The quantum computing firm plans to build the first space-based quantum key distribution system

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NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) are bringing us closer than we’ve been in decades to regular lunar exploration and scientific discovery. As a scientist, I admire what these companies […]

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Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around the moon ahead of a landing attempt in early June.

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India is tightening security and data compliance rules for satellite connectivity, creating new hurdles for SpaceX’s Starlink and other broadband constellations aiming to enter the world’s most populous country.

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Since 2011, NASA and the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory have engaged in public-private partnerships with entrepreneurial United States companies to bootstrap a commercial business ecosystem in low Earth […]

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Launched from Roc, Stratolaunch’s massive carrier aircraft boasting a record-breaking 385-foot wingspan, the Talon-A2 drone was released over the Pacific Ocean.

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Eutelsat shares closed up nearly 13% May 5 after the French operator said it would replace its CEO with Jean-François Fallacher, a telecoms veteran joining from a key partner in Europe’s planned sovereign broadband constellation.

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Officials are unconvinced of strategic benefit, even as industry eyes long-term contracts

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Startup Inversion Space says its first flight of a reentry vehicle was “profoundly valuable” even though the vehicle did not reenter.

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European regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into Luxembourg satellite fleet operator SES’ multi-billion-dollar plan to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat.

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The space industry is entering a new era. No longer defined solely by national agencies and defense contractors, it now includes a fast-growing field of private innovators, venture-backed startups and […]

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Radian Aerospace, a company with long-term plans to develop a spaceplane, intends first to develop a reentry vehicle as both a technology demonstrator and for hypersonic test applications.

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The Colorado-based company announced April 30 that it closed a Series C round that combines equity and debt financing.

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New acquisition strategy opens door to broader industry participation and foreign sales

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L3Harris’ Sam Mehta: ‘We can actually get in on the ground floor and help influence some of the requirements since they’re at the beginning of their launch cycle’

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The FCC unanimously voted April 28 to review its satellite spectrum sharing rules, opening a new front in the power struggle between legacy operators in geosynchronous orbit and non-GSO upstarts.

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Dark's flagship product, called Interceptor, represents a new approach to space defense — one that mimics how military aircraft respond to aerial threats

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A Firefly Alpha rocket malfunctioned during an April 29 launch, preventing a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite on board from reaching orbit.

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The service, called Sovereign Space Object Tracking, is designed to ‘give nations control over their own space domain awareness capabilities’

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Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round intended to help the company accelerate production of satellite buses.

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An Atlas 5 successfully launched April 28 the long-delayed first set of operational Project Kuiper broadband satellites for Amazon.

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Satellite operator Spire Global has closed the $241 million sale of its commercial maritime tracking business to Belgian analytics provider Kpler, ending a legal dispute over the stalled transaction.

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Astrotech, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, is the primary provider of payload storage and satellite-processing services for spacecraft at both Eastern and Western ranges.

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Commercial space infrastructure developer Axiom Space has named its chief revenue officer, Tejpaul Bhatia, as its new chief executive.

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