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NATO’s €1bn fund just backed “air-breathing” satellites. Here’s why Very-Low Earth Orbit may become Europe’s next sovereignty bet

Spain’s Kreios Space has raised €8 million led by the NATO Innovation Fund—its first deal in Spain—to commercialise an “air-breathing”…

3 months ago

Japan’s Astroscale picks India’s PSLV for 2027 debris-inspection launch — and signals a new Asian supply chain for space safety

A Tokyo startup choosing an Indian rocket for a sensitive rendezvous-and-inspection mission says as much about cost and cadence as…

3 months ago

Europe buys private launch at last: why ESA’s “Flight Ticket” awards to Isar Aerospace matter more than they look

Europe just did something it has long resisted: it placed institutional launch orders with a privately funded startup. Under the…

4 months ago

Vietnam’s LEO broadband moment: why Kuiper vs Starlink could reshape the region’s connectivity—and its geopolitics

Hanoi has done something unusual for a tightly managed telecoms market: it’s inviting two U.S. giants to compete, at speed,…

4 months ago

Blue Origin’s Mars Relay: A quiet pivot to deep-space infrastructure

Blue Origin is advancing a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter built on its Blue Ring platform, with service readiness targeted as early…

4 months ago

Orbiting the Future of Pharma: Varda’s $187M Bet on Drugs Made in Space

In a gleaming lab in El Segundo, California, three scorched capsule shells sit on metal stands, looking a bit like…

5 months ago

Racing to the Edge: How Nuclear-Fusion Drives and Solar Sails Aim to Reach Sedna Before 2080

A Once-in-11,000-Year Rendezvous In 2076, the dwarf planet Sedna will make its closest swing by the Sun – an event…

5 months ago

NASA’s “Flyover State” Space Grants Fuel a New Wave of Orbital R&D

As NASA lays the groundwork for the next chapter of human spaceflight – an era of commercial space stations and…

7 months ago

Satellite Salvage Begins: Otter Pup’s Daring Docking Could Rewrite Orbital Economics

A New Kind of Space Rescue Mission Later this year, a microwave-sized spacecraft will attempt a first-of-its-kind orbital rendezvous that…

7 months ago

High Stakes, Low Oversight: IM-2’s Tip-Over Tests the Limits of NASA’s CLPS Gamble

In the early hours of this week, Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to reach the lunar surface ended with a bittersweet…

7 months ago

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