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mPower Technology Highlights Advanced Space Power Technologies for Satellite Missions
mPower Technology, a US-based developer of advanced power and energy solutions, highlights the space technology portfolio designed to address the growing power-generation and power-management demands of modern satellite missions. The company’s technologies are already in use across aerospace and defense programs and are engineered to meet the strict size, weight, performance and reliability requirements of…
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Startup GRU Space Opens Applications for Planned Lunar Hotel, Targets 2032 Opening
Galactic Resources Utilization (GRU) Space said on Monday it has begun accepting applications from prospective lunar tourists, asking for a $1 million deposit to reserve a place at a planned Moon-based hotel that the startup says could open as early as 2032. The California-based company, founded in 2025, said the deposit would secure a future…
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Aetherflux Hires Joe Yaffe as COO and Chief Legal Officer
Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by Baiju Bhatt, has hired Joe Yaffe as chief operating officer (COO) and chief legal officer (CLO). Yaffe joins Aetherflux from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he served as managing partner of the law firm’s Palo Alto office. Aetherflux aims to harvest solar power in space…
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ESA Revises ISS Barter Plan With NASA After Cancelling Cargo Transport Call
The European Space Agency (ESA) has outlined a revised barter arrangement with the United States that would allow it to meet its International Space Station (ISS) cost-sharing obligations without commissioning a dedicated commercial cargo delivery mission, senior officials said this month. The move follows ESA’s decision in December to cancel a call for proposals for…
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FCC Gives SpaceX Approval for 7,500 More Starlink Gen2 Satellites
The FCC has authorized SpaceX to deploy 7,500 more Gen2 Starlink satellites, while giving SpaceX the approval to operate Starlink in more frequencies and waive satellite power limits inside the United States. The FCC issued the approval on Jan. 9. The order allows SpaceX to deploy 7,500 more satellites and allows for modification to the…
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India’s PSLV suffers second consecutive launch failure, 16 satellites lost
The PSLV-C62 rocket lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre carrying the EOS-N1 Earth observing satellite along with 15 other rideshare satellites. The four-stage rocket suffered an anomaly with its third stage. Image: ISRO via livestream India’s first launch of 2026 ended in failure due to an issue with the third stage of its…
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Launch Preview: Launches from China, U.S., and Norway scheduled for upcoming week
Eight orbital launch attempts are scheduled for this week, with SpaceX and Chinese launches comprising a majority of the launch manifest. SpaceX is scheduled to launch two batches of Starlink satellites into the constellation’s Group 6 shell, as well as a batch of reconnaissance satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. Four rockets will launch from…
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Swedish Armed Forces Sign Sovereign Satellite Deals with Planet and Iceye
The Swedish Armed Forces has signed sovereign satellite deals with both Planet Labs and Iceye, with both agreements giving the government access to dedicated satellites. Planet Labs characterized the agreement as a “multi-year, low 9-figure” deal. It will allow Sweden to “own a suite of Planet’s cutting-edge satellites, and have access to Planet’s high-resolution data,…
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NASA Prepares Artemis 2 for February Lunar Mission After Schedule Acceleration
NASA is entering the final phase of preparations for its Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight toward the Moon in more than 50 years, as the agency moves up its launch timeline to February 2026. The U.S. space agency had previously targeted April 2026 for the mission, which will send four astronauts on a…
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Eric Schmidt-Backed Group Plans New Telescope Network Spanning Space and Earth
Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt is moving into space science, announcing plans to fund and build a new global network of telescopes designed to operate faster and at lower cost than traditional government-led observatories. Schmidt said on Wednesday that Schmidt Sciences, one of his philanthropic organisations, will develop the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory…