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How AI is changing spacecraft and satellite operations (op-ed)
Satellite constellations are getting so large that AI management of fleets is more than just convenient — it's becoming the only way these systems can keep working at all.
Private companies could ruin the night sky for the entire world, and international law can't stop them
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can single-handedly approve space projects that will change the night sky around the world. The international community can do very little against it.
If space war erupts, 'none of us will be able to avoid the war zone,' warns outgoing Space Force chief in final public speech
The outgoing head of the U.S. Space Force had some stark words in his last public speech, stating that "none of us will be able to avoid the war zone" should conflict extend to space.
Space Force orders 36 more Golden Dome missile-tracking satellites, for $1.75 billion
The Space Development Agency announced partnerships with two companies worth up to $1.75 billion total, to develop 36 satellites for the Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile-defense initiative.
An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn
A bright Saturn's ring of satellites will encircle Earth if plans to launch a million orbiting data centers and tens of thousands of space mirrors will come to pass.
Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst
SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers over the past year with each satellite now dodging other objects almost weekly.
Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites
"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."
The FCC just gave Reflect Orbital permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow
Reflect Orbital just got approval to launch its first light-directing space mirror, which it plans to do later this year. Tens of thousands more such craft could follow over the next 10 years.
