America has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to open the space frontier by initiating a sustained program of human exploration of Mars. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship launch system may soon be operational, offering payload delivery capability comparable to a Saturn V moon rocket at about 5% the cost. President Trump has announced that he plans on sending […]

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Experts caution that the budget’s method of funding matters just as much as the amount.

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SALT LAKE CITY — French propulsion startup ThrustMe has high expectations for an iodine-fueled Hall-effect thruster set to launch in 2026 on a Marble Imaging satellite built by Reflex Aerospace. “We expect to revolutionize the market,” Dmytro Rafalskyi, ThrustMe chief technology officer, told SpaceNews. Since ThrustMe announced plans in July to conduct an in-orbit demonstration […]

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SALT LAKE CITY — Telespazio Germany announced plans Aug. 12 to enhance its EASE-Rise mission management platform with Digantara space situational awareness (SSA) services and Intella artificial intelligence tools. “Through these new partnerships, we are adding more capability for our users: intelligence and advanced flight dynamics and collision avoidance,” Stewart Hall, Telespazio Germany sales director, […]

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SpaceX launched a set of Project Kuiper satellites Aug. 11 as the company approaches its projected peak in launches of that vehicle.

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In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and a professor at the Surrey Space Institute of the University of Surrey.

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ULA’s new rocket will fly to GEO an $250 million military experiment that could shape GPS modernization

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Belgian startup Edgx has raised seed funding to develop Sterna, an artificial intelligence computer designed to run complex algorithms onboard satellites to speed decisions and use limited bandwidth more efficiently.

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Employee-owned defense technology company demonstrates mission-focused edge processing capabilities for warfighter applications.

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SALT LAKE CITY – Ascending Node Technologies has added a constellation-design tool to its Spaceline mission-planning software. “Not only is this useful for new constellations, but also for satellite operators adding instruments or increasing the size of their constellations,” John Kidd, ANT chief aerospace engineer, told SpaceNews. In addition, ANT is “testing optimization algorithms to […]

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08/11/2025, Salt Lake City, UT – The cooperation, announced during the Small Satellite Conference in Utah, addresses the growing demand for advanced onboard applications among SmallSat developers. The cooperation brings […]

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Geopolitical shifts are unlocking new business for European smallsat firms, but they’re also creating a new set of headaches – especially around tariffs. European governments are planning to sharply increase their defense budgets in the next several years as part of a pledge made by NATO members at a June summit meeting to go from […]

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MMA Space Reveals FlexArray Solar Array System at SmallSatellite Conference in Salt Lake City Utah

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LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 4, 2025) — Blue Canyon Technologies, small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider for RTX (NYSE: RTX), has unveiled its latest spacecraft bus, the Saturn-400. This new, […]

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Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm is seeking to ramp up space investments after tripling its funding pool to $300 million.

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Virginia-based startup aims to speed up satellite data processing with onboard AI capabilities

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SALT LAKE CITY – Kongsberg Satellite Services announced plans Aug. 11 to extend its ground-based communications network into space. Hyper satellites, currently being developed, will be added to KSAT’s communications infrastructure to reduce latency for time-sensitive data. “Hyper combines the best of both worlds, space and ground, into a single integrated service,” Edvard Foss, KSAT […]

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PHOENIX, Ariz. (August 7, 2025) – Spirit Electronics is proud to announce the addition of Vicor Corporation to its curated portfolio of products and services developed especially to support the […]

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SALT LAKE CITY — French satellite antenna manufacturer Anywaves is continuing to expand internationally with Anywaves US, led by general manager Nicolas Hine. Hine, the former Mangata Networks vice president of global strategy who joined Anywaves in June, is evaluating potential sites for Anywaves US offices and, eventually, manufacturing facilities. Anywaves, established in Toulouse in […]

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LeoLabs signed a NASA Space Act Agreement for flight safety data integration and coordination

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The company will sell satellite components to the broader space industry

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SALT LAKE CITY – Smallsat launch services provider SEOPS announced plans Aug. 11 to offer customers on-orbit spacecraft identification and tracking services. Two months of satellite identification, tracking and collision-avoidance services will be provided free of charge by SEOPS partner India-based space situational awareness specialist Digantara. Customers can opt to extend the service. With the new service, […]

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Walk into any student workshop at midnight during collegiate rover or rocket challenge season, and you’ll see a scene that rivals professional aerospace labs — welding sparks flying, 3D printers humming, students debating propulsion trade-offs over cold pizza. It might look like chaos, but it’s actually the birthplace of the next generation of aerospace innovators. […]

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Space companies are going public again. In June, Voyager Technologies conducted an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, raising $440 million, much of which will be used to support its proposed Starlab commercial space station. A few weeks later, Firefly Aerospace announced its intent to conduct an IPO, one that could […]

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