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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…

6 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,…

7 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…

7 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…

8 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…

8 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…

9 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…

10 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…

10 months ago

InspeCity’s $5.6 Million Moonshot: Can an Indian Upstart Rewire America’s Orbital Supply Chain?

When Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle successfully latched onto a dying satellite in 2020, it heralded a new era of…

10 months ago

Apex’s $200 Million Bet on Plug-and-Play Satellites – A New Chapter in Space Manufacturing

In a year when many startups are tightening belts, one Los Angeles space venture is breaking the mold – and…

11 months ago

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