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Vast Space Unveils Large Docking Adapter at Space Symposium 2026
Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations, announced at the 41st Space Symposium the Large Docking Adapter, including its current development, its availability for purchase, and Vast’s plans to open-source its interface. Future space stations will use larger modules, have greater overall mass, and dock with a new generation of bigger crewed vehicles. New docking…
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OQ Technology Awarded €1 Million ESA Contract to Advance 5G NTN Satellite Connectivity
OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator pioneering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity, has been awarded by the European Space Agency under its ARTES programme a €1 Million contract for BEAMSAT 5G, a new project aimed at accelerating the convergence of terrestrial 5G technologies and satellite communications. The project, “Bringing 5G Beamforming Technologies to SATCOM through…
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Iridium Provides Dependable Alternative PNT Service for Global Location and Timing Data
Iridium Communications, a global provider of satellite-based voice and data services, operates a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites that deliver coverage across the entire planet, including remote and polar regions. Building on this infrastructure, the company has introduced its Iridium PNT service, which provides positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities as an alternative…
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Sidus Space Expands Existing Agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced the expansion of its existing agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings to build and deliver an additional StarVault orbital data storage payload. The amendment extends Sidus’ role in enabling the world’s first commercially operational space-based sovereign data storage service. The amendment expands the scope of Sidus’…
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US Space Command Chief Outlines Need for Maneuver Warfare Strategy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Chinese actions in space the past year around refueling and logistics in orbit have further “intensified” the Defense Department’s need to develop a space maneuver warfare strategy, U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting said on Tuesday. Satellites and spacecraft can’t be predictable and must be resilient and survivable, Whiting said during the…
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Expedition 74 sees vehicle departures and a spacewalk during March
March was another busy month onboard the International Space Station, with the Expedition 74 crew overseeing three vehicle departures and one arrival. The crew also conducted the first spacewalk of the year, U.S. Spacewalk 94, and talked with the Artemis II crew on April 7 during their return trip from the Moon. Departures, arrivals, and…
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Blue Origin one step closer to launching New Glenn from Vandenberg Space Force Base
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands in the launch position at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of prelaunch testing for the NG-3 mission. Image: Blue Origin Days ahead of the planned third launch of a New Glenn rocket, Blue Origin was tapped by the U.S. Space Force to proceed towards…
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Seraphim Space Forms Global Advisory Council Amid Sector Shifts
Why is Seraphim Space forming an advisory council now? Seraphim Space, the London-based venture capital firm that has deployed over $500 million across 140+ space startups, announced the formation of a global advisory council on April 15 to navigate rapidly shifting geopolitical and technological dynamics. The move comes as dual-use space technologies face increased scrutiny…
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NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration
HOUSTON—Their mission is complete. The four people who flew beyond the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission are back home in Houston with their families. But the lessons from Artemis II are just beginning to be told. There are tangible, objective takeaways from the nine-day mission. How did NASA’s Space Launch System rocket perform? Nearly…
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Space Systems Command Expands COMSO Working Capital Fund
How is Space Systems Command streamlining commercial space acquisitions? Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO) is expanding its Working Capital Fund and finalizing Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) funding structures to accelerate commercial space acquisitions for national security missions. The initiative aims to reduce procurement timelines from traditional multi-year defense contracting cycles to months,…