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China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites, known as SJ-21 and SJ-25 for short, likely docked together in geosynchronous orbit sometime last week. This is the conclusion of multiple civilian…
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China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites, known as SJ-21 and SJ-25 for short, likely docked together in geosynchronous orbit sometime last week. This is the conclusion of multiple civilian…
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Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is…
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Leaf Space Supports IRIDE Earth-Observation Satellite Launch on SpaceX Mission
Leaf Space is proud to support the next phase of the IRIDE constellation, new Earth-observation satellites launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission. Built by Argotec, a leading company in the space sector, these satellites are part of Italy’s flagship Earth-observation program led by ESA (European Space Agency) in cooperation with ASI (Italian Space Agency), and funded through…
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Globalstar Secures Launch Services Agreement with SpaceX for Upcoming Satellite Deployment
Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, announces that the Company has signed an agreement with SpaceX for a Falcon 9 launch for the next set of satellites, pursuant to the 2022 satellite procurement agreement with MDA. As previously disclosed, these satellites will provide continuous satellite services in combination with the existing second-generation satellites…
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Dhruva Space to Power up Pixxel’s Constellation with Solis and Space-grade Solar Panels
In a significant milestone for India’s rapidly growing private Space ecosystem, Dhruva Space, a full-stack Space-Tech company, has entered into a strategic partnership with Pixxel, a global leader in satellite imaging, building the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation. This homegrown collaboration will see Dhruva Space joining forces with Pixxel to integrate Space-grade solar panels into…
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RTX and Shield AI Partner to Develop New Defense Capabilities
RTX and Shield AI announced a new partnership to integrate Shield AI capabilities into select RTX defense products, like loitering munitions and sensors. This collaboration will deliver enhanced, autonomous capabilities to US and allied defense forces. RTX will integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind to field the first operational weapon powered by Networked Collaborative Autonomy (NCA) –…
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K2 Space Achieves Milestones for GRAVITAS Mission with Successful In-Orbit Test
K2 Space Corporation, a leading innovator of high-power, low-cost satellites, announced the completion of two major milestones on the path to its first full satellite launch, the K2 GRAVITAS Mission in early 2026 to Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). K2 Space completed the company’s first in-space demonstration mission, launched in January 2025. In order to produce some…
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BAE Systems and Defense Unicorns to Deliver Scalable Secure Software for DoD’s P1 Solutions
BAE Systems, a leading provider of defense systems integration and advanced DevSecOps services, in collaboration with Defense Unicorns, a pioneer in secure software delivery platforms announced that their joint solution has achieved “Awardable” status through the Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace. The P1 Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, five-minute long readily-awardable pitch…
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ESA Selects PLD Space for European Launcher Challenge
PLD Space has been preselected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the European Launcher Challenge (ELC), the largest European program aimed at fostering new sovereign launch capabilities on the continent. ESA officially launched the ELC this year as a strategic initiative that will award up to €169 million per company in its…