Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge
TAMPA, Fla. — Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros ($7.2 million) in funding from Europe’s government-backed…
FCC approves SpaceX spectrum deal with $2.4 billion escrow condition
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX has the FCC’s blessing to buy EchoStar spectrum to improve direct-to-device (D2D) services in the United States, subject…
Congressional Budget Office estimates $1.2 trillion price tag for Golden Dome
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a national missile defense system broadly aligned with President Donald Trump’s…
Quantum Space to build spacecraft in Tulsa
WASHINGTON — Quantum Space announced May 12 it will build the company’s highly maneuverable spacecraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to the…
Space Force awards TrustPoint $4 million for LEO navigation demonstration
WASHINGTON — TrustPoint, a Virginia startup developing a low-Earth-orbit navigation system intended to complement or back up GPS, said May 12…
Star Catcher raises $65 million for space power grid
WASHINGTON — Star Catcher Industries, a company developing power-beaming technology for satellites, has raised $65 million to validate the…
Australia’s Cloudy Beauty – NASA Science
It’s autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, which means it’s fog season in the Victorian Alps. NASA’s Terra satellite captured this…
Transcelestial tests space-to-ground laser communications technologies
WASHINGTON — Transcelestial has advanced its work to provide space-to-ground optical communications with a test of laser transmissions from a…
Space is having its internet moment. Investors should act accordingly.
In the 1990s, the internet stopped being a novelty and started to resemble what it is today. The release of the Mosaic browser in 1993 made…
NASA retaining six-month ISS missions
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to continue exchanging International Space Station crews about every six months after considering longer stays. NASA…