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In-Orbit Logistics Companies Call for Clearer Demand Signals from Gov
“Space remains hard,” Ryan Wolff, a program director for Tranche 0 and vendor growth at the Space Development Agency (SDA), said during SATShow Week. “It is a hard place to operate. It’s a hard place to solve your problems, and the logistics chain is the hardest logistics chain you can come up with.” Wolff spoke…
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For the first time in over 50 years, humans are on their way to the Moon
The twin solid rocket boosters separating from from Artemis 2 SLS rocket shortly after liftoff. Image: Jared Locke / Space Explored NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman shared in recent Artemis Program updates that he wants NASA to bring the SLS launch rate to multiple missions a year in order to bring costs of the rocket down…
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Artemis II Orion performs TLI Burn — Now headed to the Moon
In a historic milestone more than 50 years in the making, NASA’s Orion spacecraft Integrity has successfully performed its trans-lunar injection (TLI) burn, departing its high elliptical Earth orbit and setting course for the Moon. The roughly six-minute firing of the European Service Module’s AJ10 engine accelerated the crew of four—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander),…
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Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we’ve already been there?
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—The first time NASA launched humans toward the Moon, in December 1968, the United States was a deeply fractured nation. The historic flight of three people into the unknown brought a measure of solace to a country riven by assassinations, riots, political discord, and a deeply unpopular foreign war. If history does…
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Canada’s Northwestel to Provide Broadband With Telesat Lightspeed Capacity
Canadian telco Northwestel has signed on for a multi-year contract for capacity from Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation to provide broadband services. Northwestel operates in Canada’s North, which includes Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Northern BC and High Level, Alberta; some of the country’s most remote areas. Under an agreement announced Thursday, Northwestel will leverage the Canadian…
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ArkEdge Space to Work With ABIT For IoT Service Rollout
ArkEdge Space and ABIT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and satellite communication devices, ArkEdge Space said on Thursday. The partnership will combine ArkEdge Space’s satellite technologies and global partner network with ABIT’s expertise in ground services, IoT devices, and wireless technologies. ABIT is an IoT…
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Astroscale and Exotrail to Co-Develop Servicing Mission
Astroscale and Exotrail will develop a satellite de-orbiting mission together. This new contract brings together Japanese and French expertise in on-orbit servicing to develop a capability for safely removing satellites from Low-Earth Orbit by 2030. The two companies announced the deal, April 2. The signing took place during a high-level visit to Astroscale’s headquarters in…
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Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink
Amazon is in talks to acquire the satellite telecommunications group Globalstar, a deal that would bolster the e-commerce giant’s effort to build its own low-Earth orbit satellite business. The two sides were still negotiating over some of the complexities of a deal after lengthy talks, according to people familiar with the matter. One complicating factor…
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SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has confidentially filed to go public, firing the starting gun on what is expected to be the biggest initial public offering in history. The Texas-headquartered company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week for the listing, according to two people familiar with the matter. Confidential filings allow…
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Artemis 2 crew blasts off on historic moon mission
Photographers at the Press Site capture the launch of the Artemis 2 mission at 6:35 p.m. EDT on April 1, 2026. Photo: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. A three-man one-woman crew blasted off on a voyage to the moon Wednesday, riding atop the world’s most powerful operational rocket as it roared away on a trail-blazing flight to…