Swissto12 to build small optical relay GEO satellite for Space Compass
Swissto12, the Switzerland-based small geostationary satellite specialist, has signed a contract to build the first optical relay spacecraft using its…
Hardware is no longer the problem holding back space-based data centers — the supply chain is
Orbital and lunar data centers are often framed as engineering challenges or launch economics problems. Those matter, but they are not the…
World Space Week 2025 Set Record With 50,000 Events in 102 Countries
March 2, 2026 Houston, Texas – World Space Week 2025 recorded nearly 50,000 activities across 102 nations, marking the highest global…
The ‘sweet spot’ of overconfidence — project a bit to b…
Steve Fleming’s research is definitely “meta” — a Greek prefix indicating self-reference. He’s a cognitive neuroscientist at University…
Space Force rethinks satellite ground station strategy
Instead of customized development, Space Force will seek commercially derived ground stations The post Space Force rethinks satellite ground…
ESA announces 100 million euro satellite-mobile convergence initiative
The European Space Agency announced up to $118 million in funding March 2 for projects promising to accelerate the convergence of satellite…
Open Cosmos unveils vision for imagery-linked sovereign satellite connectivity
Open Cosmos shed more light on its proposed sovereign broadband constellation for Europe March 2, branding the Ka-band network ConnectedCosmos…
NASA outlines objectives for Mars communications orbiter
NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget reconciliation bill as…
Space Force opens secretive space tracking to commercial firms
Officials says commercial data and software can sharpen space threat detection The post Space Force opens secretive space tracking to…
Ancient Greek mystery cult priestesses may have chemica…
Priestesses of a mysterious cult in ancient Greece and Rome may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during…
CAS Space to launch Kinetica-2 in late March carrying prototype cargo spacecraft
Chinese launch firm CAS Space is preparing for the inaugural launch of its reusable Kinetica-2 liquid rocket in late March, carrying a…