Trump’s pick to lead NASA says the private sector has to lead the way in innovation

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Australia’s Fleet Space Technologies has raised $100 million to expand its satellite-based mineral exploration capabilities and take the technology to the moon.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Spaceflight training startup Orbite has raised $4 million to expand its business, which combines astronaut training with luxury vacations. After raising $4 million in a Series A […]

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The agreement grants Maxar exclusive rights to task, collect and distribute imagery from Satellogic’s high-revisit satellite constellation to support the U.S. government and international partners

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A pair of major geomagnetic storms this year led to unprecedented “mass migrations” of thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit that create new concerns about space traffic coordination.

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SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million) in a Series A funding round announced Dec. 10. With the investment, the spinoff of the French […]

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The company is eyeing new military applications such as missile and hypersonic glide vehicle detection

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Blue Origin says it still plans to attempt a first launch of its New Glenn rocket before the end of the year as it makes final vehicle and regulatory preparations.

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The ‘TacSat’ mission marks the second launch under Lockheed Martin's multi-launch agreement with Firefly Aerospace.

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TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile’s shares soared more than 16% Dec. 9 after the direct-to-smartphone satellite operator announced a 10-year commercial arrangement with Vodafone, one of Europe’s largest telcos with […]

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As the FAA kicks off a committee to study ways to refine launch and reentry regulations, two members of Congress are asking the agency to move even faster.

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A defense authorization bill includes language to extend a “learning period” limiting commercial human spaceflight regulations as well as indemnification for commercial launches.

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The collaboration leverages Globalstar's low-Earth orbit satellite infrastructure and Parsons' signal processing technology

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Portuguese space traffic management startup Neuraspace has installed a second optical telescope to help track low Earth orbit objects across both hemispheres.

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HELSINKI — China launched the third batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails constellation late Tuesday as the firm behind the project aims for global services in 2025. A […]

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The company won a $2.9M Space Force contract to study the company’s capabilities to image clouds and theater weather

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As Blue Origin nears the first launch of its New Glenn rocket, founder Jeff Bezos said he is not worried Elon Musk’s influence on the incoming Trump administration will adversely affect the company.

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Telesat said Dec. 4 its Lightspeed constellation has passed an early design review, marking a key milestone in the Canadian geostationary operator’s bid to challenge Starlink’s growing broadband dominance in low Earth orbit.

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Umbra sees larger procurements on the horizon as the NRO ramps up plans to integrate commercial SAR imaging into its operations

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HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial launch firm launched its first upgraded Kuaizhou-1A rocket late Tuesday, adding to the country’s growing light-lift launch options. The enhanced Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off at […]

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Sierra Space announced MOUs with two companies to study the use of its Dream Chaser and space station technology for microgravity manufacturing.

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The European Investment Bank is lending Sateliot 30 million euros ($32 million) to help the Spanish remote connectivity startup add 16 more nanosatellites to its low Earth orbit network before the end of 2025.

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SAN FRANCISCO – German materials technology startup FibreCoat raised nearly 20 million euros ($21 million) in a Series B funding round announced Dec. 4. NewSpace Capital and Goose Capital jointly […]

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Two European companies are partnering to provide microgravity research and manufacturing missions to low Earth orbit independent of the ISS.

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