Given the future system’s heavy reliance on space assets, "I think we have a central role to play," said Gen. Chance Saltzman.

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Budget cuts and reallocations are creating an opening for commercial players in the space industry, said a report by the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald

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Speakers from Rolls-Royce, Thales Alenia, NOAA, Babcock, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency, and Egyptian Space Agency are the latest to join the growing programmes of the Farnborough International Space […]

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Recent voices have urged the United States to violate the Outer Space Treaty (OST), the binding principles of humanity’s use of outer space, by engrossing private industry for advancing U.S. […]

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Australian company Gilmour Space is targeting the middle of March for the first flight of its Eris rocket, while setting expectations for the vehicle’s debut.

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SDA is advancing the first major satellite acquisition since the removal of its former director Derek Tournear.

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NASA employees are being advised not to immediately respond to an OPM email despite a threat by Elon Musk that they could be fired if they did not.

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The seven-year agreement covers operations, equipment maintenance, and upgrades to legacy space sensors.

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SpaceX said that a Falcon 9 upper stage that reentered over Europe earlier this week suffered a propellant leak that prevented a controlled reentry.

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HELSINKI — China launched a new communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit Saturday to replace the aging ChinaSat-10 spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 7:11 a.m. Eastern […]

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NASA picked SpaceX for the launch of a space telescope dedicated to searching for near Earth objects.

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Top Democrats on the House Science Committee want details about the work DOGE is doing at NASA, calling the lack of transparency “ominous and unacceptable.”

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Conflicting signals are painting a confusing picture for a space economy caught between short-term caution and long-term optimism.

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BAE Systems won a $230.6 million contract to deliver spacecraft for NOAA's Lagrange 1 Series space weather project.

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The Seattle-based startup will attempt to demonstrate metasurface antenna technology for space-based radar

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Spanish company PLD Space plans to conduct launches of its Miura 5 small launch vehicle from a new spaceport in Oman starting as soon as 2027.

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HELSINKI — Researchers are examining how artificial intelligence technologies could support a planned Chinese mission to the boundaries of the solar system, according to a new paper. Artificial intelligence can […]

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German launch vehicle company Isar Aerospace has completed tests of its first Spectrum rocket and is ready to launch, pending a license.

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The company will offer deployable missile defense and hypersonic test solutions

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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said that NASA should deorbit the International Space Station “as soon as possible,” preferably in the next two years.

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Airbus is taking an additional 300 million euros in charges on its space projects as it continues talks with two other European companies about combining their satellite businesses.

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CoRe Flow Controls combine legacy expertise with high volume production to support launch vehicle applications in commercial space sector. MONTVILLE, N.J. — February 19, 2025 — Marotta Controls, a rapidly […]

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HELSINKI — The spacecraft for China’s Tianwen-2 combined near-Earth asteroid sample return and comet rendezvous mission has arrived at Xichang spaceport for launch preparations. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived at Xichang […]

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Building space policy is hard enough. It’s harder when trying to make a future-focused policy decision based on abstract concepts. That’s really the problem with the space critical infrastructure conversation, […]

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NASA’s associate administrator will leave the agency at the end of the week as uncertainty continues about the timing and scope of potential job cuts.

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In this week's episode of Space Minds meet Lee Rosen who reflects on his SpaceX tenure, co-founding ThinkOrbital and where the industry is headed.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has initiated a review to identify offsets from the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.

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Confusion lingers over the roles of the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command and intelligence agencies

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OQ Technology said Feb. 19 it could receive up to €17.5 million ($18.2 million) from a European Union-backed accelerator to support efforts to connect smartphones via its small satellite constellation.

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The Space Force, still in its infancy at five years old, must overcome systemic issues, including inadequate resources, unclear roles, and a lack of warfighting ethos, says a new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

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President Donald Trump and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk reiterated claims in a televised interview that NASA astronauts were “abandoned” on the ISS.

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In February 2025, the United States Executive Branch invoked an emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and determined that tariffs on imports would be implemented in the near […]

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The company also selected Long Beach for its deep aerospace talent pool.

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Since the Soviet era, few sectors have evoked as much pride among Russians as their space achievements, which stand as a symbol of the nation’s glory and technological prowess. However, […]

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NASA did not carry out a widely expected layoff of 1,000 or more employees Feb. 18, but the last-minute reprieve may only be temporary.

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Rocket Lab launched the first new generation imaging satellite for BlackSky Feb. 18 at almost the same time SpaceX achieved a new Falcon 9 milestone.

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SES moved to reassure investors about its financial stability Feb. 18 after Moody’s downgraded the Luxembourg-based satellite operator’s outlook from stable to negative.

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Rubicon is developing a 110-newton ASCENT thruster prototype for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Colorado Springs, CO (February 13, 2025) – Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has become the first company to successfully screen to Class L […]

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The 1990s were iconic: Super Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat ruled the arcades. Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” and “Ironic” by Alanis Morrisette topped the charts. Grunge fashion […]

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