MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market
WASHINGTON — MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) for $620 million, giving the Canadian company greater access to…
Between resource scarcity and orbital inflation: rethinking the space model
The space sector is booming. But it is also running up against limits we are only beginning to acknowledge. Like many industries, it is…
Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch – NASA Science
Shivelyuch (also called Shiveluch), the most northerly active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, is one of the most active volcanoes in the…
Astranis secures $450 million in equity, debt to expand small GEO satellite production
DENVER — Astranis has raised $450 million in new capital, combining equity and debt as the San Francisco-based satellite operator seeks to…
Ground station operators grapple with military targeting
Recent strikes on cloud facilities and satellite ground infrastructure are sharpening concerns that some of the space industry’s most critical…
Ireland and Malta sign the Artemis Accords
WASHINGTON — Two European countries signed the Artemis Accords May 4 as part of a surge of countries joining in the wake of the Artemis 2…
Facing AI, data and scale imperatives at the 2026 GEOINT Symposium
Each year, the GEOINT Symposium brings together the people who make geospatial intelligence possible — the analysts, engineers, mission…
Exiting NRO director Chris Scolese’s legacy: commercial partnerships; public engagement
In a 2022 address to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, Chris Scolese,…
Startup develops software to help military tap commercial imaging satellites
DENVER — A boom in commercial satellites has flooded the market with imagery, but for military users the challenge has shifted from scarcity…
Ukrainian forces test direct-to-device satellite imagery for frontline troops
DENVER — In an experiment, Ukrainian forces used handheld devices to task commercial imaging satellites, bypassing centralized intelligence…