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Amazon has filed with the FCC to launch an Amazon Leo Direct-to-Device constellation of up to 5,105 satellites, in spectrum to be acquired in the Globalstar deal.  The system in L-band and S-band spectrum is intended to operate alongside Amazon Leo’s first and second-generation broadband systems, as well as Globalstar’s constellations — both Globalstar’s current LEO…

Over the last half century, space-based assets have helped to provide terrestrial users with ubiquitous services like broadband communications and position, navigation and timing (PNT). But although we think of these services as space-based, they don’t actually work in space — especially not in the area between Earth orbit and the Moon known as cislunar…

The announcement followed the Flight 13 test on Friday, July 24, 2026, which ended in a controlled soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean. During that mission, the 123-meter-tall launch vehicle executed its suborbital deployment test and atmospheric entry profile, validating critical upgrades to Starship’s thermal protection shield, underbelly heat tiles, and landing flap actuation algorithms…

There is a familiar point in almost every spacecraft program when somebody finally asks where the heat is supposed to go. By then, the structure is complete, the electronics have colonised every available surface, the payload has acquired another few hundred watts of “essential” capability, and the spacecraft has been declared impressively compact by everyone…

The contract was awarded by Space Systems Command’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, which provides responsive launch services for research, development and operational test missions across the Defense Department. The award comes as the Pentagon seeks to increase the pace of hypersonic flight testing and missile defense development, areas where defense officials have said limited test…