India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO
TAMPA, Fla. — Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from global satellite constellations to jumpstart…
NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat
DENVER — NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch a European Mars rover, support for which the agency is once again proposing to…
Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month
HELSINKI — China’s Shenzhou-21 astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, installing…
Artemis 2 astronauts praise performance of Orion
COLORADO SPRINGS — The astronauts who flew around the moon on Artemis 2 said they were confident the Orion spacecraft is ready to support…
Spring Rains Saturate Michigan – NASA Science
The start of spring 2026 brought bouts of heavy rain to much of Michigan. Above-normal levels of precipitation in March and early…
New EU Space Act draft seen as a step backward
COLORADO SPRINGS — A revised draft of a proposed European Union space regulation is a step backward, creating uncertainty about how the law…
D2D services are at risk of becoming too complicated and siloed
At the recent Mobile World Conference 2026 in Barcelona, the strong presence of Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite services and the avalanche of…
Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit
HELSINKI — China has conducted rendezvous and proximity operations tests involving a prototype cargo spacecraft and a satellite in a step…
India’s TakeMe2Space sets sights on 50-kilowatt data center
COLORADO SPRINGS – After announcing a $5 million seed round in January, Indian startup TakeMe2Space seeks to raise $55 million to establish a…
Countering missile threats ‘left of launch’
COLORADO SPRINGS – U.S. government agencies are working with industry to develop tools to disrupt missiles before they take flight, a timespan…
Taiwan floats shared satcom constellation amid calls for more space collaboration
TAMPA, Fla. — Taiwan’s space agency chief has called on other countries to band together on a shared communications constellation to match the…