Spring fever pitch: Three questions to listen for this Space Symposium
A historic mission to the moon. A record-setting budget for the Space Force. Billions of dollars in new valuations. As the 41st Space…
Phantom Space eyes edge in orbital data race with thermal deal
Phantom Space believes it now has the key pieces of a vertically integrated model to compete on the edges of the emerging orbital data center…
Amazon reveals aviation antenna as LEO inflight connectivity race intensifies
TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon has unveiled the antenna its upcoming constellation would use to provide gigabit speeds to commercial aircraft, after…
Fueling test suggests imminent debut of China’s reusable Long March 10B rocket
HELSINKI — China has conducted what appears to be a wet dress rehearsal for its Long March 10B, paving the way for a potential launch within…
Near real-time payload data delivery with SSC Space Go
Easy access to space depends as much on ground communications as on launch availability or satellite design. In a quickly growing commercial…
Orbit is filling up fast. Now comes the awkward bit: pre-empting and handling a crisis.
Earth’s orbit is “on track for a catastrophe.” That was the rather alarming prediction of the authors of a recent piece published in The…
Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million…
Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas…
Q&A: Building a broadband constellation for a contested space era
As a wave of plans for low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellations enters the market, a 63-year-old former NASA Branch Chief and Google…
Key Senate appropriator rejects proposed NASA budget cuts
COLORADO SPRINGS — The chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA says he opposes proposed cuts to part of NASA’s…
Sophia and Kepler to marry orbital compute with optical links
COLORADO SPRINGS – Sophia Space will begin deploying edge compute nodes on Kepler Communications satellites in late 2026, under a strategic…