans to build a U.K. manufacturing facility and conduct on-orbit tests of electric plasma thrusters.

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BAE Systems won a $230.6 million contract to deliver spacecraft for NOAA's Lagrange 1 Series space weather project.

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Rubicon is developing a 110-newton ASCENT thruster prototype for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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The INFLECION constellation is designed to enhance maritime security, operational efficiency and environmental sustainability.

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Washington-based Ravyn Technology Corp. is developing low-cost missiles propelled by solid rocket motors.

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Spanish propulsion startup will supply monopropellant thrusters to French rocket startup MaiaSpace.

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After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO and chief scientist at Space Environment Technologies, is reconsidering a […]

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NASA is expanding testing of distributed autonomy for its first satellite swarm, Starling.

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A government-only version of NASA core Flight System with enhanced security and other features will be released in mid-2025.

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Space startups are continuing to explore applications for artificial intelligence, from large language models to neural networks.

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KSAT is expanding its role in satellite operations for government and commercial customers.

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OurSky announced a merger Feb. 4 with telescope manufacturer PlaneWave Instruments to create Observable Space.

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Mission Space is preparing to launch a space-weather sensor, a first step in building a constellation.

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Wyvern is publicly sharing 25 images from its Dragonette hyperspectral satellites.

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California startup Hestus has raised $1.5 million to develop an AI copilot for Computer-Aided Design software.

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Planet's largest contract to date is a $230 million deal with a commercial customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

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York Space Systems new M-Class platform is designed for payloads as large as 1,000 kilograms.

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Aerospace Corp. and Google Public Sector will apply AI and high-performance computing to solar-activity forecasts.

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London-based Sen unveiled a 4K livestream from cameras mounted on the International Space Station.

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A decade ago, startups raising money to launch commercial weather satellites were convinced they had a goldmine on their hands because they could improve forecasting models. The problem? NOAA spent […]

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