No one has to be reminded that we’re living at a dangerous time, and across Europe, leaders are scrambling to find the money to strengthen the bloc’s defenses. The continent’s defense startups are increasingly playing their part. But it sometimes seems as if we’re unwilling to let them. All across Europe, highly innovative companies building […]

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When Canadian and European Space Agency leaders reaffirmed their commitment to work together in June, leaders focused their public remarks primarily on shared exploration goals and decades of fruitful partnership. “Canada and the European Space Agency are working on a number of projects all the way from exploration to Earth observation, communication, navigation and many […]

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Synspective, a Japanese company developing a radar imaging constellation, has signed an agreement with Exolaunch to launch 10 of the company’s satellites.

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Despite a successful test flight of a reusable launch vehicle prototype last month, Honda has yet to decide whether to pursue development of an operational vehicle.

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Neuraspace is developing AI-powered software with support from the European Space Agency to help operators better harness navigation signals for satellite tracking and collision avoidance, the Portuguese space traffic management startup announced July 8.

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The strategy reflects a growing recognition that the U.S. cannot go it alone in orbit — especially as space becomes more congested, contested and militarized.

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The company’s Golden Dome efforts are led by Raymond Sharp, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s missile defense solutions business unit

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Events in the Middle East continue to grab headlines, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stays there as well. What gets less attention but may prove to be just as impactful to the United States’ national security is China’s recent maneuvers high above the horizon. When Xi Jinping came to power as leader of the Communist […]

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New contracts highlight growing global appetite for real-time geospatial intelligence

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An industry coalition is asking congressional appropriators to reject the administration’s proposal to terminate the Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system.

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Former Space Development Agency official Paula Trimble has joined the company as vice president of government affairs and strategy

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The European Space Agency has selected five launch vehicle startups to proceed to the next phase of a competition where they could receive contracts for satellite launches and upgraded vehicles.

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Despite its inclusion in the official French name — le Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace — the Paris Air Show traditionally has not highlighted space in its panels or exhibitions. The focus of the event has stayed on commercial and military aviation as companies showed off aircraft and announced new orders. This year’s […]

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Scientists are proposing China’s first ice giant mission, aiming to launch a radioisotope-powered spacecraft to orbit Neptune and study its enigmatic moon Triton.

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President Donald Trump says it would have been “inappropriate” for Jared Isaacman to lead NASA given his ties to Elon Musk and history of political donations.

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The pads were intended to support the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program

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The canceled program, known as Protected Tactical Satellite Communication-Resilient (PTS-R), was launched in 2020 to build anti-jam communications satellites

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The ESS satellites are central to U.S. nuclear command, control and communications

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Congress approved a budget reconciliation bill that includes nearly $10 billion for NASA human spaceflight programs and could also lead to the transfer of a space shuttle to Houston.

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China sent a new satellite into orbit for its experimental Shiyan series Thursday with a launch from the country’s southwest.

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In this week’s episode of Space Minds we bring you a special panel discussion on the future of commercial lunar exploration which was recorded live during the build-up to a historic moon landing.

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The European Space Agency will soon select the finalists for a competition intended to support the development of new launch vehicles by European companies.

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British smallsat maker Open Cosmos has acquired Connected, a Portuguese startup developing 5G narrowband connectivity payloads for satellites.

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French launch vehicle startup Latitude has signed a deal to expand into a larger factory as the company works towards a first launch as soon as next year.

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