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NASA Administrator Isaacman Hails the Success of Artemis, Previews Plans for Artemis III and IV
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (441+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. " Getting back to the Moon with Artemis II has ignited plans to accelerate building a base on the Moon, while NASA takes steps to launch Artemis III and IV, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said during a keynote…...
Allied Space Strategies Stress Complementary Capabilities for Burden Sharing in Orbit
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (443+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. " Burden sharing in the current space domain is about how allies and partners contribute in ways that strengthen collective capability, resilience, and deterrence. This type of collaboration looks like investments in national space capabilities such as hosting…...
Rocket Lab Closes Mynaric Acquisition at Higher Price Than Originally Agreed
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (204+ words) Rocket Lab on Tuesday said it closed its acquisition of optical communications terminal (OCT) supplier Mynaric AG for $155. 3 million, $5. 3 million more than the original deal terms announced in March 2025. The final transaction price included a "nominal cash payment" and nearly…...
Thin Kom Rolls Out New Thin Air Nexus Multi-Orbit, Multi-System Antenna for Airlines
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (284+ words) California-based satellite ground-systems technology company Thin Kom unveiled a new multi-orbit electronically steered antenna (ESA) for aircraft on Thin Kom Rolls Out New Thin Air Nexus Multi-Orbit, Multi-System Antenna for Airlines California-based satellite ground-systems technology company Thin Kom unveiled a…...
Bryce Tech Report Shows Space X Accounted for 50% of Launches in 2025
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (327+ words) Bryce Tech, one of the leading space research firms, has released its 2025 Year in Review tracking the launch market. It shows a market moving towards small satellites, and underlines the dominance of Space X in the launch market compared to…...
Vantor Introduces New Satellite Classes for High Resolution Imaging, Frequent Revisits
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (476+ words) Commercial satellite operator and spatial intelligence provider'Vantor'on Thursday introduced two new classes of electro-optical imaging satellites that packaged together offer its customers high-resolution imagery and frequent revisit rates around the globe in a single platform. Vantor Pulse, the company's entr'e…...
Amazon CEO Targets Mid-2026 Launch for Amazon Leo Service
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (288+ words) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Amazon's satellite constellation is scheduled to launch service in mid-2026, in a letter to shareholders on Thursday." Jassy did not share a more specific timeframe for the rollout, but pointed to what he described as the…...
Network Integration Remains a Challenge in Pushing Data to the Tactical Edge
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (614+ words) Decision making must occur at the speed of conflict, and commercial space leaders are pursuing initiatives to push data forward from centralized nodes to the tactical edge. In the past, the tactical edge has been constrained by limited bandwidth and…...
Space Force Awards 14 Companies Space Domain Awareness Contracts Under "Andromeda
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (222+ words) U. S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Wednesday that it has awarded 14 companies more than $1. 8 billion in firm fixed price "Andromeda" contracts for the Geosynchronous Reconnaissance & Surveillance Constellation (RG-XX) satellites, which are to be a successor to the'Northrop Grumman-built…...
In-Space Maneuverability Startup Portal Raises Series A as it Shifts into Production Mode
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (441+ words) Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million in a Series A round to accelerate its progress building maneuverable spacecraft as the startup grows its team and expands manufacturing capacity." The raise comes at a critical time for Portal " the company just…...