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Arkadia Space and Reflex Signs Agreement for Green Propulsion System on Satellite Mission
Arkadia Space and Reflex Aerospace have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Arkadia’s green propulsion technology into an upcoming Reflex mission, marking an important milestone for both companies and for the European space ecosystem. The collaboration marks the first time Reflex Aerospace will integrate chemical propulsion technology into its spacecraft platform, powered by Arkadia Space’s…
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China’s Satellite Broadband Push Targets Markets Where Starlink Has Stalled
The competitive framing is explicit. China is targeting countries where Starlink has faced regulatory friction, sovereignty concerns, or geopolitical barriers that have prevented service launches. These are not marginal markets. They represent a category of governments that have either declined or been blocked from accessing SpaceX’s constellation for reasons outside the company’s immediate control. India’s…
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Reaches Final Assembly Eight Months Ahead of Schedule
The Roman telescope is the successor to the James Webb Space Telescope and will operate as one of the next generation of space-based observatories. Scheduled to study dark energy, exoplanet atmospheres, and stellar evolution, Roman carries a primary mirror 2.4 meters in diameter and will operate in infrared and visible wavelengths. The mission is being…
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Methane Detection in Comet 3I/ATLAS Points to Origin Beyond Our Solar System
3I/ATLAS joins a short list of confirmed interstellar visitors, following the objects designated ‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. The methane detection marks the first time Webb has been used to characterize the composition of an interstellar comet in this manner. The Webb telescope provided the spectral data used in the analysis. The presence of methane in the…
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NASA Selects Four-Person Crew for Artemis III as Moon Program Pivots to Earth Orbit Testing
Artemis III has become the linchpin of NASA’s lunar return strategy. Rather than repeat the Soviet-era approach of landing a single spacecraft on the moon, the Artemis architecture requires crews to launch in the Orion capsule, dock with commercial landers in orbit, and transfer to those vehicles for descent. This dependency on commercial hardware has…
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40 People Who Shaped the Satellite Industry: Part Two
As Via Satellite marks its 40-year anniversary in 2026, we’re celebrating with a special feature: 40 People Who Shaped the Satellite Industry, to mark visionaries both past and present that have made the satellite industry what it is today. This feature is meant to be part tribute, part history lesson, with some anecdotes from some…
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SpaceX Unveils AI1 Orbital Computing Satellite Ahead of Planned IPO
SpaceX has revealed plans for a new satellite designed to function as a data center in orbit, marking a significant expansion beyond the company’s traditional focus on communications and launch services. The spacecraft, called AI1, is intended to serve as the first generation of a future constellation of computing satellites capable of processing artificial intelligence…
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NASA assigns crew for Artemis III, sets aggressive timeline for flying it
The US space agency unveiled the crew for its Artemis III mission on Tuesday during an enthusiastic event at Johnson Space Center in Houston. For this spaceflight into low-Earth orbit, which will see the Orion spacecraft rendezvous and dock with lunar lander prototypes, NASA chose an experienced, all-male crew with military backgrounds. They were revealed…
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Airbus to Lead German Consortium for Sovereign ISR Capability
Airbus has put together a consortium of German companies to develop a sovereign intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solution. The team announced Wednesday during the Berlin Air Show includes Rohde & Schwarz, thermal intelligence startup constellr, Orbint, and High Performance Space Structure Systems (HPS). Airbus will be responsible for overall mission and system architecture, end-to-end…
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Stoke Space completes Nova Stage 1 structural verification
Stoke Space completed proto-qualification of the first stage of its Nova rocket at its testing site in Moses Lake, Washington, in early June 2026. This milestone paves the way for the debut of the medium-lift Nova vehicle targeted for the end of 2026 from the historic Launch Complex-14 (LC-14) in Cape Canaveral. Nova Stage 1…